Sixth and seventh graders at Bluffton Middle School have been working on a cross-curricular research project that will culminate in a fun evening of students presenting their findings to their families and community, according to Jackie Bourassa, teacher.
She told the Icon: "The standards for both Language Arts and Social Studies require students to conduct a research project, gather relevant information from multiple sources, present information in a formal style and share it with an audience.
Chris Moser (right), director of development at Bluffton University, reviews an evaluation of his diet with Melinda Frederick, a 2014 Bluffton graduate and now a dietetics intern at the university, during a Wellness Fair in the Sommer Center on campus March 19. Hosted by the students in the dietetics internship program, the event featured several optional health screenings, plus informational sessions on such topics as nutrition for the elderly, massage therapy and healing, biking, Zumba, and diabetes.
The following story was posted in Ada Icon in the interest of Bluffton viewers.
By Amy Eddings of Ada Icon
The latest phase of Ada's Water Resource Plan has identified scores of potential sources of contamination to the village's drinking water, including large-scale animal farms, crude oil pipelines and privately-owned injection wells.
Village Administrator Jim Meyer provided updates on the nine-year-old project for Ada’s Community Improvement Corporation during their meeting last Wednesday at Ohio Northern University.
Shirley E. Benham, 78, of Beaverdam died at 7:25 a.m. March 22, 2015 at her residence.
Shirley was born June 28, 1936, in Orange Township, Hancock County to the late John and Cora Balmer Marquart. On Nov. 7, 1957 she married Billy A. Benham and he preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 2009.
She was a homemaker and had worked as an executive secretary at the A.J. Heinz Company, Bowling Green. She was a 1954 graduate of Ada High School.
Dr. Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, professor of English and co-coordinator of gender studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., will explore “Men, Women, and the Stories We Tell About ‘Us’” in Bluffton University’s annual Women’s Studies Forum on March 31. Free and open to the public, her talk will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Three wind chamber ensembles will join the Bluffton University Concert Band to present a spring instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29, in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music, conducts the Concert Band and coaches a brass quintet, while Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, directs a flute ensemble and coaches a saxophone quartet.
Brittney Ries, a junior from Freeman, S.D., and a Concert Band member, will conduct the band’s performance of “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.”
