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Mark Sommers wins Bluffton Icon football bowl contest

Watch for national playoff contest posted tonight
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 5, 2021 - 10:55am

Mark Sommers is the winner of the Bluffton Icon college football bowl contest. Of the 73 entries, he picked 12 correct winners and also picked both tie-breakers. He receives a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone's Pizza.

Angie Guinn was the winner of the Ada Icon contest.

Entries were from the following communities:
Bluffton - 42
Ada - 19
Pandora - 3
Lima - 1
Columbus Grove - 1
Ottawa - 1
Alger - 2
Dallas, Texas -1
Jenera - 2
Cary, North Carolina - 1 

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Meet Celia Smith, BHS December student of the month

Following high school she may pursue nursing or social work
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 3:38pm

Celia Smith, a senior, is the December Bluffton High School student of the month.

She is involved in many activities including Drama Club, swim team, Latin Club, SADD, 4-H, Gatekeepers and is an SOS tutor after school.

She is in the National Honor Society and has received academic awards three times and  also received the academic scholar award.

She is a member of the volleyball team and the Bluffton swim club. She is employed at Arby's in Bluffton and in her spare time she enjoys singing, volunteering, drawing, painting, reading and writing.

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15 minutes with Derek Swartzlander, now at Xavier

Caleb Mikesell and I are the only students in Bluffton who have blown up power lines for a school project
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2021 - 2:49pm

15 minutes with Derek Swartzlander
2019 graduate of Bluffton High School

Icon: What have you been doing since graduating from BHS?
Derek: I’ve been attending Xavier University where I study English and Accounting. I play guitar in the Xavier Jazz Orchestra and Xavier Singers, which is a group of singers and dancers with a live band. I also play sousaphone in the Xavier Pep Band and I am a member of the Students for Life club. I come back to Bluffton during breaks.

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Bluffton University master's grad obtains doctorate

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2021 - 1:07pm

A Bluffton University master's graduate, Gregory Phipp  of Lima, recently earned a doctorate in management of technology and digital communications from the Indiana State University.

The assistant professor of communication at Ohio Northern University is a graduate from Lima Technical College and the University of Toledo’s electronic engineering programs. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Bluffton in organizational management.

His research topics include broadcast television communications and the adoption of bonded-cellular transmission technology.

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Bill Marchal's quick change battery clamp now on Kickstarter

Always the inventor, Bill says he's designed a battery clamp for easy use under the hood
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 30, 2020 - 1:36pm

Remember Bill Marchal, former owner of the Bluffton Dari Freeze? Always inventing something new, Bill's latest patent pending invention, a quick change battery clamp is now on Kickstarter. Click here to view his product. Here's Bill's story:

How often have you struggled to remove the clamp attached to your car battery? 

You know, that clamp first designed for under-the-hood use in vehicles invented 80 car models ago?

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The 12 Bluffton Icon holiday concert videos of Christmas (plus 2)

We opened our time machine and went back to 2011 to 2015
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2020 - 1:10pm

You know the words… “I’ll be home for Christmas.”

We each know that  2020 isn’t exactly a year to come home to. And, because there was no massive elementary holiday music concert with standing room only in the BHS gym, The Icon dug out its time machine.

After all December holiday elementary concerts are among each Icon viewer’s highlights of the year, right?

We set the dial to five of our favorite Bluffton December’s past. Like 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and even a rare 2011 vintage.

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