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Guest columnist - Thoughts on Civic Engagement Day: Unintended Consequences

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2013 - 11:15am

By Alyssa Flick

Once a year Bluffton University schedules a day of seminars led by college professors with a lot of interesting insight to the subjects they teach. The event is called Civic Engagement Day. This year the day took place on April 10.

One of these seminars was hosted by Dr. Darryl Nester a professor of math. He obtained his doctorate in statistics and has also taught many classes training college students how to be more technologically savvy.

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Guest columnist Alyssa Flick: Rock concerts can be exhilarating

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2013 - 4:58pm

By Alyssa Flick
The lights are bright. You and friends are surrounded by others with the same enthusiasm for rock music. When the music begins to pulsate in the room the entire consciousness of the crowd becomes homogeneous through this single interest and common understanding in the music.

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Ravens or 49ers? Either way, here's some help with the party

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 1, 2013 - 5:50pm

If you are someone who cares about the Super Bowl on Sunday you might also be someone who invites friends over and calls it a party.

We at the Icon thought we could help.  Here is a list of helpful links to put together a fabulous football fiesta.

Real Simple has a nice check list here so you don't forget the basics.  

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Jean's Fresh Cranberry Relish

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 6, 2011 - 5:45am

Just a bit late for Thanksgiving - but we serve this with poultry and pork all year.
The texture and flavor are a perfect foil for the somewhat bland recipes often served for holiday season. My Grandmother Vanden Brink was the first person who I recall having made this recipe. She used her old hand grinder - attached to the side of the kitchen table - handle slowly turned, to prevent the squirting of those pesky cranberries.
The relish freezes well and keeps through several months.

Jean T. Long

Jean's Fresh Cranberry Relish

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English Toffee Pudding

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 1, 2011 - 4:46pm

Thanks to Paula Pyzik Scott for contributing this Christmas recipe.

English Toffee Pudding

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Grandma Beery's Old Fashioned Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2011 - 3:40pm

Editor's note: We invite readers to submit favorite Christmas recipes for publication in the Icon. Please e-mail recipe and a brief history about the recipe to [email protected].

My grandmother always made this recipe around Christmas time. The recipe has been passed down thru a few generations, and my daughter just surprised me with a batch this past Saturday at her home for Thanksgiving. So Christmas came early this year!

Tom Beery

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