Brent Warren of Jenera was named to the Dean's list for the fall semester at Eastern Kentucky University. He also received the Dean's Award for the fall of 2017.
This award is given to students who have been named to the Dean's List at least 3 times in their college career. Brent is a senior majoring in Fire Protection Administration and plans to graduate in May 2018.
He is the son of Bob and Becky Warren and is a 2014 graduate of Cory-Rawson.
NEWS FLASH - As reported earlier this week, the Bluffton High School orchestra received an Excellent (II) rating at this past weekend's music contest.
Rachael Lewis, director, informed the Icon today (Feb. 28) that a scoring error revealed that the orchestra actually rated "Superior" (I) at the OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event held at Perrysburg HS on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24.
The BHS orchestra performed on Friday night playing "Dia de Alegria" by Bob Phillips, "Shipwreck Beach" by Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz and "Rustic Dance" by Chris Thomas.
Laura (Green) Bellman graduated from Bluffton in 2003. She received her nursing degree from Rhodes State College in Lima. She is married to Bernard (Bernie) Bellman, who graduated from Bath in 2002, and they have two children, Henry, age 4, and Marie 2.
I've seen you around town in scrubs. What do you do and where do you work?
I am a registered nurse and I work at Blanchard Valley Dialysis in Findlay.
Eight area high schools entered 23 decorated rain barrels in this Blanchard River Watershed Partnership contest.
The rain barrels were on display at the Findlay Village Mall during the car show on Feb. 16-18. The BRWP paid $825 back to the schools in the form of prize money. The winning barrels were:
People’s Choice Award -
Riverdale H.S. General Theme Category -
First Place - Arlington
Second Place - Riverdale
Third Place - Miller City
Fourth Place - Columbus Grove
Fifth Place - Hardin Northern
Students in the Bluffton University education organization sponsored an evening with nine Bluffton school teachers, according to Tim Byers, advisor to the organization.
"Nearly 50 students were challenged, entertained, engaged and touched for 90 minutes as the teachers shared their stories and their paths, taken to become teachers," he said.
He added: "The students left energized and more prepared to become effective teachers because of this evening.
Everyone who attended Bluffton’s second community chili cook off liked it, hot, mild or otherwise.
According to Lynda Best, one of the organizers, over 150 persons went through the chili line, which provided an assortment of chili while raising over $1,000 for the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s food pantry.
