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What do you give a fourth grader for Christmas? We asked; we found the answers

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2009 - 5:31pm

Question: What do you give a fourth grader for Christmas? Answer: Read on and you will find out. We gave fourth graders in Tami Hardy's class a Christmas writing assignment for Christmas. We asked them to construction some lists. And so they did. We offer you the answers to the questions of fourth graders Christmas wish lists (according to the fourth grader) of their mom and their dad. Then, we asked them for their own list.

As an alternative with wish list, some students compiled lists of five things they wish they'd hear and other wishes.

It all follows:

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The Coast Guard Commendation Medal to BHS grad

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2009 - 4:44am
Blaize Potts

Bluffton High School grad Petty Officer Blaize Potts, serving in the United States Coast Guard in Alaska, recently received a citation for outstanding achievement while serving as flight mechanic aboard a Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter this past January. This rescue was selected for an award to be presented at a helicopter expo in Houston in February 2010.

The crew of which Potts was a member was dispatched from Cold Bay, Alaska, to evacuate a severely injured crewman with severe head trauma from the F/V Kodiak.

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Middle school students of the month for November

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 12, 2009 - 6:18pm

The Bluffton Middle School students of the month for November have been selected. See their photos. Students of the month are:

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View all the Ream holiday folk art display pieces on The Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 12, 2009 - 6:06am
One of the many Ream pieces

Perhaps the weather outside is frightful, or if you plan to be home for Christmas, but only in your dreams, If so, The Icon offers you an armchair view of the Harry and Dorothy Ream holiday folk art display.

Forty color photos of the display may be viewed in The Icon photo gallery.

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MS students of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 10, 2009 - 12:22pm

  • The following students are the October 2009 Bluffton Middle School students of the month:
    6th Grade:
    Kyla See daughter of Debra See, Bluffton
    Mark Bixel, son of Dean & Brenda Bixel, Bluffton

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15 minutes with Connie Patterson Kear

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2009 - 6:03pm
Connie Patterson Kear

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

Did you live in Bluffton all of your life? When did you graduate from BHS? Did you go to Bluffton college or somewhere else? Did you and your sister go to the same place or deliberately separate at that point?

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