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15 with Sarah Schriner…on ministries for mothers, Nicaragua, and lasting impressions of BHS

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2016 - 12:15pm

Interview by Sophia Marcum
With all the busy-ness of midterms, spring-break, and Easter holiday, we were lucky enough to get a hold of Sarah Schriner as she returned from a service immersion experience in Nicaragua. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 2014 and shares below what she’s been up to since then.
 
Where do you attend school now and what are you studying?
Franciscan University, studying social work. 
 

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Remember the BHS Shirts and Pants? We do

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2016 - 11:01am

Bluffton eighth grader Courtney McLaughlin's performance at Saturday's Division I boys' state finals basketball game got us to thinking.

In 2011 Kevin Gratz and his "Shirts and Pants" extra-curricular male choir of Bluffton High School boys also advanced to the state finals. That 15-member choir also performed the National Anthem.

The photo above shows the group minutes before walking out on the basketball court.

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Bluffton singer at state finals

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2016 - 10:50am

Hey, I know that girl...she's from Bluffton! Courtney McLaughlin, Bluffton eighth grader, performed The National Anthen during a sold-old Division I boys' state finals basketball game at the Schottenstein Center on March 19. See the story below for details.

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Bluffton eighth grader performs National Anthem at Division I state basketball finals

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2016 - 10:36am

Bluffton middle school student, Courtney McLaughlin, apparently lacks stage fright.
 
She sang The National Anthem surrounded by over 14,000 persons prior to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I boys’ state final basketball contest in Columbus on March 19.
 
The performance was at the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University.
 
This wasn’t her first state tourney appearance. She also sang during the Division II semifinals last year. It doesn’t end there.
 

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Funeral arrangements incomplete for Celia Blough

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2016 - 9:27am

Celia Blough, 93 died March 24, 2016, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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HCAC honors All-Academic athletes

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2016 - 3:58pm

March 24, 2016

BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently announced the winter honorees of the HCAC All-Academic awards for the 2015-16 school year. Sixteen Bluffton University athletes were recognized for their efforts in the classroom.

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