Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for undergraduate students for the spring 2019 term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.
Bluffton Lions recognized six graduating high school seniors recently as their scholarship winners. This year's winners include Amanda Speicher, Madeline Burghaze and Kaitlyn Prater of Bluffton HS; Sarah Schutz and Peyton Traxler of Pandora-Gilboa HS; and Annalyse Dissinger, home schooler from Cory-Rawson school district.
Maintenance supervisor for the 18-acre independent and assisted living community, Steiner credits his mechanical skills with the ability to craft prize-winning ceramic pieces.
Like painting, clearing snow and doing general repairs, working in clay is also a process. Having an engineering mentality is a plus in this art form, according to Steiner.
Riley Larcom, Pandora-Gilboa HS graduate, is among 199 recent high school graduates to receive a scholarship ranging from $500 to $1,000 from the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Scholar-athlete recipients are selected based on a point system, which rewards students for grade point averages; class rank; ACT or SAT scores; varsity letters earned; and individual and team athletic honors.
The recipients were selected by special committees within each of the OHSAA’s six athletic districts.
Pitty goes out to Daniel Tinch and Jesse Blackburn. They had to judge 26 pies in Relay for Hope pie contest. The event concluded with a pie auction that generated $1,438 – at nearly $40 per pie– to the American Cancer Society.
• First place - April Dorman of Bluffton, rhubarb meringue
• Second place - Kathy Smith of Arlington, peach-mango
• Third place - Mikayla Norway of Arlington, mixed berry
Dave Warren was the auctioneer. Prizes were donated by Findlay's Whirlpool, Thrivent Financial and the Trenton Avenue Wal-Mart.
Bluffton High School grads Jackson Steinmetz and Tanner Pinks were first and second in the Shirley’s Popcorn and Friends of the Bluffton Public Library run/walk for literacy held on June 22.
The first female runner to finish was Michelle Stein of Lima, who was fifth overall. Her time was 22:09.7
Steinmetz won the 5K in a 17:25.5 with Pinks coming in second at 17:48.3. Eighty-three runners competed.
The complete list of finishers is attached at the bottom of this story.
