Jerry Lewis, local McDonald's Restaurant owner, was recently honored by McDonald's Corp. with the Golden Arch Award at the 2010 McDonald's Worldwide Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The McDonald's Golden Arch Award is the most prestigious award given to McDonald's owners and honors the "best of the best" in the McDonald's owner/operator community.
Note: The Icon recently invited members of the Bluffton University Communication 105 class to submit material for publication. The following is the third of a four-part series of "opinion pieces" by Whitney Zumberger, a member of the class. We invite viewer comments on this series.
Xenotransplantation-Any procedure that involves the transplantation into a human recipient of either live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman source.
It's always dangerous to speculate. Is this a Lehman, Leiber, Lemley, Luginbuhl, Lugibihl, Luginbill, Lutz or none of the above? Viewers are welcome to offer their two-bits.
Ceramics artist and Bluffton University professor of art Gregg Luginbuhl has received the Friends of Phyllis Clark Award for Excellence in Functional Ceramics for his work, "Rustic Decanter XVIII," in the "Best of 2010" juried members' exhibition at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus.
He was 15 artists honored with awards for excellence in Ohio Designer Craftsmen's 27th annual juried members' competition, "Best of 2010."
Bluffton University recognized many of its top students for their academic achievements at the annual Academic Awards and Honors Forum on April 27.
The program began with the introduction of 31 seniors as distinguished scholars in their respective academic areas. In addition to being the Distinguished Scholar in Early Childhood Education, Sarah Binkley of Bluffton was named Athlete with Highest Scholastic Record.
Nadin-Sarah Salki, a native of Bosnia, was the International Student with Highest Scholastic Record.
When one grows up surrounded by relatives speaking their native (non-English) language, the tendency is to pick up at least a few words and phrases that become a part of one's own vocabulary. In the case of my husband and me, that language is Swiss.
Don't bother trying to tell me there is no Swiss language because having come from a long, long line of Swiss-speaking relatives, that simply won't fly. It is not German. It is Swiss.
Where were you born? Is that where you grew up? What did your parents do in the way of work? Do you have siblings?
I was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1942. Father graduated from Texas A&M and had done work related to cotton business and import/export of agriculture between the U.S. and Japan. For a short time, Mother was a physical therapist having studied at Japan campus of the Bouv'e-Boston School of Physical Education, but she married young and stayed at home thereafter as most of the women of her era did. I have a brother and a sister in Japan.
Registration for Bluffton Public Library~Ac^a'not^a"cs summer reading program begins on Monday, June 7. This year~Ac^a'not^a"cs theme is ~Ac^a'notA"Make a Splash,~Ac^a'not^A
6th grade:
Cole Harlow is the son of Craig and Misti Harlow, Bluffton. Cole participates on a soccer and a basketball team. He is a Maple Crest volunteer. In his spare time he likes to play soccer or his guitar.
