The winner of The Bluffton Icon's Week 5 of College Football Contest is Jim Dillman. Jim and Mike Burris both accumulated 10 points this week with Jim winning the 4th tie-breaker.
There is a tie for this week's High School football contest. Mike Burris and Nancy Armour both picked all 10 games correct receiving 11 points and picked the tie-breakers the same.
Anyone who sang with Earl Lehman in the past is welcome and encouraged to join the Chancel Choir at First Mennonite Church in order to sing at his memorial service, which will be held on Friday, October 7 at 2:30 p.m.
The rehearsal will be on Wednesday evening, October 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Mennonite Church.
The choir will be singing Mendelssohn's "He Watching Over Israel" and Rutter's "For the Beauty of the Earth."
The Transylvania University women's soccer team turned a 17-5 advantage in shots into a 4-0 shutout of Bluffton University on a cold Saturday, October 1, 2011. Bluffton dipped to 4-2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Heartland Conference, while the Pioneers improved to 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University football hosted Earlham College on Saturday, October 1 in its 2011 Homecoming contest. Bluffton started out strong, putting up 10 points in the first quarter to take an early 10-0 lead. The Beavers led 13-3 going into the final 15 minutes of the game.
Icon sports fans will appreciate our enhanced sports emphasis. Earlier this week The Icon launched our new and improved sports page.
The page includes several new features. These include the added coverage of Troy Breidenbach's sports photos. His photos cover all Bluffton High School sports events and several other sporting events of interest to Breidenbach.
Pssst. Want to hear a couple good Bluffton stories? The Icon's book "A Good Place To Miss - Bluffton Stories 1900-1975," is filled with lots of stories too good to miss.
We invite you to attend The Icon's second anniversary party. It's from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at Common Grounds.
You'll get a free cup of Icon coffee some other refreshments and a chance to meet The Icon team. And, if you'd like to go home with some interesting Bluffton reading material, you may buy a copy of "A Good Place To Miss."
