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Photo-story: Night at the Museum is a smash hit

Photos by Jamie Nygaard and Bluffton Icon
Posted by Paula Scott on May 24, 2022 - 7:27am

The May 18 Night at the Museum hosted by Bluffton Middle School was a star-studded, high-drawing event, which featured students who selected a career, country or historical figure to study, dressed according to that topic, and created a poster presentation to share with visitors to the living museum.

The displays created rows around the middle school cafetorium and filling the gym. Friends, neighbors and families including younger siblings snaked their way past the displays.

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Arlington writer publishes detective novel For the Good of All

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2022 - 6:00am

Arlington writer David Sielschott has joined the ranks of local authors with For the Good of All, a detective novel set in small-town America.

Publishing house Christian Faith Publishing has said, "With affable characters and a mysterious plot, Sielschott’s flagship novel is an action-packed whodunit with a twist of faith."

Sielschott received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University in 1979 and worked for the petroleum industry.

The novel is available for purchase online.

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Bluffton High School Honors Night scholarshp and academic awards, 2021-2022

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2022 - 6:00am

Bluffton High School held the 42nd Annual Academic Awards Program on May 11, 2022. Principal Mike Minnig and school counselor Dr. Elizabeth Smith welcomed families to the celebration of academic excellence by students in grades 9-12.

The program began with college awards and scholarships, followed by althletic awards, math and academic team awards, and individual class awards.

Bluffton University, presented by Robin Bowlus

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Greater Cleveland Aquarium will visit BPL on June 8

Registration is required; call or visit the library
Posted by Staff on May 24, 2022 - 6:00am

The Greater Cleveland Aquarium will be visiting the Bluffton Public Library virtually on Weds, June 8 at 11:00 a.m. 

The Greater Cleveland Aquarium will present a fun-filled adventure of sea animals and knowledge. Ask the Marine Biologist your ocean animal questions.

Attend in person in the lower level of the library OR via Zoom.

Children under 12 years old will need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Please register in advance: Call (419) 358-5016 or visit the library front desk to register.

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Council meeting packet for May 23

Posted by Paula Scott on May 23, 2022 - 8:28pm

The Village of Bluffton regular council meeting of May 23, 2022 issued the attached packet including

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Ohio's Urban Legends & Mythical Creatures program at BPL

Presented by Kevin Moore, Curator of Artifacts Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Posted by Staff on May 23, 2022 - 2:48pm

On June 6, Bluffton Public Library will host Ohio's Urban Legends & Mythical Creatures a program by Kevin Moore, Curator of Artifacts Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.

Does Bigfoot roam Salt Fork State Park? Is the Ohio River home to a flying black creature whose sightings serve as an omen of impending disaster? Did several Ohio police departments chase a UFO on an 85-mile pursuit into Pennsylvania?

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