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15 minutes with Colin Sprague

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 4, 2011 - 4:51am
Colin Sprague

15 minutes with Colin Sprague

The Icon caught up with Colin on the sidelines of Friday night's homecoming football game.

What year to you graduate from BHS?

2009

Where are you enrolled in college, what year are you and what is your major?

I'm currently enrolled at Cedarville University, where I'm a junior studying pre-pharmacy

When asked at Cedarville, "Where is Bluffton?" how do you respond?

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Jim Dillman wins Icon's weekly college football contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2011 - 5:18pm

The winner of The Bluffton Icon's Week 5 of College Football Contest is Jim Dillman. Jim and Mike Burris both accumulated 10 points this week with Jim winning the 4th tie-breaker.

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Mike Burris, Nancy Armour tie as winners of Icon's high school football contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2011 - 5:13pm

There is a tie for this week's High School football contest. Mike Burris and Nancy Armour both picked all 10 games correct receiving 11 points and picked the tie-breakers the same.

Other contestants:

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Eastern Woodlands Indians along Deer/Riley Creek at the Swiss House during Fall Festival

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2011 - 8:10am

From left: J.J. "Sunfish" Garmatter, Austen "Feared Bear" Herron, Nick "Little Deer" Luke, Casey "Little Squirrel" McGuire, Clay "Whispering Blue Jay" Burkholder, Misha "River Trout" Groman and Christian "Red Fox" Groman.

The Bluffton Boy Scouts, under the direction of Assistant Scoutmaster Gary Wetherill, had made authentic costumes and learned about the Eastern Woodlands Indians which lived in our area from the mid-1700s through early 1800s.

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Spencerville woman drives off into the sunset in a 1995 Corvette - Bluffton Lions Foundation raffle winner

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 27, 2011 - 1:06pm
Valarie Hahn, Spencerville, Corvette raffle winner

The lucky winner of the 1995 Corvette is Valarie Hahn of Spencerville, according to Dick Ramseyer, president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation. The mint condition vehicle has only 22,760 mile on it.

Click here for a video showing the raffle drawing.

The Corvette winner is not the only winner in the raffle. "Around two dozen public Charities throughout northwest Ohio have raised funds all summer through the Bluffton Lions Foundation Charity Corvette Raffle program," said Ramseyer

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What's it like being a university football trainer? Watch the video and find out for yourself

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 26, 2011 - 4:27pm

What does it take to be a university football trainer? Bluffton Icon intern Jordan Howe asked that question to Bluffton University student trainer, Kriste Corney.

Corney of Bucyrus, gives a perspective on what it is like to be a football trainer for Bluffton University. She talks about hydration, time constraints, and how she chose the job.

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