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Beavers set school record with 7th straight win (baseball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 30, 2011 - 6:58am

The Bluffton University baseball team etched itself into the record books with its school-record seventh straight victory. The Beavers opened their three-game series at Hanover with a 12-8 victory over the Panthers on Friday, April 29, 2011. Bluffton evened its record at 17-17 overall and 9-10 in the Heartland Conference, while Hanover slipped to 13-19 and 8-10 in the HCAC.

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Bluffton University
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Lady Pirates blast Anna 22-3

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 30, 2011 - 6:56am

The rain did not damper the Lady Pirates Thursday as they traveled to LCC for a conference game with the T-Birds. The Pirates have been rained out all week, coming off a 6-4 loss to Crestview last Thursday and a 22-3 blasting of Anna on Saturday.

After a short wait on the rain to clear a bit, the Pirates opened up with a home run smash by Molly Lengyel in the first inning scoring two runs.

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Sports
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Superintendent addresses school plan to deal with shortage of revenue for fiscal 2011

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2011 - 9:49pm

Note: The following column is by Greg Denecker, superintendent of Bluffton schools. The column is part of the current school newsletter. A complete copy of the newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this article.

I want to bring everyone up-to-date on the plans to deal with a shortage of revenue from fiscal year 2011. The new state budget proposal (which will probably pass close to current projections) will perpetuate a significant decrease in revenue for our district over the next two years.

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Public Meetings
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Corner of Main and College

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2011 - 9:14pm
Corner of Main and College

The secret's out. It takes a cell phone to change the marquee at the corner of Main and College.

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Get out the rod and reel - Grand Shannon lurks in the Buckeye for Sunday's derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2011 - 6:02pm

Make way for Grand Shannon.

The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club 67th annual trout derby, held Sunday, May 1, will honor the village sesquicentennial by naming its number one tagged ground "Grand Shannon."This year's derby has over $4,000 in cash and prizes on tagged trout.

Icon viewers had a hand in naming this year's fish. The Sportsmen's Club invited The Icon to poll viewers on four suggested names for this year's tag number 1. Icon viewers chose "Grand Shannon."

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Regional news
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In the repair shop

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 28, 2011 - 8:01pm
In the repair shop

Icon viewers may have noticed the large window above the St. John's UCC door is missing. Never fear - the congregation is having the stained-glass windows restored and releaded this year. It will return soon as good as new.

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