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Seth Gladwell, Icon student artist of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2020 - 3:22pm

Seth Gladwell, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's student artist of the month.

He has taken Art One, Design One, Ceramics One, Mural and Cremices Two. 

"In Ceramics Two I tried something new this year where I added strips of clay to the top of my pot that I threw on the pottery wheel and then continued to throw it larger," he said. 

"This allowed me to get it the height that I wanted it to be. This took me about two weeks to throw.

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2003 middle school quiz bowl team

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2020 - 2:19pm

This 2003 Bluffton Middle School quiz bowl team was tournament champions for the Lima North tournament held that year, winning five of five matches.

Top row: Coach Sally Weaver-Sommer, Audrey Beasley, Ryan Lowry, Andy Lamb, Robert Hooley.

Middle row: Louise Jones, Hannah Shelly, Kalyn Burns, Lindsey McCracken, Micah Sommer, assistant coach Richard Weaver, assistasnt coach.

Bottom Row: John Harder, Jason Boyle, Jordan Cluts.

 

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Historical Bluffton
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Rev. Thomas Holmes serving as First United Methodist interim pastor

Is retired executive director of Covenant Ministry Services, Lima
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2020 - 1:02pm

Rev. Thomas M. Holmes of Lima, is serving as interim pastor of First United Methodist Church. In addition, he is interim pastor at Rockport United Methodist.

He is the retired executive director of Covenant Ministry Services, Lima, and as a United Methodist clergy, has served in interim pastorates in Paulding, Payne and Forest Park, Lima.

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Worship
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High of 64 – low of 29 over the weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2020 - 8:35am

Winter and summer struggled to make a point over the weekend as local temperatures rose to 64 and dipped to 29 degrees.

The chart shows temperature high and lows and daily precipitation for the first 12 days of 2020, provided by Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer, from Pandora.

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Regional news
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Mason Soper tallies season-high 25 points as BHS stops Paulding

Jared Piercefield nets 18 with the aid of 3 triples
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2020 - 6:41am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton shut out Paulding in the first period and went on to post a decisive 63-48 Northwest Conference boys basketball win Friday evening.

Bluffton led 10-0 after the first quarter and held a 26-17 halftime edge. The Pirates outscored the Panthers 37-31 in the second half.

Bluffton improved to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in the NWC with the win, while the Panthers fell to 2-8 and 1-2 in the NWC with the defeat.

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Sports
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Genocide of the Mind

Jan. 17 Colloquium talk at Bluffton University
Posted by Icon K on January 13, 2020 - 6:00am

Dr. Melissa Michal, assistant professor of English, will share “Genocide of the Mind and Indigenous Resilience,” during a Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. on Jan. 17 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. 

During the presentation, Michal will discuss how genocide and trauma have affected both American Indians and non-Natives, how American Indians have found resilience through art and performativity, and how we take action to evolve curriculum and business practices to enact Haudenosaunee brotherhood.

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Bluffton University
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