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Caleb Mikesell plans to attend Bluffton University in the fall

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Caleb Mikesell is the April Bluffton High School student of the month. A senior, Caleb is a member of Drama Club, Jazz band and Pep band.

He enjoys cooking and in his spare time he likes to go biking and hang out with his friends.

For post secondary options he attended Bluffton University and took Sociology, Calculus and Psychology. After graduation he wants to continue his education at Bluffton University and would like to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education.

Caleb is the son of David and Amy Mikesell of Bluffton and has a 3.884 grade point average.

Conrad Weiner spent 4 years in a concentration camp in WWII; his talk with students was sobering

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Bluffton middle school students met a real survivor on Monday.

Students learned first-hand about the Holocaust as survivor, Conrad Weiner, 81, of Cincinnati, recounted his chilling story in an assembly.

His story had the full attention of each of the students as it included several sobering incidences.

Weiner, born in 1938 in what is today part of the Ukraine, was part of a massive campaign of annihilation and deportation of Jews.

Just ask Bluffton eighth graders - they've figured it out

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Night at the Museum part 1 - The youth of Bluffton have not only figured out their career paths, they shared their knowledge about their planned careers to the public.

Last week’s Night at the Museum featured middle school students displaying their careers choices. The career portion of the museum was created by eighth graders.

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The evening also featured seventh graders who dressed as a famous person of history. Sixth graders chose a country to display and show its culture.

Full-time mom and Exec Assistant of BCE

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Interviewed by Liz Gordon-Hancock
Nicole Renee McConnahea grew up in Van Wert county, and graduated from Lincolnview High School. She got her Bachelor's in Organizational Communication, with a Marketing minor from Ball State University. She is married to Matthew McConnahea, and they have three children, ages 7, 5 and 2.

Written by Bluffton 6th graders in 1953-54

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Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon.
By James Luginbuhl and Richard Basinger
Bluffton's first school was located far out in the country from the downtown area of Riley Street. The first school was located on the corner of College Road and Grove Street.

On latin club, track team, and the Betty Crocker award

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As this year's graduation fast approaches, the Icon looks to past valedictorians of Bluffton High School to inspire this year's graduates as they set sail on adventures unknown.

Many BHS graduates return to their Bluffton roots; that's what Jed Marquart, valedictorian of the class of 1976, did. After studying at Ohio Northern University, and moving down to Dayton to work for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he got a job at ONU and moved back. 

Jed Marquart is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ONU. 

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