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Rhodes State College spring 2023 graduates

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2023 - 8:54am

The following graduates from the Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon readership areas received their Associate degrees from Rhodes State College following spring semester 2023.

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Hoff wins trip for BHS Latin III students from Ohio Lottery

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2023 - 6:55am

Teacher Appreciation Week video by Ohio Lottery HERE.

“You think it’d be hard to learn Latin, but she does such a great job,” says Ella, a Bluffton High School student featured in a video about teacher Brigette Hoff, who won an adventurous field trip in the Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway from the Ohio Lottery and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Hancock and Wyandot students paint top plows

Posted by Staff on May 23, 2023 - 8:24am

Mohawk FFA Chapter and Cory Rawson High School earn annual Paint-The-Plow titles

LIMA, Ohio (May 23, 2023) – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1’s annual Paint-the-Plow contest winners are Hancock County’s Cory-Rawson High School and Wyandot County’s Mohawk High School.

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Bluffton Child Development Center graduation, May 18

Posted by Staff on May 22, 2023 - 6:43am

Matt Oglesbee for 10 years on Board of Directors

On May 18, Pre-K students at Bluffton Child Development Center were celebrated in graduation ceremonies at First United Methodist Church of Bluffton.

Those graduating were

Maxwell Lawrence Brinkman, Laiza Camille Burgos, Isabelle Taylor Dixon, Louis Pal Hager, Dakota Jacqueline Hay, Henry Arden Horn, Traxton Lee Jones, Zuriel Abraham McLaurin, James Edwin Riley, Shae Lawren Schimmoeller, Ella Marie Schroeder, Trey Michael Slaughterbeck, and Jaxon Richard Swisher.

The event also honoroed Matt Matt Oglesbee, who is retiring from the Board of Directors, for 10 years of service.

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Triplett Foundation 2023 awards

Posted by Staff on May 22, 2023 - 6:31am

Three separate grants make up The R.L. and Etta L. Triplett Foundation’s 2023 grant distribution, which totals $4,775, according to Tomm Triplett, foundation board president.

This year’s distribution includes $2,000 for a scholarship given to Amber Gladwell, $1,265 to Bluffton Family YMCA for soccer nets and balls and $1,510 to the Bluffton Child Development Center for a toddler sandbox and a cover for a second sandbox.

Amber Gladwell, a 2023 Bluffton High School graduate, will enroll at Bluffton University this fall intending to major in education as an intervention specialist. She is the daughter of Paul Gladwell, 7215 N Cool Road, Columbus Grove. 

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Hancock Co. Fallen Officer's Memorial Service, May 22

Posted by Staff on May 20, 2023 - 6:51am

Officer Dominic Francis, of the Bluffton Police Department, will be one of several names added to the Hancock County Fallen Officer's Memorial during the Fallen Officer’s Memorial Service at 6:00 p.m. on Monday May 22, 2023, at the Fort Findlay FOP Lodge #20, 1769 South Romick Parkway, Findlay, Ohio.

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