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Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band perform in Yoder on Feb. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2013 - 11:06pm

Paul Baransy will conduct Bluffton University’s Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band in the annual winter instrumental concert, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.

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Bluffton University
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Slippery road conditions

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2013 - 11:02pm

Bluffton rescue, fire and police responded to a one vehicle accident at 10:30 p.m. Feb. 16 on Columbus Grove Road, just west of Maple Grove Cemetery. Due to the icy road conditions, the driver of a Cheverolet truck slide off the road, but was not injured. Click for a video.

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Chamber fundraiser

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2013 - 10:06am

Tickets are now on sale in Bluffton for a one-time performance of "Driving Miss Daisy."

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"Driving Miss Daisy" March 9 presentation is chamber fundraiser

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2013 - 10:04am

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will present “Driving Miss Daisy,” a drama by Alfred Uhry, performed by the Van Wert Civic Theatre, at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 9, at The Centre, Bluffton, 601 N. Main St.

Tickets are $10 each and are available in Bluffton at Greg’s Pharmacy, Village Cut ‘n’ Curl and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Tickets may also be ordered by contacting the Bluffton chamber at [email protected]. Tickets will also be available at the door the evening of the performance.

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Events
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If they could be any animal for one day you'd see a white shark, cheetah, small dog and a western diamondback rattlesnake

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2013 - 10:11pm

This week The Icon talks with four more Bluffton third graders. They are Landyn Fleharty (Mrs. Raeburn’s class), Ethan Bogart (Mr. Armstrong’s class), Maeve Donaldson (Mrs. Bogart’s class), and Caleb Mckenzie (Mrs. Kingsley’s class).

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People
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Beheading’ reveals real J. Denny(s)

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2013 - 9:36pm

Bluffton University mascot J. Denny Beaver is one busy beaver, as appearances at about 70 events (and counting) this academic year would attest J. Denny is so in demand, in fact, that it has taken three Bluffton students to perform his duties.

Their identities were revealed at halftime of the men’s basketball game on Feb. 13, during a “beheading” ceremony that traditionally marks the only time that college mascots remove their costume heads in public.

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