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A fine-dining restaurant

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 4:10pm

It was a family formal dining experience for Bluffton Middle School students on Wednesday. Complete with table decor, students dressed up with low lighting, centerpieces and holiday instrumental music as part of the dining experience. Teachers ate with the students and supplied homemade desserts. (Jamie Nygaaard photo)

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Formal dining and teaching like a pirate

Middle school student experiences entering the holiday break
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 3:19pm

Teach Like a Pirate Day and
family formal dining photos below -
It could be the most popular schoo lweek of the year – and yes, several learning opportunities make up the curriculum.

Bluffton Middle School students participated in the annual Teach Like a Pirate Day on Dec. 19.

From 8 a.m. to noon students traveled among their four core teachers and spent an hour doing activities that they would not normally do. Students rotated between teachers after each hour ended. 

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On the 2nd of 5 days of Christmas...

Last-minute shopper ideas for Bluffton gifts
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 1:42pm

The Icon scrunched the 12 Days of Christmas into the 5 Icon Days of Christmas, in honor of those last-minute shoppers who want to shop local. Here's four ideas, plus one bonus idea, for the 2nd Icon Day of Christmas.

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Lady Pirates take down Knights

Junior guard Laykin Garmatter scored 12 fourth-period points to lead host Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 10:14am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Junior guard Laykin Garmatter scored 12 fourth-period points to lead host Bluffton to a 55-49 win over Crestview in Northwest Conference girls basketball action Thursday night.

Bluffton led 13-6 early and held a 35-30 advantage heading to the fourth quarter. The Pirate girls outscored the Lady Knights 20-19 in the final stanza to hold off the visitors, despite eight points from Lexi Gregory in the last period.

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Over 100 HS wrestlers in Bluffton Saturday

BHS hosts Allen County wrestling tournament
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 9:25am

Allen County wrestling fans will flock to Bluffton on Saturday for the Allen County high school wrestling tournament.

Bluffton is hosting the 11-school tournament for the first time in several seasons.

Jeff Kleman, Bluffton coach, expects over 100 wrestlers. “There will be 14 weight classes with at least eight wrestlers per class,” he said.

Weigh-ins start 9 a.m. and wrestling starts at 10 a.m. with all matches held in the Bluffton HS gymnasium. Kleman anticipates finals to started between 4:30 and 5 p.m.

Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students.

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Meet the Junior High Pirates

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2019 - 6:41am

CLICK HERE to view the Bluffton High School varsity and junior varsity winter sports teams. 
Here are the Bluffton Junior High winter sports teams.

8th grade girls' basketball
Row 1 (left to right): Macie Nieman, Alivia Lambert, Paige Harkness, Olivia Hobensack, Ashley Fleece.

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