Three Bluffton runners participated in the 11th annual Midnight Special 5K in Whitehouse. The race started at 11:45 p.m. Jan. 31, 2011, and finished in the new year. The race is on the Cannonball Trail.
There were a total of 329 runners.
Jonathan Nisly was sixth in the 15-19 men's age group, 20th overall. His time was 19:42.
Hannah Chappell-Dick was second in the 15-19 women's age group, 21st overall, third woman overall. Her time was 19:45.
In 2011 The Bluffton Icon continued to rack up an impressive growth of total views and individual viewers, according to its owners Fred and Mary P. Steiner. During 2012 the Icon's total views will reach one-half million. As of Dec. 31, The Icon has had 443,197 total views since it was launched in September 2009.
In 2011 lots of us complained about the weather, but nobody did anything about it. During the 12 months just past we experienced enough weather extremes to, well, read about it.
For example, in 2011 we experienced 34 inches of snowfall in just the first 60 days of the year. We also watched the thermometer stretch 108 degrees, from a low of minus 10 to a high of 98.
But in the end the average maximum temperature and the average minimum temperatures were pretty close to the previous five-year averages.
The January Bluffton Public Library calendar is now available for Icon viewers. Several special events are planned during the first month of the year at the library.
The Bluffton High School Post Prom comittee is hosting a pulled-pork dinner Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Bluffton Middle School cafetorium from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $6 and can be purchased from any BHS junior student, at the Bluffton Middle School office, at Greg's Pharmacy, or at the Riley Creek Pharmacy in Pandora.
There is a home high school boys' basketball game that evening versus Pandora-Gilboa.
The Bluffton University women fell behind 37-19 late in the first half and were unable to make up the deficit as St. Mary's (Ind.) held off the Beavers for a 68-57 victory in day two of the Smokey Ballenger Classic at Otterbein University. Bluffton fell to 2-9 overall, while St. Mary's improved to 5-7 on the season.
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.
