NEWS FLASH - As reported earlier this week, the Bluffton High School orchestra received an Excellent (II) rating at this past weekend's music contest.
Rachael Lewis, director, informed the Icon today (Feb. 28) that a scoring error revealed that the orchestra actually rated "Superior" (I) at the OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event held at Perrysburg HS on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24.
The BHS orchestra performed on Friday night playing "Dia de Alegria" by Bob Phillips, "Shipwreck Beach" by Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz and "Rustic Dance" by Chris Thomas.
Along with the existing physics and math courses, two new courses developed specifically for the pre-engineering major will prepare students for engineering study
Bluffton University is now offering a pre-engineering major for students to explore and prepare for an engineering career in a liberal arts environment.
Lauren Canaday has accepted the post of Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce arts and crafts festival vendor manager, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO. She replaces Jerry Burkholder, who is retiring this year.
This year's show is the day before Mother's Day, Saturday, May 12 (Mother's Day is May 13).
The chamber is extending invitations to crafters to have a booth in this year's show.
Local ragtime and blues guitarist Matt Keeler will perform at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, in the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series.
Keeler has t1- years experience teaching music in the Catholic schools of Putnam County. He has taught private guitar and saxophone lessons for nearly 20 years.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Bluffton University (’99) and a master's degree in musicology (ethnomusicology) from Bowling Green State University (’05).
-The first time Bluffton and Columbus Grove met in Girls basketball this season, Columbus Grove came away with a double overtime win. The second meeting looked to be headed the same way. But the Bulldogs made a layup with two seconds left to defeat the Pirates 42–40. The loss ends Bluffton’s season at 17-7. (see.www.blufftonpirates.com)
Dean Walters, a Bluffton University senior biology and pre-medicine major from Avon, Ohio, spent this past summer in Rockville, Md., researching cancer with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the newest branch of the National Institutes of Health.
Laura (Green) Bellman graduated from Bluffton in 2003. She received her nursing degree from Rhodes State College in Lima. She is married to Bernard (Bernie) Bellman, who graduated from Bath in 2002, and they have two children, Henry, age 4, and Marie 2.
I've seen you around town in scrubs. What do you do and where do you work?
I am a registered nurse and I work at Blanchard Valley Dialysis in Findlay.
