The U-10 Bluffton Galaxy girls soccer team took first place at the Van Buren Fall Classic held on Oct. 12-13. They went 4-0 in their pool with a combined score of 38-4 over the 4 games. They ended the season with a 12-0 record.
The team consists of (left to right)…
• BACK ROW: Lauren Gray, Nicole Boyle, Sophie Bricker, Kylie Stackhouse, Skyler Scoles,
• FRONT ROW: Dyllan Worcester, Reagan Mittendorf, Maeve Donaldson, Haelyn Bischoff, Samantha Scoles. The team is coached by Jeremy Scoles and Steve Mittendorf.
Marion Blumenthal Lazan will share “Four Perfect Pebbles—My Holocaust Story” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Bluffton University’s Founders Hall. The campus forum is free and open to the public.
The author of a memoir also titled “Four Perfect Pebbles,” Lazan will recall her family’s life during the Holocaust, from events preceding Kristallnacht—the November 1938 attacks on Jewish synagogues and businesses in Nazi Germany—to imprisonment in concentration camps and, finally, to liberation.
We met up with Jacob Suter in late September at Southgate Lanes. He was working the crowd, persuading them to vote for the Shirley’s Popcorn bowling team during a chamber fundraiser. We caved and voted for them. Here’s part of our conversation with Jacob.
What grade are you in?
Fifth at Pandora-Gilboa.
Who’s your bus driver?
Mr. Brinkman.
What time do you get on the bus in the morning?
Between 7:20 and 7:25.
Two young Pirate fans watch the cheerleaders during Friday night's football game at Harmon Field. One was lucky enough to grab a football tossed by the cheerleaders during the game.
A five-year fiscal forecast will be presented to the Bluffton school board on Monday, October Bluffton school board meeting. The forecast, a state requirement, covers 2014 to 2020.
Monday's board agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Several contracts will be acted upon. In addition, upon board approval, Emily Goldsberry will be named to a seven-year term on the Bluffton Public Library board. The open spot is from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2020.
Marcene S. Martz, 89, of Bluffton died Oct. 19, 2013, in Mesquite, Texas. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.
