The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton announces the winners of its “Service To Humanity” Scholarship Awards.
The winners are Bluffton High School seniors Emma Burkholder and Olivia Sneary. Emma is the daughter of Steve and Laurel Burkholder, and Olivia is the daughter of Dan Sneary and Cyndee Sneary.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) is an entirely local Bluffton volunteer organization that strives to make the Bluffton area a better place by serving its youth, its elderly, and its needy.
Outstanding music awards to Bluffton High School seniors were presented earlier this month. Here's the list of award winners, provided by David Sycks and Kara Zink:
Can you believe it? Ninty-nine sports seasons ago.
There was no Western Buckeye League and the Northwest Conference was two generations in the distance.
Here's the Bluffton High School boys' basketball team from 1915-1916. We know the uniforms were red and white, but this team was not yet called Pirates. That would happen about 13 season later.
Don Schmidt provided this photo to the Icon.
Open the photo to view the player names and to enlarge the photo.
Icon viewers may not be familiar with this American flag. It was a one-day wonder, on display Memorial Day across from Maple Grove Cemetery. For another view of the flag and the story behind it, click here. And if you want to watch the Memorial Day parade, click here.
