Student members of the Bluffton High School Renaissance Club and boys and girls basketball players are selling raffle tickets for a luxury suite to the Ohio State University men’s and women’s basketball games, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director.
The raffle tickets, donated by Monsanto, will include 12 luxury suite tickets for both the men’s and women’s basketball games, and three parking passes next to the Schottenstein Center.
Julianne Olivia Niswander of Columbus and Seth Allen Burkholder of Columbus were married Oct. 6, at the Worthington Presbyterian Church, Worthington, Ohio.
She is the daughter of Ned and Deb Niswander of Bluffton. He is the son of Lyle and Kathy Burkholder of Pandora.
Dr. Mack Sigmon officiated the ceremony. The reception was at The Worthington Inn. The couple honeymooned in Mexico.
Julianne graduated from Bluffton High Scool in 2004 and from the Ohio State University in 2009 with a bachelor's in medical dietetics. She is employed by Abbott Nutrition, Columbus.
Ezra Moser works an apple peeler and a wooden vise during a demonstration at the 1961 Bluffton centennial. Larry Badertscher is pressing the apples to produce apple cider. Leland Gerber photo.
Dr. Rachel Holt of Miamisburg, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Terlecky of Centerville, Ohio, were united in marriage at 2 p.m. June 23, 2012 at St. Edward Church in Granville, Ohio, in a double ring ceremony officiated by Msgr. Paul Enke and Dan Thacher. Music for the ceremony was provided by Sarah Lehman, Kara Zink and Kevin Gratz.
The bride is the daughter of Robert and Karlyn Holt of Bluffton. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wasyl Terlecky, Jr. The reception was held at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio.
The Icon launches its 2012 college bowl contest this week. The contest includes 29 bowl games played from Thursday, Dec. 20, through Tuesday, Jan. 1. The Icon will provide updates from time to time to show the contest leaders. The deadline for entry is noon on Dec. 20.
This is not the entry form, but it shows the bowl games in the contest. Watch for an annoucement later this week stating that the contest is posted.
Dec. 20
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
BYU (7-5) vs San Diego State (9-3)
The Bluffton University men’s basketball team lost to Rose Hulman 63-43 Saturday November 8. The Beavers fell to 2-5 (0-3 HCAC) while Rose Hulman improved to 7-1 (3-0 HCAC) on the year.
The Beavers took an early 5-0 lead on a Josh Johnson (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) three followed by a steal and layup from Tyler Neal (Bluffton).
Rose stormed back and took a 13-11 lead with 7:41 left in the first half and never looked back. At halftime Rose held a 29-16 advantage.
The winner of Week 5 of The Icon Football Contest 2 is Duane Bollenbacher. Duane and Randy Stewart both correctly picked 12 games this week and Duane was declared the winner by virtue of the first tie-breaker.
Other contestants:
11 correct - Adelyn Althaus, John Clevidence, Kyle Gratz, Tater Hooker and Todd Fleharty.
10 correct - Brandon Huber, Jim Dillman and Joe Suter.
