It took 10 rounds and finally came down to “hypnotic,” “obscure,” and “nationalism,” for Nicole Boyle, Bluffton sixth grader, to win this year’s middle school spelling bee.
The bee, held on Dec. 11, included 12 contestants from grades six, seven and eight. Another sixth grader, Caleb McKenzie, was runner-up.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s Rachel Beining (Ottoville) helped the Beavers stay unbeaten on the season with wins over Earlham and Rose-Hulman and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. The Beavers improved to 7-0 on the season with a 3-0 mark in HCAC play. It marks the second time in three weeks that a Bluffton woman has been named Player of the Week following sophomore Macey Sheerer's (Bucyrus) selection two weeks ago.
Bluffton Lions Club obtained two truckloads of bottled water (4,000 pounds of H 2 O) over the weekend as Lion Clubs in the Northwest District of Ohio received a semi load of water from an anonymous donor.
Bluffton Lions sent two pickup trucks to Napoleon where the water was distributed.
Dennis delivered one load to Our Daily Bread in Lima. Arliss delivered his truckload to the Bluffton food pantry and to area apartments in Bluffton.
In this photo, several local volunteers and Boy Scouts helped unload the water.
