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Second quarter 2016-17 school year

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Here's the Bluffton Middle School Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2016-17 school year.

All “A” Honor Roll

6th Grade:  Landen Armstrong, Sabina Clingerman, Jaden Coonfare, Kameron Coughlan, Hannah Davis, Samuel Derstine, Allison Diller, Kendal Giesige, Levi Graham, Nolan Hoffman, Amy Jebsen, Aiden Koontz, Gavin Kruse, Emerson Meza, Isaiah Mikesell, Erik Nygaard, Makayla Schweingruber, Alyssa Speicher, Lauren Speicher, Riley Verb

Business launched by A.G. Kibler from 1890-1900

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Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

Shoe manufacturing in Bluffton 1890-1900

Certainly, there's a student you know on this list

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OR, CLICK HERE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL!

Here is Bluffton High School’s second quarter honor roll for the 2016-2017 school year:

9th Grade – all A:

Bluffton resident of over 30 years escaped Guatemala for political reason

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Many Bluffton residents recognized Adan Ortiz who lived in an apartment above Jordan-Diller Insurance agency on South Main Street. But, that’s where it ended. Who was he?

All that most people knew is that he often stood in the doorway between JDI and Edward Jones office, sometimes smoking a cigarette, as he watched the Bluffton scene pass him by.

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Where shall I begin? A student at Bluffton Community Preschool asks the question as he stands before a blank sheet of paper. The Icon didn't stay around to see the completed work, but watched as the young artist very deliberately thought though his plan and prepared his painting supplies.

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Marvin L. Reigle, 85, died Jan. 25, 2017, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Marvin was born May 10, 1931, in Beaverdam, Ohio, to the late Marvin and Edna (Hermon) Reigle. On Feb. 4, 1955, he married Marilyn Auchmuty Reigle who survives.

Marvin was a carpenter and had worked for Steiner & Reichenbach Lumber in Bluffton. He was an active member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton.  Marvin was an avid wood worker, enjoyed camping, fishing, attending tractor shows and spending time with his family. He was a graduate of Beaverdam High School.

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