Bluffton High School seniors, juniors and sophomores who have achieved a 3.5 grade point average or higher this school year were recognized at the school academic achievement banquet on March 23.
The following students received academic lettes. Students with * behind their name are students have repeated receiving awards. Fred Steiner, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce CEO and from the Bluffton Icon, spoke to the students.
There is but one full bath in our house. Which - depending on one's perspective - can be a good thing or a bad thing. Most of the time it's not a big deal...except when two girls and their guys are visiting, or when two of us are vying for the sink at the same time.
On the other hand, given the statistics that spouses speak to each other only 11 minutes a day, a single full bath per household might increase those numbers. Might increase the divorce rate too.
Three more 60+ degree days, then we hit bottom. Spring is here but the temperature keeps fooling around with us. Here are the highs and lows for the past seven days provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Bluffton council learned that two parcels of land that the village holds title to should be transferred to Bluffton University. That fact was announced at the March 22 Bluffton council meeting.
According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the first is the parcel where the old water tower was located (behind Founders Hall). The second parcel is where Riley Creek Court complex is located.
Hey, I never knew your middle name.Where did you go to college?
I graduated in 1968 from Bluffton High School and had no idea what I wanted for my life I just knew I needed to get out of Bluffton. I had heard about Freeman Jr. College through a student of my father's at BC and decided that's where I wanted to go. I majored in music and Tim, my husband, who I met there, with a general education degree. Our intent was to finish college but, unfortunately it never happened.
People and their lives should become the focus of the ongoing debate about immigration, Bluffton University's 2009-10 Civic Engagement Scholar argued in a March 16 presentation to a campus audience.
Dr. Paul Neufeld Weaver, assistant professor of education, cited the case of Ad'an, a friend who applied for political asylum in the United States after fleeing Guatemala in 1985.
Twenty-five years later, the case is still unresolved, Weaver said, noting the need to find a compromise to fix "a system that's completely broken" and get people like Ad'an out of limbo.
Bluffton music ministry comes 'Shining Through' on spring-break tour
The 20 Bluffton University undergraduates who comprise Shining Through, a music ministry team, contributed to the Haiti earthquake relief effort during their spring break.
Among the stops on the team's 10-day tour through North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania was the Mennonite Central Committee Material Resource Center, an Akron, Pa., site where items are collected to send to people in need overseas.
The Easter Bunny and some of the McDonaldland characters plan on making a stop at this year's Easter egg hunt at the Mennonite Memorial Home.
This year's event is at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 27, at the MMH, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
Children ages 8 and under are welcome to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets, and have their pictures taken with the characters. Doughnuts and refreshments will be provided.
Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, will host a floral design class at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 31.
Doug Smith, from Town and Country Florist, will showi participants how to make an Easter Bunny centerpiece from fresh flowers. The class will be held at 604 Crimson Maple Court.
Space is limited, to reserve your spot call Julie Stratton at 419-369-4715.
