Six Bluffton Middle School students were named students of the month for November.
6th Grade
Lucie Fett is the daughter of Bob and Sue Fett. She is a member of the BMS band and choir. Lucie attends church at English Lutheran in Bluffton and plays tennis at the BFR.
Dakota Bricker, the son of Tracie Bricker, is a member of the BMS choir. He plays basketball, baseball, and football and attends First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.
Bluffton's school board reorganizes for 2012 at its meeting on Jan. 11. A printer-friendly board agenda is provided in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Donald Keith Wymer, 73, of Mt. Cory, died at 10:22 p.m. on
Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his residence. Donald was born to the late
Howard and Pauline (Baney) Wymer in North Baltimore, on Jan. 30, 1938.
He married Eldora Kain in 1957, and they later divorced. In 1977, he married Erma Orians and they later divorced. On May 19, 1984, he married Marilyn (Welch) Wymer and she survives.
Emily Bish befriends a Canada goose at the Buckeye afternoon on an unseasonably warm January day. To check out the number of geese and duck waiting for their bread crumbs click here.
What shall we name the baby...in 2011? The Bluffton Hospital provided The Icon with the list of first names of babies born last year in Bluffton. Want to know the popular names?
James Nagle, a storyteller from the Cleveland suburb of Lyndhurst, will present "Stories from the Road: Encounters with the Living God" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Bluffton University's Yoder Recital Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University's Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering several classes led by local residents on Wednesdays, Jan. 18-Feb. 22, at the Bluffton town hall.
The winter term costs $50, which allows participants to take as many classes as they wish and to join in other ILR activities. The fee is due at the time of registration.
"Sharing Stories of Bluffton's History" will be the theme of 10 a.m. classes.
