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Board set to sign 1-year agreements with BEA and OAPSE

School's appropriations will reach $20.3 million
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 4:02pm

Bluffton school board will act on several items pertaining to the 2020-21 school year at tonight’s board meeting.

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Public Meetings
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University football, soccer and volleyball will be spring sports in 2021

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents decision
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 3:31pm

After extensive deliberations, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Council of Presidents has unanimously voted to modify the timing of conference competition and championships for fall sports classified by the NCAA as high contact risk (football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball).

HCAC school are:
Bluffton
Anderson
Defiance
Earlham
Franklin
Hanover
Manchester
Mt. St. Joseph
Rose-Hulman
Transylvania

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Sports
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Nand Lal Girotra 1940 - 2020

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 3:08pm

Nand Lal Girotra, 80, died July 26, 2020 at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.  

Nand Lal was born Jan. 1, 1940, in India to Ram Lal and Ramditti (Dhingra) Girotra who preceded him in death. He was raised by his father and step-mother, He married Santosh Katyal Girotra who survives.  

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Obituaries
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Free back-to-school supplies distributed on Aug. 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 2:57pm

Bluffton Community Assistance Program and the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association are ready to get back to school.

In August the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association and the assistance program will provide free school supplies to students on the free/and or reduced lunch program within the Bluffton school district.

The distribution is from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 8, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 223 W. College Ave.

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Regional news
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Now in-season

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 1:35pm

Is there a black swallowtail butterfly in your back yard? Could be. These beauties are in season at the moment in Bluffton. Here's one that wasn't afraid to show off its coat. The Icon photographer went a bit overboard on additional photos in this series as you will soon see.

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16 layers deep to find this art work

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 27, 2020 - 12:11pm

Historic photos like this one don't come along every day. Here's Jeff Richards, Bluffton High School teacher and football coach as a BHS senior. The year in 2004 and it's senior street painting night.

There are 37 additional coats of paint under Jeff's art work, and 16 coats on top of it, not counting at least one street paving job. So, Jeff's art work is probably gone but not forgotten.

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Historical Bluffton
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