People

"Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics"

Ray Person of Bluffton, recently co-authored a chapter in the book “Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics.”

Person and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, are part of a farm coop on their farm in rural Bluffton.

The farm coop has 17 families involved, plus a waiting list of persons interesting in joining it.

“We produce meat, eggs, veggies, and fruits, using organic practices and working together as a group,” he said of the coop.

and the middle school and high school, too

The Bluffton elementary school's (fourth and fifth grade) honor roll for the second 2016-17 grading period was released today.

It is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

To view previously released Bluffton honors:

• CLICK HERE for middle school honor roll.
• CLICK HERE for high school honor roll.

Second quarter 2016-17 school year

Here's the Bluffton Middle School Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2016-17 school year.

All “A” Honor Roll

6th Grade:  Landen Armstrong, Sabina Clingerman, Jaden Coonfare, Kameron Coughlan, Hannah Davis, Samuel Derstine, Allison Diller, Kendal Giesige, Levi Graham, Nolan Hoffman, Amy Jebsen, Aiden Koontz, Gavin Kruse, Emerson Meza, Isaiah Mikesell, Erik Nygaard, Makayla Schweingruber, Alyssa Speicher, Lauren Speicher, Riley Verb

Certainly, there's a student you know on this list

OR, CLICK HERE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL!

Here is Bluffton High School’s second quarter honor roll for the 2016-2017 school year:

9th Grade – all A:

Bluffton resident of over 30 years escaped Guatemala for political reason

Many Bluffton residents recognized Adan Ortiz who lived in an apartment above Jordan-Diller Insurance agency on South Main Street. But, that’s where it ended. Who was he?

All that most people knew is that he often stood in the doorway between JDI and Edward Jones office, sometimes smoking a cigarette, as he watched the Bluffton scene pass him by.

Judith Greavu won first place in the "plants" category in the ArtSpace/Lima annual photography club's juried exhibit.

Here photo is titled "Dried Kelp." The exhibit is at ArtSpace now through Feb. 11.

Greavu taught at Bluffton University and retired from Ohio Northern University where she was associate professor in the department of art & design from 1985–2005.

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