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Ethan Nickel is April 2024 BHS Student of the Month

Posted by Staff on May 13, 2024 - 7:06am

CORRECTION Nickel is the April 2024 student of the month.

The Bluffton High School student of the month for April 2024 is Ethan Nickel, son of Kevin and Kendra Nickel of Bluffton. 

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Pandora-Gilboa quiz team places fourth in small school championship

Posted by Paula Scott on May 11, 2024 - 6:00am

ROSEMONT, Il.__ On the weekend of Saturday, April 27, Pandora-Gilboa High School joined 142 of the top quiz bowl teams from small public high schools at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago for the 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament to determine who was the best.

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Bluffton Elementary squad wins Step It Up Challenge

Posted by Staff on April 29, 2024 - 9:25am

The Gingerbread Squad of Jaime Combs, Heidi Steiner, Ryan Dunlap, and Missy Smith won $1,500 for Bluffton Elementary School in the Health Action Council Healthy Kids Spring Step It Up Challenge. These top steppers averaged 809,363 steps.

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Jed Marquart wraps up 33 years of teaching at his alma mater

Posted by Staff on April 26, 2024 - 8:27am

The Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering recently celebrated the career of Dr. Jed Marquart, BSME ’80, ahead of his upcoming retirement after more than 30 years of service to the university.

A native of Bluffton, Ohio, he has had a lifelong affinity for Northwest Ohio. After graduating from ONU, he worked in the engineering workforce and obtained graduate degrees from the University of Dayton. In 1991, he returned home and spent the next 33 years teaching at his beloved alma mater.

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Bluffton Lions report inside, outside projects

Posted by Staff on April 18, 2024 - 10:39am

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Lions Club April 2024 newsletter reflects the variety of projects undertaken by our local chapter of Lions International. The newsletter is edited by Barbara Plaugher.

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Bluffton views of the 2024 total solar eclipse

Posted by Staff on April 15, 2024 - 7:39am

April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse photo by Jamie Nygaard. Additional photos follow.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Bluffton Icon viewers thoroughly enjoyed the April 8 total solar eclipse as seen from back yards and our local parks. 

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