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Bluffton High School will celebrate its 2010 homecoming on Friday and Saturday. Members of the homecoming court have been selected by BHS students. The 2010 king and queen will be announced in a pre-game ceremony Friday on Harmon Field.

Members of the court follow:

Seniors
Evania Bonifaz is the daughter of Sonia and Juan Bonifaz, 350 County Line Road, Bluffton. She is a member of SADD, Math Club, Spanish Club and Art Class. She plans to attend Cedarville University and pursue Air Force ROTC.

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Ike the Iconoclast

15 minutes with Ike, the Iconoclast, miniature schnauzer

Tell me about yourself, Ike.

I'm Ike, a miniature schnauzer. I'm the mascot of The Bluffton Icon.

Really?
Yes, and there's lot more. I'm actually the brains behind the project.

How is that?
I come up with story ideas, photo ideas and the political stance of the Icon.

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Marty Hostetler

Story and photo by Bethany Boysel,

Bluffton University Icon intern

For the last 34 years Marty Hostetler has been creating quilts of all types and sizes. Since Hostetler retired from teaching first grade in Bluffton, she has had more time to devote to her quilts. She has put together more than 50 quilts so far.

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Members of the 2010-11 Bluffton Middle School student senate were announced this week. Those students follow:

  • 6th Graders: Jadyn Barhorst, Connor Dawson, Ryan Sprague
  • 7th Graders: Mitchell Ault, Jack Burrell, Dylan Whitlow
  • 8th Graders: Josh Garmatter, Bryce Johnston, Braden Skilliter

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By Joanne Niswander

Melbourne, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010

Greetings from Australia! My daughter Lee and I arrived in Melbourne at 6:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, after too-many-hours-to-think-about in the air over the Pacific. Believe me, it was a long night.

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The Bluffton Library had many donors and volunteers support its recent 75th anniversary celebration. The attachment to this story lists those donors.

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