BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University's KAYCEE ROWE (Harrod/Allen East) averaged 23 points and six rebounds per game as the Beavers went 2-0 with home wins over Manchester and Transylvania last week. Rowe is the second Bluffton women's basketball player to be recognized this year following Rachel Beining who took home the same honor three weeks ago.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior guard Austin Rohde (Shelby) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week after leading Bluffton to a 2-1 mark in HCAC action. It marks the second time in the past five weeks that Rohde has been accorded this honor.
At one time, Bluffton had several women's "clubs." One was Alpha Gamma. Here's a photo from a Lima News clipping showing members of the club while attending a dram at Amil Tellers Theater, Lima.
We aren't aware of the year this photo was taken but, based upon the women in the photo, it was prior to 1963.
Names of the women (by their husband's names) are in the clipping. Jayne McGarrity provided the Icon with this clipping.
This plate is wide open, as far we can can determine. You'll find it in the Ada King-Horn Center parking area. It's on a black Dodge mini-van with a Shawnee Indians sticker on the back window.
Rhonda S. Staley, 48 of Bluffton died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017.
She was born on March 20, 1968 to William C. Nigh, Jr. and Sue F. Nigh. Rhonda married Dan Staley on Aug. 1, 1992, and he survives along with her mother, Sue F. Nigh of North Baltimore, three children; Bridgette G. Staley of Fostoria, Jared R. Staley of Minneapolis, Minn., and Nathaniel N. Staley of Bluffton.
Allison Neuenschwander, 87, died Feb. 5, 2017, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. Allison was born Nov. 25, 1928 in Columbus Grove to the late Hiram and Edna (Luginbihl) Neuenschwander who preceded him in death. On July 24, 1954, he married Gloria Beemer who preceded him in death on Oct. 26, 2014.
ADA, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s and women’s track and field team traveled to Ohio Northern University to participate in the Joe Banks Invitational in fields that were considerably larger and deeper than previous years. The Beavers came away with a variety of excellent performances.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men delighted their Alumni Day cheering throng with a highlight-reel effort in a 100-96 OT victory on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017! The Beavers improved to 12-9 overall and 5-9 in the Heartland Conference, while visiting Transylvania slipped to 13-8 and 8-6 in the HCAC.
