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They lifted 4,000 pounds

Some heavy lifting on Saturday for Bluffton team
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2019 - 2:57pm

The Bluffton Powerlifters competed at  the powerlifing state meet on March 16 at Kenton High School. The team took 5th place, lifting a total of 4,000 pounds. CLICK HERE for Amy Mortimer's photos.

Here are their individual results:

• Arielle O'Neal - Squat 345, Bench 165, Deadlift 400 - tied with the record Deadlift in unlimited weight class

• Shyanne Mortimer - Squat 245, Bench 140, Deadlift 330 - 1st place in 155 pound weight class

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Samuel Diller named Lions Club 2018 Citizen of the Year

Tickets available for April 16 recognition dinner and program
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2019 - 9:13pm

Samuel W. Diller will receive the Bluffton Lions Club 2018 Citizen of the Year award during a  dinner in his honor on Tuesday, April 16, in the town hall.

A life-long resident of Bluffton, Diller has been an attorney for more than 45 years. He has serving on many community boards, including Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton Public Library, Triplett Foundation, Bluffton Community Assistance, Easter Seals, and as village solicitor of Bluffton, Arlington and Jenera for many years.  In 2017 the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club named tagged trout number in his honor.

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Academic letter winners

Recognizing academic achievements of BHS sophomores, juniors and seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 13, 2019 - 3:00pm

The Bluffton High School 20th annual academic letter banquet held on March 12 recognized academic achievements of sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Academic letters were presented to  students who have achieved a 3.5 grade point average or higher this school year.

Students with * behind their name are students have repeated receiving awards.

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A story about twins

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2019 - 3:14pm

Earlier this winter, the Icon posted a photo of twin who attended Bluffton schools in 1951. That photo is posted below.

The photo posed the question, how many twins attend Bluffton elementary this year?

The Icon put the question to Tim Closson, principal, and after a moment of thinking, he said, "I believe we have seven sets of twins!"

As a result, here's the photo of this year's twins.

Obtaining this photo was more difficult than you might think.

First, our fickle winter weather with school delays played against us.

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Two area students on Defiance dean’s list

Posted by Icon K on March 8, 2019 - 6:00am

Two area students were named to the Dean’s List of Defiance College for the fall semester. The two are Sidney Faine of Bluffton and Amie Ricksecker of Jenera.

The honors list is for students achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and enrolled in 6-11 semester hours for which letter grades are given. Students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and are enrolled in 12 or more semester hours for which letter grades are given are named to the Dean’s list.

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Greg Ring: It's all about relationships

Bluffton resident featured in lead story about K&M Tire in national trade publication
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2019 - 12:50pm

Bluffton resident Greg Ring, director of training and development at K&M Tire, Delphos, was recently featured in a front page story about K&M in "Tire Business," the bi-weekly tire dealer trade newspaper.

Ring addressed tire dealers during the Delphos wholesale distributor’s 2019 dealer conference held in Dallas, Texas. His photo was the feature photo of the issue accompanying the story.

Over 1,000 persons representing 500 different dealer locations plus 45 vendors attended K&M’s dealer conference.

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