Vine St will close from noon(ish) on Wednesday, November 27 for The After Blaze tent setup. *** Nov. 27 5:30 PM HOME JV/V Girls Basketball vs Benjamin Logan
Haleigh Gatchel of Bluffton has been awarded a Choose Ohio First Scholarship from the University of Findlay for fall 2021.
Gatchel is pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree.
The Choose Ohio First (COF) STEMM scholarship is for students in computer science, pharmacy, health professions, environmental safety, adolescent/young adult (AYA) math or science, and biology programs. Recipients must be Ohio residents or graduates of Ohio high schools, enrolled in an eligible program, and meet additional academic requirements defined by the University.
The October student of the month at Bluffton High School is Trent Howard, son of Travis & Anna Howard of Pandora. Trent is a senior at Bluffton and has a 3.917 GPA. He is a member of the Bluffton High School band, in which he plays the trombone, and is on the football, wrestling, track and swim teams.
He has received an Academic letter three times for maintaining a 3.50 GPA or higher and is a 3-time Varsity B recipient in football and wrestling. Trent is a student helper in the high school office and also does volunteer work.
Apollo Career Center, 3325 Shawnee Rd, Lima, has issued the following notice of high school honor roll students from Bluffton for the first semester, Fall 2021:
A Honor Roll
Levi Augsburger, Anna Edwards, Micha Minnig, Rylee Setzer
A/B Honor Roll
Elijah Evans, Elias Mault, Andrew McCamery, Hunter Sturgeon, Jacob Szabo, Braden Wingfield
Louis P. Cira, a member of the Cory-Rawson FFA chapter in Rawson, Ohio, and a student at The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, was awarded the American FFA Degree at the 94th National FFA Convention and Expo Oct. 27-30.
Each year, the National FFA Organization honors FFA members who show the utmost dedication to the organization through their desire to develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
Recently retired Bluffton Icon owner and editor Fred Steiner has created a new outlet for his photographic and storytelling creations, blufftonforever.com.
He explains, "Containing essays, photographs and accounts old and new, Bluffton Forever focuses on the hearty souls, art, flora, fauna, Swiss ingenuity and other factors that make our vibrant, rural Midwest community worth celebrating. Click on our Blog link and you might go home again."
