Bluffton High School soccer players scored "Player of the Year" honors in both boys' and girls' Northwest Conference categories this week.
Tristan Smucker, a senior, with 8 goals, 4 assists, playing at midfield, and Kayla White, sophomore, with 26 goals and 8 assists, are the players of the year.
For more details on their honors go the Bluffton Icon sports page at BlufftonPirates.com or click here.
Both Bluffton teams won their respective NWC titles.
Bluffton school board approved a five-year school district fiscal forecast presented by Paula Parish, on Oct. 16.
"Schools are required to prepare a five-year forecast two times each year, once in October and then an update in May." she told the Icon. "The forecast serves as a good tool to help monitor the revenues and expenses for the district."
The forecast includes actual figures for fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, through June 30, 2017.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) will held on at 7 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Hancock County Ag. Center on County Road 140, Findlay, according to Phil Martin, director.
The program part of the meeting will start at 7:30 a.m. Updates and review of the work of the BRWP in 2017 will be presented.
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Bluffton Hospital was recognized by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) as a top 20 hospital for patient satisfaction. Chris Keller, president of Bluffton Hospital and Nicki Keuneke, director of operations recently received the award at the annual Critical Access Hospital Conference.
Patrick Estell performs with the Bluffton High School band in a recent Friday night football halftime show. Photo by Troy Breidenbach. To view more of Breidenbach's sports photos CLICK HERE.
