BHS Buckeye Creativity Award winners
Three Bluffton High School artists are winners in the Buckeye Creativity Awards competition. The three, from left are Kyla Dawson, Carissa Luginbill and Brooke Heinze, according to Vickie Garmon, BHS art teacher.
The competition sponsored by Lima Optimists is titled The Ohio State at Lima Buckeye Creativity Awards. Judges select 21 items, consist of a variety of poems, short stories and artworks to be published in the Hogcreek Review Journal.
This year there were 400 entries. Carissa is a senior and Brooke and Kyla are juniors. Each student received a gift card.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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