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Cool shooting downs Beavers

By Nathan Zuercher, sports information assistant
The Beavers suffered their first loss of the season on the road at Transylvania University on a rainy Saturday, Dec. 12. The Beavers lost 83-61, shooting a mere 29.9 percent from the field, compared to Transylvania's red-hot 52.9 percent from the field.

Beavers out of the gate at 3-0

The Bluffton University men's basketball team capped off a successful start to the 2020-21 season with a 3-0 mark. An Adrian College squad that won the MIAA conference tournament in 2019-20 was a handful, but the Beavers prevailed in a pair of nail-biters before pulling away 68-52 on Saturday, Dec. 12.

Dean French funeral service on Friday

Dean French, 83, died Dec. 12, 2020, at Bluffton Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.   

Visitation will be held immediately prior to the service from noon. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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2 photos worth 10,000 Bluffton words

Note: The Icon posted these two photo in past Decembers, but they are worthy of a re-post. Dennis Morrison shared the photos originally with the Icon.

It's December in downtown Bluffton in the early 1950s. There's Santa with a Santa Halloween mask stepping up to meet kids. In the next photo Bob Crow and Paul Steiner hold the PA system as Santa talks with kids.

So what makes us different?

For more information about "Bluffton Anthology" click here.
So what makes us different? What goes on in Bluffton? What doesn't go on in Bluffton, one might ask instead.

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Here's last week's Icon poll results

Here's last week's Icon poll results. To take this week's poll asking about your covid-19 Christmas plans, click here.

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