The Bluffton Lions Club is seeking nominees for the 2021 Citizen of the Year Award. The award was established in 1981 to honor a person, couple, or person representing a group, who has selflessly given time, effort, and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area, and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people in this area.
On February 7, the Bluffton High School Academic Team competed in the Ada Invitational Quiz Bowl Competition and went undefeated in the round-robin tournament with a 5-0 record.
The ten teams competing were Ada, Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Elida, Hardin-Northern, Kenton, Liberty-Benton, Ridgemont, Riverdale and USV. Riverdale finished second, with Ada only 2 points behind Riverdale, finishing in third.
Bluffton High School art students have had 14 pieces of art accepted by the annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational at ArtSpace/Lima. The show at 65-67 Town Square, Lima, runs from February 11-26. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and admission is free.
Lucas Prichard, son of Bluffton residents Pat and Kelly Prichard, has committed to play football at Yale University. Lucas is a senior at Bath High School where his father Pat teaches.
Prichard visited six schools before deciding on Yale. The Yale Bulldogs football program is part of the NCAA Division I and is one of the oldest in the world. It began competing in 1872.
