The classes I took in high school opened the door for me to explore my interests and helped me decide on what I wanted to do with my career
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 3:40pm
Interviewed by Derek Swartzlander Icon: You graduated from Bluffton in 2019. What have you been doing since then?
Since graduating from BHS in 2019 I have been attending Goshen College in Indiana. I still spend my breaks back home in Bluffton and I work at Suter’s Produce while I’m in town. You can also see me running a lot! At Goshen I am studying Film Production and Communications and I am also running Cross-Country and Track. It keeps me very busy but it has been a really good experience.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 3:23pm
We can't wait to watch these players move up in the ranks. This weekend two Bluffton Buccaneer football teams won Super Bowl titles. The varsity (6th grade) defeated the St. Marys Rams 8-6. The junior varsity defeated the Elida Rebels 24-0. Visit the Bucs Facebook for more details by clicking here.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 1:13pm
Phyllis K. Born, 78, until recently of Circleville, Ohio, died on Nov. 5, 2020, at home in Bluffton.
She was born in Lima to Richard and Dorothy (Werking) Frail on Dec. 29, 1941. On July 30, 1968, she married Roger W. Born, who survives her. Her sister, Donna (John) Osborn and brother, Rev. Todd (Linda) Frail, live in Powell and Newark, respectively.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 12:57pm
Dorothy R. Hursey, 88, of Bluffton died Nov. 8, 2020, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services – Bluffton.
Mike Hilty was the first Pirates to run at state - he did it in 1968 and 1969
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2020 - 11:15am
Thanks for information from Mike Hilty, the Icon can update more of Bluffton High School’s cross country state meet history.
Hilty was in fact Bluffton’s first athlete to qualify for the state meet. He qualified two years in a row in the Class A division (there were only two divisions at that time and the cross country course was 2 miles).
Hilty's personal best time in the 2-mile was 9:45 in a dual meet in Michigan.