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The Bluffton Elementary School recently released its second honor roll of the school year. It follows: (click here for Middle School and High School honor rolls).

Six Bluffton Middle School students were named students of the month for December.

6th Grade
Lani Bischoff, daughter of Joseph and Melissa Bischoff is a member of the BMS choir. She plays basketball, soccer and is in dance. Lani attends the Ebenezer church.

Aaron Belcher is the son of Tracy and Jodi Belcher. He participates in basketball, football and baseball.

Bluffton High School graduate Michael Blake will be inducted into the Apollo Career Center Hall of Fame during a 6 p.m. program Thursday, Feb. 2, at Apollo. He is one of two inductees this year.

The event is part of Apollo Career Center's celebration of National Career Technical Education month.

Another part of the program includes the presentation of the Charles M. Hankish, Jr. Student Citizen of the Year. The award goes to Paul Parthemore, Bath, an Apollo junior enrolled in the Commercial Foods/Hospitality program.

Bluffton Middle School conducted its rite of eight grade on Jan. 18 - the eighth grade science fair. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

According to Dave Bracy, science teacher,  students started working on their projects in September and after a lot of research and testing they presented their projects to the judges on Jan. 18.

Eight students received superior scores and three students received excellent scores. Students receiving a superior score will move on to district competition at Ohio Northern University March 24.

Several Bluffton High School musicians performs at Saturday's Solo and Ensemble Contest at Lima Senior High School. The Superior and Excellent performers are listed:

Superiors (“I”)
Class A
Andrew Hoff euphonium
Sara Chappell-Dick flute
Jane Sycks trumpet
Julian Harnish piano
Lauren Yost voice

The second honor roll of the 2011-12 school year was recently released by the Bluffton Middle School. The honor roll follow:
(click here for the Bluffton High School honor roll)

9th Grade – all A:
Neva Adams,
Adam Basinger
Kevin Childs
Joshua Garmatter
Lacy Hill
Bryce Johnston
John Oakley
Jordan Skilliter
Olivia Sneary
Mackayla Wilson
Emma Woodruff
Roger Zeits

10th Grade – all A:
Courtney Barnett
Tyler Begg
Jacob Bishop
Katie Breidenbach
Meg Burrell
Sara Chappell-Dick
Landon Cluts
Julian Harnish
Morgan Humphreys

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Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre' had 24 dancers representing the studio in a local dance clinic at Ohio Northern directed by the Northern Stars Dance Team.

"This is the third year that our talented dancers participated in a day of Dance, Fun and Performance. RIMDC dancers were a part of the largest group that have ever attended this annual dance clinic," said Darcey Schneider of the studio.

Becky Warren and Mike Burris tied as winners of the 2011-12 Icon college football ball contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge. Both contestants correctly picked 22 games. Both had the same 4 tie-breakers.

This is the final sports contest of the season. Watch for high school, college and NFL contests next August.

Margaret Thompson has joined Citizens National Bank as Assistant Vice President/ Branch Operations Coordinator. 

In this role, she is responsible for the daily retail operations function at CNB and will be working with all the branches in the bank’s 10-county area.