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Apollo Career Center hosts school board members

Kick off of Career Tech Education Month
Posted by Icon K on February 3, 2020 - 6:00am

Apollo Career Center will kick off Career Tech Education Month with the annual all area boards meeting held Thursday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons. Apollo Superintendent Keith Horner will be providing opening remarks beginning at 6:45 p.m..

Bob Wrasman, a 1979 graduate of Apollo’s Auto Body Repair and Allen East, and Paul Conner, a 1996 graduate of Apollo’s Welding and Fabrication and Allen East, will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame. Gina Place, Wapakoneta, will be recognized as the Charles M. Hankish, Jr. Student Citizen of the Year.

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Forever Memories’ Support Group to make ‘Memory Frames’

Posted by Icon K on February 3, 2020 - 6:00am

Bridge Bereavement Services, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, will host a “Forever Memories” support group on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Hub at Birchaven Village, at 15100 Birchaven Lane, Findlay. 

Persons who have experienced the death of a loved one can find support in one another while creating a 12-inch by 12-inch memory frame to honor a deceased loved one’s life and relationship.

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50 years of Bluffton Senior Citizens

Feb. 10 senior citizens potluck program
Posted by LizGH on February 3, 2020 - 6:00am

A 50-year review of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center is the program of the noon, Monday, Feb. 10, senior center monthly potluck.

Tonya Meyer, director of the center, will provide the program. In addition, Ceacle Shields, who celebrates her 90th birthday in February, will receive a life membership.

The center offers a wide range of activities throughout the week for senior citizens, whether you wish to play euchre or dominoes, or help sew a quilt or make a rag rug. See the newsletter (attached below) to see the weekly schedule. 

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Rich Johnson is Icon's Super Bowl contest winner

Joel Groman, Eugene Haywood second place
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2020 - 10:37pm

Richard Johnson is the winner of the Icon's Super Bowl contest.

He picked Kansas City to defeat San Francisco by 11 to 14 points. Two other contestants also picked Kansas City by 11 to 14. Those contestants were Joel Groman and Eugene Haywood.

Johnson won the tie-breaker by predicting that San Francisco would be the first team to score. Groman and Haywood picked Kansas City as the first team to score.

The contest had 52 entries and 25 picked Kansas City to win.

Johnson wins six passes to the Shannon Theatre.

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Bluffton girls get 1st round sectional bye 

Face either Arlington or Cory-Rawson at Bluffton University Feb. 22
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2020 - 9:49pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls basketball team was seeded fifth out of 14 teams at the Bluffton/Patrick Henry Div. IV super sectional drawing held Sunday afternoon.

The Lady Pirate cagers (12-5) got a first round bye. They will take on the February 17 winner between second seed Arlington (13-5) and 11th seed Cory-Rawson (4-10) in round two. 

That sectional final is set for Saturday, February 22 at 6:15 p.m. at Bluffton University.

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Pirates pound Pandora-Gilboa boys

Undefeated Grove smothers Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2020 - 9:26pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton raced to a huge early lead and whipped non-league local rival Pandora-Gilboa 58-24 in boys basketball play Saturday night.

The Pirates improved to 14-4 overall with the win, while P-G fell to 7-8 with the defeat.

Bluffton led 22-3 after a dominating first period. They held P-G to just six points in the first half as they built an insurmountable 33-6 cushion.

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