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Emily Metzger is the BHS February student of the month

Emily Metzger is the Bluffton High School February student of the month.

Emily is a junior with a 3.846 grade point average and is the daughter of Mike and Amy Metzger of Bluffton.

Emily is a member of the Bluffton High School volleyball and track teams.  In 2015 she received the "Pirate Award" in volleyball. She also competes on the Bluffton powerlifting team.

Other school activities she is involved in are Latin Club, FCA and the prom committee. She volunteers at both the High School and the elementary school.

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March sports contests now listed on Icon sports calendar

Here's certain sign of spring: spring sports.

The Icon is now posting Bluffton High School and Bluffton University spring sports events scheduled in March.

To access the sports calendar, place your cursor over "calendar," and "sports calendar" will drop down. Click on it and it will take you to the sports calendar.
Please be patient: We are still working on April and May.

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Jeanne's Kitchen has "tribute to spring" Friday evening

From Jeanne's Kitchen
Lunch Specials for March 9-11:

Here are lunch specials from March 9 to 11 at Jeanne's Kitchen.

On Friday, March 11, is a "tribute to spring." The dinner includes appetizers, strawberry salad, oven-fried chicken or fresh fish, Karen's homemade potato salad, root vegetables and homemade dessert.

Dinner hours are 5 to 7 p.m. Reservations are apprecitated. Call 419-234-8650.

~Wednesday~
*Potato Soup
*Perch Platter
*Roast Beef BLT
*Apple Berry Salad

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University student art showcased at 49th annual show

The Bluffton University art department will present its 49th annual Juried Student Exhibition from March 21-April 1 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center.

The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will showcase work created this academic year by students in university art classes or supervised independent studies.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Apollo Career Center showcase event April 14

Apollo Career Center will hold its fourth annual Apollopalooza on Thursday, April 14, 5:30-7 p.m.

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It's tennis season, and what a different a year makes!

Here's Mike Hilty, Bluffton High School boys' tennis coach, shoveling snow last March, in anticipation of the 2015 tennis season.

Yes, what a different a year makes. One year later, (below) here's Misha Groman practicing a serve as a warm up for the 2016 tennis season.

Temperatures were in the high 60s when this photo was taken. Last year we didn't check the temperature when the snow shoveling photo was taken, but it was at least a 35 degree difference.

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