WATCH FOR OUR NEXT PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST COMING SOON!

Wow! In just a day and a half The Icon experienced the most-ever responses to a contest. The story reached 8,766 on Icon's Facebook!

This means that:
1 - Derek Dukes is a popular guy
2 - Shannon Theatre tickets are a hot item
3 - Or, mid-July is pretty slow and this contest struck a creative vein among viewers.
4 - All of the above

We asked viewers to write a headline or a caption to the photo showing Derek Dukes walking down Main Street carrying a cup of coffee.

Our judges awarded the following winners:

First place:
Jon Kinn (4 Shannon Theatre tickets): Dude, where's my car?

Second place:
Kaleigh Oberly (2 Shannon Theatre tickets):  "Wait..did I pay for this?"

Honorable mention:
 Sandy Nickels: "Ah, yes, covfefe!"

Other entries (in no special order)

Daniel May - After walking around downtown Bluffton for an hour looking for his car, Mr Derek Dukes thinks to himself did I even drive my car here!

Eric Mathewson - Twisted Whisk coffee, now for a bag of Shirley's Popcorn.

Rick Shoupe - "Today I will conquer the world and make dreams happen...but first, coffee."

Linda Lehman - Derek's Summer Daze in Downtown Bluffton -- It doesn't get any better than this!  (Busy day on Main Street with others also enjoying the opportunity.  And a drink in hand just in case.)

Elizabeth Kelly - Cool man, cool beans, cool town.

Marilyn Kihm - Just chilling out!

Crystal Warren - Out for a stroll before I go bowl.

Dennis Morrison - "Afternoon stroll down Memory Lane”

Brigette Hoff - "Got my coffee…all is well."

Bill Edwards - Where is my bowling ball? I left it in the alley on my coffee break!

Tonya Meyer - Urban living in a small town

Don and Ann Leader - Rolling along Main Street, Derek is looking to strike up a conversation in his spare time, as he is framed by the alley of blooming petunias.

Tony Pinks - I’m sure glad I didn’t wear my sporty red pants and blue plaid shirt, wow that would have been a headliner.

Becca Neuenschwander Long - Life could not get any better!

Todd Long - "Wonder if Bean will notice I forgot his coffee?"

Tiffany Montgomery - Derek is lovin' life in beautiful downtown Bluffton, OH

Sherry Diller - Vibrant

Jürgen U Mandy Mutzel - Because I'm happy

Heath Mikesell  - Got a little change in my pocket....

Danielle Woodruff I LOVE MY LIFE

Beth Johnson - Small time life in this wild and crazy world

Ray Worstine - 'You will just love Bluffton'

Daniel Villena III - I'm too excited to even write a clever caption

Kathy Bock Loy - This is my town!!

Holly Judge - Oh what a beautiful day in down town Bluffton. What could be better in this?

Cynthia Stockman - "How did a guy like me land Joy Stemen?"

Matthew Taylor - Chew gum...take a step....chew gum....take a step....

Sharon Faurot - great to live in small town get a coffee.

Gary Wetherill - Beautiful flowers, great coffee, and Bluffton. It doesn't get any better than this.

Patience Facenbaker - "And I think to myself what a wonderful world" -Louis Armstrong

Denise Fett - A town where everybody knows your name.

Tiffini Anderson - Seize the day while we are all still young.

Jeff Shadbolt - "The Wanderer"

Amanda Lowry - "Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day
I've got a wonderful feelin'…

Sheree Stratton - Life is good. This coffee is better.

Jadyn Lynn Barhorst - I'll take a Caramel macchiato to go

Kyle Gratz - "Ok Fred...this is your last chance to get this picture right! I can't keep posing like this all day. I've got 14 balls to drill, 3 lanes to fix, coolers to restock, and a tee time at noon!"

Brittni Aileen Burnett - Ahhh almost the weekend!

Laurie Blackburn - I'm a lucky man

 Daniel Villena III - I wish I had friends to walk with

Danielle Kidd - Great day for a stroll through town.

Ross Benroth - "I miss Jaden Caskie"

Michael Brackman-  "I am the Bluffton Icon" - Derek Dukes

Mary Hefner Parks - Should I eat first or save room for popcorn at the movie?

JJ Miller - "I'm glad I shaved my legs since they are putting my picture on Facebook"

Paula Pyzik Scott  -Bluffton, Ohio through coffee-colored glasses.

Ethan Luginbuhl - "Maybe I shouldn't have put so much Baileys in here..."

Joe Hobensack  - FYI: I'm kind of a big deal

Josh Cole - Is it Blufftonian or Blufftonite, ah whatever!! I love it here!!

Sheryl Rettig This is what life is all about.

Tina Alt - A man and his thoughts

Luann David Whitaker - It's such a pretty world today

Tonya Fenzl - If this is as good as it gets, I'm doing just fine!! Loving Bluffton Ohio

Tiffany Davis Hare -  I got one hand in my pocket and the other is holding a coffee from Twisted Whisk

Doris A Schumacher - A path to happiness.

Steve Phillips - Bluffton. It's the place for you.

Megan Morris  - The Dude abides

Cheryl Reichenbach - There's no place like home...sweet...home!

Rosemary Good - God the brew and going for the caramel popcorn. Might shop at Et Cetera before going to Saturday Maraket. Then cool off at the Shannon for the 1 p.m. matinee. Lovin' Bluffton.

Hannah Chappell-Dick - Tfw it's rush hour in Bluffton, but you had the good sense to  walk.

Joel Groman - Local hipster burns tongue on coffee - attempts to drink before it was cool.

Nancy Antell - Bluffton coffee break

Eric Stockman - I can't wait until I'm mayor and get free cups of coffee.

Sherry Stratton - Derek Dukes enjoys a fresh cup of coffee from the Twisted Whisk on a beautiful sunny morning in downtown Bluffton.

Mike Hight - Southgate Lanes "Mr. 300" strolls down Main.

Jamie Nygaard - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Elizabeth Kingsley - Got coffee heading to farmers' market.

Jassica Rhoad - These shoes are made for walking...

Diana Hilty Marshall - Life is good in small town America!

Barb Hohenbrink - A taste of Bluffton!

Carl Yeager - How can I be lost? This is Bluffton.

Tisha Gill - Bluffton, where a stroll down Main Street and a smile on your face go hand in hand.

Andy Zirger - Featured here a local celebrity that was once compared to Roy Munson from Kingpig. A natural in the alley they once said.