Community volunteers Bob and Bev Amstutz are the 2012 Bluffton Lions Club Citizens of the Year. The announcement was made this week.
The couple will be honored by the Lions in a dinner open to the public at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, in the Bluffton town hall. John Harris will cater the dinner. Tickets are $13 each and are available from Lion Club members.
Nine Bluffton High School artists had works admitted to the 25th annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational, according to Vicki Garman, BHS art teacher.
Students with works follow (student name, year, art media, title of work):
Our four third graders this week are Ellie Nickel (Mrs. Raeburn), Lauren Swartzlander (Mrs. Bogart), Haelyn Bischoff (Mr. Armstrong) and Annie Talbot (Mrs. Kingsley).
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Maple Crest residents were royally surprised at their 2013 Valentine gala to learn there was a tie for the honored position of Valentine king and queen.
Ernest and Naomi Bosse and Carl and Claralice Wolf were the elected couples this year, becoming the second king and queen tie since the Valentine tradition began at Maple Crest 10 years ago.
This week The Icon talks with four more Bluffton third graders. They are Landyn Fleharty (Mrs. Raeburn’s class), Ethan Bogart (Mr. Armstrong’s class), Maeve Donaldson (Mrs. Bogart’s class), and Caleb Mckenzie (Mrs. Kingsley’s class).
Jamil, what year did you graduate from Bluffton High School? Can you share some memories you have of school or growing up in Bluffton?
I graduated in 1995 from BHS. What I remember most is the fantastic teachers we had. It seemed all of them truly had a passion for teaching and wanted to make a difference. Mr. Brown was especially entertaining and engaging with his experiments.