David Glick and Scott Gleason both correctly picked 9 games and both picked the same tie-breakers (Bluffton by 8 or more and C-R by 1-7) in the first week's Bluffton Icon high school football contest.

Both winners receive tickets to a Bluffton University football game and coffee from Common Grounds.

Other results:

9 correct - Mark Sommers (picked Bluffton by 1-7 and C-R by 1-7)

Delphos St. John's Blue Jay Invitational- Saturday, August 27, 2011
By Hannah Chappell-Dick
Bluffton runners toed the starting line Saturday and prepared to race for the second time this year. The meet, called the Blue Jay Invitational, was in Delphos.

By Hannah Chappell-Dick

The Bluffton Cross Country team has been training all summer and the time has finally come to bring it all together.

Although their season officially kicked off at the Upper Sandusky Icebreaker Invitational on Tuesday, it wasn't the first time the Pirates competed this year.

Evelyn (Michel) Sutter will celebrate her 90th birthday Sept. 5. Evelyn was born to the late Clinton and Leah (Peterson) Balmer in Allen County.

She married Clair Michel June 28, 1941 and he died Aug. 1, 1984. She then married Bud Sutter who died in 2000.

Evelyn has two children, Ron (Pat) Michel, Pandora and Karen (Paul) Businger, Bluffton. She has 4 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

Parking for visitors to Bluffton University's campus will be altered during ongoing construction of the Health and Fitness Education Center (HFEC).

"Visitors and guests are important members of our campus community. It is important to us that during the construction efforts, we make parking spaces available to these guests and those persons who use handicapped parking areas," said Kevin Nickel, vice president for fiscal affairs. "We hope the temporary parking shortage does not deter guests from enjoying Bluffton University campus events."

Eight new faculty coming to Bluffton

Bluffton University is welcoming eight new faculty members in 2011-12.

Joining the faculty as assistant professors are Denise Durenberger, in business; Dr. Ross Kauffman, in Bluffton's new public health program; Dr. J. Walter Paquin, in social work; Dr. Jon Peterson, in music; and Jackie Wyse Rhodes, who will begin work in the religion department next spring semester.

The Bluffton Flag Corp participated in the Flag/Dance Team competition at the Allen County Fair on Aug. 25. They brought three trophies home -- 1st place in Class A Feature Flags, 2nd place in Class A Flag Corp, and 2nd place in Open Class Dance Team.

Pictured are (first row) Lindsey Sneary, Jennifer Yost (Advisor), Kaitlin Thompson, and Wynter Wise. Second row: Lacey Hill, Emily Swisher, Sophie Marcum, Anna Sneary, and Noelle Heinze.

Ronald E. Conrad, 66, of Columbus Grove died at 12:36 a.m. Aug. 27, 2011 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, He was born in Lima March 23, 1945 to Virgil and Arvilla Naas Conrad. On Aug. 25, 1972 he married Joyce Williams and she survives.

Ron retired from Accubuilt, Lima, where he worked as an accountant for 43 years. He graduated from Bath High School, Northwest Business College and served in the Army in Viet Nam. He was a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church.

Betty Marie Picklesimer, 74, of Bluffton, died at 4 p.m. Aug. 26, 2011, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born July 13, 1937, in Vanlue to Charles and Eva Watson Grant. On July 25, 1958, she married James Leo Picklesimer and he preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 1996.

Mrs. Picklesimer graduated from Mt. Blanchard High School and attended Ohio Northern University where she received a 2-year teaching certificate.

Scott K. Murray, 81, died at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 23, 2011, at his Wapakoneta, Ohio, residence.

He was born Dec. 31, 1929, in Bluffton to Nile and Ethel Scoles Murray. On Sept. 8, 1948, he married Patricia J. O'Brien, who died July 18, 2005.

Mr. Murray had been an electrician and high-voltage lineman for Ohio Power Co., and later with the city of Wapakoneta and the city of St. Marys.