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15 minutes with Dan Newkirk

15 minutes with Dan Newkirk
The Icon will interview his wife, Lauren, in an interview coming soon

Where do you live?
199 W. Kibler St, also known as “Doug Smith’s Old House.”

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in a large suburb in the Chicagoland area called Naperville.

Written by Bluffton 6th graders in 1953-54

Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This is the final installment of this series.
"Bluffton's Religious Life"
By Dale Schiffke and James Swank

The Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will hold its next meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, in the Community Gardens on South Main Street, Bluffton.

Tim Brugeman, Hancock County Master Gardener, will discuss monarchs and other pollinators. The meeting is open to the public. Consider bringing a chair.

The club’s August newsletter is attached at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton Lions will hear from Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief during its noon, Tuesday, Aug. 20, meeting in the Bluffton town hall.

The club has several activities planned in August. The club newsletter shares much of that information. It is attached below.

In the class of 2018 only 3,741 out of more than 1.9 million graduates who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36

Danielle Novak, daughter of Mark and Jeanne Novak, granddaughter of Norma Sommer, and a senior at Bluffton High School earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.

Only around two-tenths of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2018, only 3,741 out of more than 1.9 million graduates who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36.

Several opportunities at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio has several volunteer opportunities in Bluffton and Pandora, according to Jessica Strahm, volunteer coordinator.

Here is the current list of opportunities. Contact Strahm at [email protected] or call her at 419-358-1015, extension 248, for more details.

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