The Icon caught up with Meri Skilliter of Bluffton a couple days after she accepted the superintendent position at Ada schools. Here’s a portion of our discussion that is shared from the Ada Icon.
When you were a student, what teacher excited you about making a career in education?
Skilliter: Mrs. Hetrick, my fifth grade at Woodmore elementary, encouraged me to write. She was a fantastic teacher.
Tell us about your teaching career. Where did is start and how did you make your way to Ada?
Before Bluffton boxes up its final holiday decorations the Icon offers three final looks at the 2016 holiday season. Here are two windows from the Bluffton Public Library, plus an outdoor-looking-in at a Santa visit earlier this month at the library. We hope viewers enjoyed the many holiday photos we posted all month long.
Here's next week's Bluffton refuse pick-up schedule from Republic Services.
Week of January 1
Residential, Business (2-8 yard container) and Industrial - Service will run one day late. New Year's Holiday will be observed on Monday, Jan. 1.
• Monday's routes will be serviced on Tuesday
• Tuesday routes will be serviced on Wednesday
• Wednesday routes will be serviced Thursday
• Thursday routes will be serviced Friday
• Friday routes will be serviced Satruday.
Join Bluffton-Pandora's oldest tradition at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve. New year's carolers will sing David Rothen's carols in German at Mennonite Memorial Home. This is a program of the Swiss Community Historical Society and the public is invited to participate.
By Fred Steiner
To best understand our community, it's helpful to appreciate the musical gene of those who carry a Bluffton or Pandora birthmark.
This is basketball week in Bluffton. Twelve games in three McDonald’s Holiday Basketball Tournaments with all games in Bluffton are completed or underway. This week’s holiday tournament basketball schedule and results follow:
UNIVERSITY WOMEN - Sommer Center
Friday, Dec. 30 – Championship game
Noon – Hope vs. Centre
5 p.m. – Bluffton vs. St. Thomas
UNIVERSITY MEN - Sommer Center
Friday, Dec. 30
2 p.m. - Grove City vs. Muskingum
7 p.m. - Bluffton vs. Ohio Midwestern
Bluffton University January Arts and Events Calendar Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted
Jan. 8 Art Exhibit: “Twee Kunstenaars” art by Tom Duimstra and Michael Peoples, Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 27
Jan. 17 Forum: “My Voice, My Community, My Bluffton: Race on Campus” Damascus Road Readers Theatre, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
