Oscar Velasquez

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern

Oscar Velasquez is in the process of painting his second mural for the community of Bluffton - this one on the side of Forever in Stitches on Main Street.

This mural will be a period scene from the 1940s and will feature local people who worked on the railroad along with local townspeople and businesses that have helped make up Bluffton's history.

View of 2010 pinewood derby

Provided by Dr. Darrell Groman
Bluffton Cub Scout Pack 256 held the annual Pinewood Derby on March 27 at the Bluffton Elementary School Gym Raceway. The excitement was in the air on Race Day leading up to the 8:30 a.m. start time. The Tiger Cubs had decorated the gym walls with black and white checkered flags and a number of colorful hand - crafted posters. One anonymous poster summed the anticipation of Race Day "Come tothe Pinewood Derby. It is going to be osom. Let's go racing, boys!"

Kerry Bush by a strangler fig tree in Florida

I hear you went to a rave recently. How would you compare that to BHS dances? Was this on campus?

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern
Phil Zimmerly, owner of Common Grounds on Main Street, relies on simplicity when it comes to business. Sometimes when you go into other coffee shops, like Starbucks, you hear things like grande late and you have to know the lingo to order something Phil said.
"Here, we make it easy to order. It's not complicated and you don't have to know everything about coffee to get what you want," Phil said.

Bluffton Middle School honor roll

Bluffton High School's 3rd qtr. honor roll:

9th Grade - all A:
Julie Althaus, Aaron Basinger, Jessica Brockert, Nathan Bunch, Anna Crisp, Michael Deter, Nathaniel Diller, Megan Dulle, Karli Leugers, Jonathan Nisly, Justin Paul, Nathan Risner, Rachel Sehlhorst, Emily Sprague, Rachel Yoder

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