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Sixty-five students from 17 high schools across the state recently took part in the 15th annual Bluffton University Mathematics Competition. During the one-hour competition, students completed a test consisting of short-answer questions covering a range of math topics through precalculus. Cash prizes were awarded to top finishers. 

 

Top finishers included:

1st place overall: Christopher Harnish, Bluffton High School 

2nd place overall: Benjamin Heck, Liberty Benton High School 

1st place junior: David Stirn, Shawnee High School

Here are members of the St. John's Reformed Church (today St. John's United Church of Christ) confirmation class in 1910.

It is one of nearly 170 photos in "The Bluffton We Never Knew," a book to be released in December by The Icon.

Front row from left, Clara Niswander, Rev. Settledge and Gertrude Niswander.

Standing from left, Minnie Mueller Basinger, Rose Luginbuhl, Marie Matter Craig and Blanche Criblez Wilkins. (Photo from St. John’s church archives)

Also seeking special education agreement with Pandora-Gilboa

Bluffton school board will initiate bidding procedures on an 84-passengers school bus during its meeting on Monday. Bid opening is at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the superintendent’s office.

Several other actions are anticipated at Monday’s meeting. Those include, approving a special education agreement with the Pandora-Gilboa school district for the 2017-18 school year.

Several supplemental contracts are on the agenda. Four are for winter athletic coaches. Those persons are listed in the board agenda attached at the bottom of this story.

We don't know Bill Watkins' horse-riding skills, but we do know he is one of the important volunteers who helped set up the Ream holiday folk art display on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn on Friday. Watkins is also among that significant list of residents invited to turn on the Blaze lights during a previous Blaze of Lights. This year's Blaze is Ssturday, Nov. 25.

Bluffton sophomore is an OB scrub tech and works at MMH

By Cara Echols
Bluffton University student news writer

Kelsey May is jump-starting her career in the field of nursing with a unique opportunity.

Working with doctors and nurses to assist with childbirth, May, a sophomore from Van Buren, serves as an obstetrician (OB) scrub tech at Blanchard Valley Hospital while also working at a Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. She is gaining exceptional knowledge out of the classroom and getting first-hand experience in her major.

November 18, 2017
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

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CHICAGO, Ill. - The Bluffton University women’s basketball squad hit the court to face North Park University on Saturday, Nov. 18. After their upset of #7 Ohio Northern on a late Friday night, the Beavers came up just short to the host Vikings, 63-59, in the championship game while dropping to 1-1 on the season.

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