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"I can see your house from here!"

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 8, 2018 - 11:05am

Kyle Gratz says that he can see your house from where he stands. This photo may not mean much, until you examine the next photo, taken from ground level - about 60 feet below Kyle.

Gratz was among nearly 20 volunteers who strung Christmas lights on five trees in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church yard on Saturday. Matt Ellerbrock took this photo and shares it with the Icon.

We aren't certain if the volunteers allowed Kyle to come back to earth. Next time you walk by the church, check to see if he's still up there.

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Check out who you know on the 4th-5th grade honor roll

First grading period of 2018-19
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 8, 2018 - 10:05am

Here is the Bluffton fourth and fifth grade honor rolls for the first grading period of the 2018-19 school year.

ALL A HONOR ROLL

Fourth Grade

Willow Angel

Katrina Bauman

Joana Candido

Coby Dailey

Daphne Johnston

Kate Klinger

Nora Matthews

Rebekah Rehm

Owen Shoemaker

Gracie Warren

Fifth Grade

Isaiah Ansley

Madison Beasley

Brooklynn Bible

Lauren Bowers

Lucy Casey

Oliver Combs

Grady Coonfare

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Student Senate creates tree for Ada auction

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 8, 2018 - 9:43am

Bluffton Middle School Student Senate participated in decorating a tree that will go up for auction during the Festival of Trees at Community Health Professionals in Ada next week.

Students, from left, Faith Combs, Adanna Johnstone, Ella Armstrong, Leah Klinger, Gabe Meza, Christine McCafferty (senate advisor), Olivia Smallcombe, Amy Jebsen, Jack Hohenbrink (behind Amy), Rylee Setzer and Carter Hohenbrink. In front, Izzy Stechschulte and Asa Clingerman.

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Meet the October BHS student of the month

Mara Drue Minnig is active in many school organizations
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 8, 2018 - 9:21am

Mara Drue Minnig, senior, is the October Bluffton High School student of the month.

She is a member of Latin Club, Renaissance, Drama Club and is in the Show Choir.

She competed on the BHS golf team the past four years and this spring plans to play softball again for the Bluffton Pirates. She has been active in dance for numerous years at Debbie's Dancers Elite where she also volunteers with the younger students.

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15 minutes with Bluffton's man-about-town

Charles Hilty celebrates birthday number 84
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2018 - 3:08pm

Bluffton’s man-about-town Charles Hilty blew out 84 candles on election day, Nov. 6.

To hear him tell it, his birth was an American political omen.  After considering the following, you may have to agree.

“I was born 15 minutes before the 1934 mid-term polls opened,” he says. “My birth marked the very bottom of the Great Depression for the Republican Party.”

Adding that when born there were only 88 Republicans among the 432 members of Congress (48 states in 1934), representing the largest-ever congressional majority for the Democrats in U.S. history.

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Mark Suderman is Lima Rotary speaker Nov. 12

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 6, 2018 - 4:20pm

Mark Suderman of Bluffton, will talk about Habitat for Humanity at the Lima Rotary Club. The talk is at noon, Monday, Nov. 12. The club meets in the Veterans Civic Center, Lima.

Suderman is volunteer coordinator for the Lima office, 550 W. Elm St.

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