March 2015

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The Bluffton Lions Club will begin to sell tickets for the “Shopping Spree” to be held at the Community Market on April 4. Lions will be selling these tickets every Friday and Saturday at the Community Market beginning March 6. Proceeds from this project will go to the Lion’s Scholarship Fund. $500 scholarships will then be available to High School Seniors in Bluffton, Pandora/Gilboa and/or Cory/Rawson Schools for their fall classes.

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Icon viewers have discovered several new features added to the Icon this week.

These include:
• an enhanced presence for advertisers,
• improved photos viewing and a
• sports calendar.

Ryan Lowry is the Icon's technical editor. He installed these new features. Here are the details:

Advertiser enhancement
The Icon improved its “Ad Index.” The index is found on the black horizontal scroll bar near the top of the home page.

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March 3, 2015
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

All-HCAC release

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton junior Thayne Recker (Arlington) added another accolade into his already overflowing trophy case when the All-Heartland Conference men’s basketball team was announced. Recker earned First Team All-HCAC honors, the first Beaver to do so since Mychael Hill following the 2009-10 season.

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Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce offers a “speed dating social media” program during its 7 a.m., Friday, March 13, breakfast meeting in the third floor of the town hall. A social media workshop will follow the program.

Four Bluffton University students, who are chamber members, will present the program. Tables at the breakfast will be arranged in four clusters. Each student will give a seven-minute presentation at each table cluster during the program.

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March 3, 2015
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

MSOE Stats  I  Wartburg Stats

FORT MYERS, FL - The Bluffton University softball team continued its winning ways as the Beavers defeated the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders handily in a 10-0 win. The victory pushed the Beavers to an impressive 5-0 record to start the season. It was the first game of 2015 for the Raiders.

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The Gardeners of the Bluffton-Pandora Area announced its 2015 program calendar, which follows: 

(A copy of the organization's current newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.)

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Here's a welcome thought from an Icon advertiser.

It's time to "think spring." Call Fyrwomyn's Service to schedule your spring and summer yard maintenance. Call 419-560-2348, or [email protected].

In the meantime, also call Fyrwomyn's Service for snow removal.

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February was a month for the weather books. Consider: 10 days with the minimum temperature in the minus column and only six days with the maximum temperature above freezing.

Here’s the summary, according to Pandora weather observer, Guy Verhoff.
• Average temperature = 14.8 degrees
• Normal average temperature = 28.6 degrees
• Precipitation = 17.2 inches snow; 1.48 inches rain
• Normal average precipitation = 2.02 inches
• Maximum temperature = 47 degrees on Feb. 8
• Minimum temperature = -9 on Feb. 27

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Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports 3.7 inches of snow fell on March 1. Add to that .33 inch of precipitation. March 1 high temperature was 26 and the low was 11.

So, March came in like a lion.

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March 2, 2015
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

Game 1 Stats  I  Game 2 Stats

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The Bluffton baseball team struggled on day two in Florida as they were swept by John Carroll on Monday, Mar. 2. The Beavers lost game one, 11-9, in a seven-inning contest before dropping the nine-inning game, 7-3. Bluffton slipped to 1-2 on the young season while the Blue Streaks improved to 2-2.

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