Ben Reineke won the first-ever Bluffton Icon NFL weekly football contest, which concluded this week. Reineke scored 70 points in the contest to edge out runner-up Dan Smith.
According to her parents, Jim and Lisa McLaughlin, Courtney placed first in Cold Read, second in TV Commercial and second in Singing in her age group while in Orlando.
A discussion of Nicholas Kristof's book "Half the Sky" will take place in the family room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Monday, Jan. 23, at 3 p.m. (note time change, was originally 2:30 p.m.) Maple Crest Senior Living Village is located at 700 Maple Crest Ct., Bluffton.
Copies of the book are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.
The standings after Game 7 (Dec. 29) of The Icon College Bowl Contest are:
7 correct - Mike Burris.
6 correct - Bill Edwards, Brandon Huber, Duane Bollenbacher, Mark Sommers, Marvin Porter, Robert Rockefeller and Seth Burkholder.
5 correct - Adelyn Althaus, Brian Meyers, David Glick, Doug Schweingruber, Jamie Porter, Matt Amstutz, Phil Keeler and Steve Yarnell.
4 correct - Becky Warren and John Clevidence.
3 correct - Deb Niswander, Debra Porter, Julianne Niswander and Mary Glick.
The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club will present its Annual Juried Exhibition from Jan. 6 through Feb. 18 in The Ellen Nelson Gallery at ArtSpace.
The exhibit will feature 101 photographs by 45 area adult photographers, chosen from an entry list of 198 photographs by 64 photographers. Entry categories include: Animals, Architecture, Black and White, Landscape, Plants, Portraiture, Special Effects, Still Life, Miscellaneous, and Youth. Nine photographs by four youth photographers were also accepted into the show.
