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University of Findlay intern writing features this summer for The Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 15, 2012 - 11:50am
Jake Dowling

Jake Dowling, a junior attending the University of Findlay, is an Icon feature writer intern this summer. Dowling, a journalism/public relations major, is a reporter and columnist for the University of Findlay campus newspaper The Pulse. He is also a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America.

His first stories on The Icon covered the Fortman Insurance Medicare Seminar, the Bluffton Public Library summer reading program and BFR's tee-ball program. The Findlay native will write for The Icon until August.

We welcome feature ideas from viewers.

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Marissa Schutz winner of Barbara Fleming Memorial Scholarship

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 15, 2012 - 6:13am
Marissa Schutz

Marissa Schutz, a Pandora-Gilboa High School senior, is the 2012 winner of the Barbara Fleming Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, (MHCO), Bluffton.

Schutz is the daughter of John and Marcia Schutz. This annual award provides scholarship support to a student pursuing a degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse, a Registered Nurse or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

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Emily Sprague named BHS April student of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 15, 2012 - 5:59am
Emily Sprague

Emily Sprague, Bluffton High School junior, is the April student of the month at BHS.

Emily holds a 4.0 grade point average. She is a member of SADD, Spanish Club and National Honor Society. She coaches tennis to elementary youth at BFR and is an office helper at BHS. She participates in girls' tennis. She received the Pirate award, Golden Racquet award, was named to the second team all-district, holds a perfect attendance and has achieved academic awards in geometry and discovering foods.

She is the daughter of Jon and Aimee Sprague, 101 Hawthorn Court, Bluffton.

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ONU "flying team" has Bluffton and Pandora connections

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2012 - 5:45pm
Kneeling, left to right: Eric Holodnak, Logan Kingen, Adam Black. Standing, left to right: Andrew Starr, Sean Nuzum, Jacob Patrick, Matt Smith

Dr. Jed Marquart and a group of students from Ohio Northern University went flying in Georgia this spring. One student in the group was Logan Kingen, a junior mechanical engineering major from Pandora.

The team of students from ONU's Smull College of Engineering, led by Marquart, professor of mechanical engineering and the team's advisor, competed in the Lockheed Martin / Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design 2012 competition, hosted by Georgia Model Aviators.

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BHS student Zach Cozadd competes in state auto skills contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2012 - 6:13pm

Twenty high school students from across Ohio, including Zach Cozadd a Bluffton High School and Apollo Career Center student, will put their knowledge of automobiles to the test as they compete in the 63rd annual Ford/AAA Auto Skills State Competition at Owens Community College on Thursday, May 10.

The contest will occur from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the College's Center for Emergency Preparedness on the Toledo-area Campus in Perrysburg Township.

Cozaad and Apollo team members Sebastian Moneer of Spencerville have quaified to compete.

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15 minutes with David Beer - now on the faculty of Malone University

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2012 - 5:12pm

15 minutes with David Beer

David, when did you graduate from Bluffton High School?

2003.

Your received obtained a teaching position at Malone College. What was your educational path from Bluffton HS to Malone?

Malone actually changed its name to Malone University a few years ago.

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