Recruitment is underway throughout Ohio for volunteers and partner organizations for the Internal Revenue Service’s free tax preparation programs. Volunteers must receive training and achieve certification over the next two months to be ready for the start of the 2013 tax filing season.
Landon Cluts, Bluffton High School junior, is the October student of the month at BHS. He is the son of Kevin and Shelby Cluts, 252 S. Lawn Ave., and carries a 4.0 grade point average.
He is a member of Latin Club, National Honor Society, math club, orchestra, marching band, jazz band, show choir, pep band, men's chorus and academic team. He is also a member of his church youth group. He participates in soccer, tennis and summer swim team. He has recieved an award in Biology.
Brandon Huber is the winner of the Icon Week 2 College NLF football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge.
Huber, Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence all picked 11 games correctly. Bollenbacher was eliminated in Tie-Breaker 1 by picking Northwestern to lose 1-3 while the other two correctly picked Northwestern to lose 4-10. In Tie-Breaker 2 Clevidence picked Cincinnati to lose by 11 or more while Huber picked the Bengals to win by 1-3 (closer to the actual win of 18 points).
Each year thousands of Americans kick the tobacco habit and participate in the Great American Smoke-Out. Thursday, November 15 is the date that smokers will be asked to stop smoking for just one day with the hope that this will be the beginning of a new tobacco-free lifestyle.
“There are many lifestyle and health benefits to quitting smoking or using tobacco products,” says Shelly Miller, Health Educator.
