The Icon “lost and found” classified ad posted on the evening of Feb. 3 read: FOUND: A little boy lost one of his favorite toys at a Bluffton home basketball game. I did not get a name of his mom. But I did finally find it. She can contact me at: [email protected] - Thanks, Daryl Shields.
Sounds like an almost hopeless loss.
Then, 12 hours later, on Feb. 4 this email arrives at the Icon:
Jeff Kantner announced Family True Value Hardware’s February bargains of the month.
They are:
• Your choice, 50 ounce Ajax liquid laundry detergent, $2.49
or 20 count toss-in-pre-measured detergent packets, $2.49
• 8-quart potting mix, regularly $3.99, in February only $2.99
• Majestic Bleach, 128 fluid ounce, regularly $2.99, in February only $1.99
Family True Value Hardware, 109 N. Main St., is open Mondays through Saturdays 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four. In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16. Boxes will be available to be picked at 11 a.m. up Saturday, Feb. 28 at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main St., Pandora.
Bluffton University mascot J. Denny Beaver gained a partner this year in Jenny Beaver. And the pair proved so popular that five Bluffton students were needed to fill their shoes.
The students’ identities were revealed at halftime of the men’s basketball game on Jan. 31, during a ceremony that traditionally marks the only time that college mascots remove their costume heads in public.
Bluffton University students who studied off campus last fall semester will relate their experiences during campus forums at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10. The talks are free and open to the public.
Seven students who spent the semester in Guatemala will speak at the 11 a.m. session in Founders Hall. Scheduled to present at 7 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall are Amanda Bartel and Ashley Knippen—both of whom studied at the Washington (D.C.) Community Scholars’ Center—along with Brent “Cody” Cook and Julia Thomas, who were in Northern Ireland and Ecuador, respectively.
Compared to 2013-2014 and contrary to what the Farmer's Almanac predicted, Ohio has experienced a pleasantly "mild" winter so far. Sadly, for snow lovers, the most recent prediction of 8-12 inches of snow for January 31-February 1 fell somewhat short. There was enough for sledding and cross-country skiing and we ended up with more than New York City's expected "biggest blizzard in history" and far less than Boston's 24 inches.
When Scott Bergman scored 50 points for Bluffton University against Anderson in Founders Hall on Jan. 22, 2005, Beaver fans figured that record might not ever be touched.
Then came Thayne Recker.
He scored 53 points against Hanover on Jan. 31. The Beavers won the contest 103-102 and it took two overtimes to do it.
Recker’s 53 points not only broke a Bluffton University single-game scoring record. It also broke the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference record of 51 set by Manchester's Burt Paddock in 1996.
