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Olivia Matthews, a senior at Bluffton High School has been named the October 2022 student of the month. Olivia is the daughter of Brendon and Renee' Matthews of Bluffton. Olivia is a very active student and maintains a 4.000 GPA. 

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Know Bluffton's Bob Verb as a BHS swim coach or as a neighbor? Meet Ada's Bob Verb, Ohio Northern University professor of Biological Sciences.

Student Hannah Gill, an environmental and field biology major, interviews Professor Verb in a YouTube series called Between Two Bookshelves.

Among the questions Verb answers:

If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

What kinds of things do you research?

What is your favorite class to teach?

What is the coolest thing you've seen in Natural History?

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Have you visited the Classifieds today?

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Four staff members at Bluffton Elementary School have been rewarded for being physically active role models for students. The school is the Northwest OHSAA district region winner in the Health Action Council’s Healthy Kids Fall Step It Up Challenge.

Bluffton is among six schools receiving $1,000 for achieving the most steps.

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Bluffton Elementary has announced the following first quarter Honor Roll for the 2022-2023 school year:

All A’s

Fourth Grade

Julia Brauen, Emily Byers, Wesley Combs, Quinn Cupples, Aiden Diller, Claire Dukes, Elijah Fry, Haddy Glick, Lydia Gratz, Gabriella Holmes, Henrietta Kaiser, Milena King, Zachary Lehmkuhle, Averie Marquart, Mikah Miller, Kayla Mueller, Sage Music, Simon Phillips, Samuel Rinaldi, McKenna Stoner, Caroline Stratton

Fifth Grade

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By Paula Scott

The bags of peanut brittle displayed next to the cash register at the Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., is a deceptively modest representation of the fundraising operation, which takes place in the weeks before Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Here’s another way of looking at it:

32 volunteers x 5 Monday mornings, 8:00-11:00 a.m.
= 600 lbs. of peanut brittle made and sold to benefit the center

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The following 1st Quarter Honor Roll for the 2022-2023 school year has been announced by Bluffton Middle School.

All “A” HONOR ROLL

6th Grade: 
Kohen Anderson, Madison Coonfare, Micah DeMarco, Jack Eiden, Leah Granger, Leah Hoffman, Morgan Martini, Elyse Montel, Siren Morris, Kaden Niekamp, Adalynn Rettig, Samantha Ruller, Taryn Shaw, Carter Steinmetz, Madelyn Sterrett, Tessa Tarplee, Camden Verb

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