January 2014

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The Bluffton High School girls' powerlifting team competed in the Kenton Ridge Push-Pull
meet on Saturday, Jan. 18. The girls finished as follows:

1st in their weight class:
Olivia Amstutz
Hannah Conley
Arielle ONeal

3rd in their weight class:
Jadyn Barhorst
Gaby Sneary

6th in their weight class:
Olivia Sneary
Ana Spiridigliozzi

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/mensbasketball/2014/01-18-mb.htm

The Bluffton University men's basketball team led 72-62 with just over four minutes to play before Transylvania rallied and sent the game into overtime where the Pioneers carried that momentum to a 97-91 victory in the Beck Center on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Bluffton fell to 6-9 overall and 2-6 in the Heartland Conference, while Transylvania improved to 6-9 and 4-4 in the HCAC.

Icon Coffee-dunking Oatmeal Cookies

These aren’t your grandmother’s oatmeal cookies.

When I bake cookies I usually try to use something that I’m just about out of, so I can get rid of the container. Tonight I noticed that I have what appears to be three cups of oatmeal left in the oatmeal cylinder, so, why not try some oatmeal cookies – I thought.

It’s 15 degrees out; I’m hungry and need something to dunk into milk or coffee. Not one to follow the recipe, I’ve used poetic license, thus inventing Icon Coffee-dunking Oatmeal Cookies.

Here goes.

Do you handle snow removal for residents or businesses? The Bluffton Icon is providing a free list of area persons and businesses handling snow removal.

Send you name and phone number as soon as possible to: [email protected]

We'll post your information below!

SS plowing

Scott Slaughterbeck


210 N. Lawn Ave.

419-722-5469

Patriot Concrete
Phil Shank

419-234-7919

The Bluffton Lions Club is sponsoring a pancake/sausage breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Middle School cafeteria. 

"The Lions are encouraging all ages to attend. A donation for the meal will be received at the door. This will go toward projects provided by the Lions throughout the community. We also will offer a free breakfast to student athletes who will be accompanied by an adult," Barbara Plaugher of the Lions informed The Icon.

The student of the month at Bluffton High School for December is Emma Woodruff. She is a 4.00 junior at BHS.

Her parents are David and Margaret Woodruff of Bluffton.

Emma is a member of Student Senate, Math Club, Latin Club, Yearbook, Lima Area Youth Orchestra, Marching, Pep and Concert Bands, National Honor Society, is an S.O.S. Tutor for Bluffton Elementary Students, and is a member of Early Morning Seminary. She attends the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

American companies are discovering benefits to bringing some jobs back to the United States, according to Dr. George Lehman, chair of Bluffton University’s business studies division.

Lehman discussed factors that contribute to the appeal of “insourcing” in a global economy Jan. 10 in his annual lecture as the Raid Endowed Chair in business. The title honors the late Howard Raid, a Bluffton business professor from 1947-79.

Anabaptist martyrs and Africans enslaved in early America may not have much in common, but there is at least one similarity, two Hesston College faculty members stressed Jan. 14 at Bluffton University.

In a forum titled “Common Threads,” Hesston historian John Sharp emphasized that the two groups had a “shared experience of suffering,” which was endured “at the hand of legitimate authorities.”

By Adriane Bruner, sports information assistant

Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/mensbasketball/2014/01-15-mb.htm>

The Bluffton University offense never got untracked at rival Defiance on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as the Yellow Jackets stumped the Beavers by a 55-42 count in front of a packed Weaner Center. Bluffton fell to 6-8 on the season and 2-5 in the Heartland Conference, while DC improved to 10-4 and 5-2 in the HCAC.

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