Amanda Speicher, a Bluffton High School junior, is the March BHS student of the month.
She is in the high school orchestra, symphonic choir, Latin Club, Lima Area Youth Orchestra, and is a member and captain of the Bluffton High School flag corp. She volunteers as an aide in the second grade classroom, and also teaches violin and swimming lessons.
She received an academic award for "Student of the Year" in Latin I and Biology.
Interviewed by Liz Gordon-Hancock
Jessica Basinger married Ryan Meyer, from Bluffton, and they have five children: Gibson is 8 1/2 years old, Emerson 7, Adeleigh 3, Charlotte 19 months and she's seven months pregnant with a baby girl due in July.
Where did you graduate from, and when?
I am a 2005 graduate of Bluffton High School.
Did you go to college? Where and what's your degree?
I have an associate's degree in radiography from Rhodes State College
By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Bluffton has its fair share of twins. In the '90s, there were three sets of twins in Bluffton schools. One of these sets were two of my best friends, Theresa and Natasha Meyer. Starting with them, I set out to track down some Bluffton twins.
We all graduated from Bluffton HS in 2000. I managed to catch up with them recently for a quick chat.
There's many ways to ask someone to the prom. One way is the place question on the marquee at Lu Lu's Diner. We don't know Madison's answer, yet. Stay tuned. (Liz Gordon-Hancock photo)
Bluffton eighth grader Ethan Bogart is the overall winner in a Lima Elks Lodge essay contest. The contest theme was "Why our veterans are America's heroes." Ethan is a student in Robin Ault's language arts class. His winning essay follows.
By Ethan Bogart
I think that our Veterans are extremely important, and they are most definitely America’s Heroes.
