We had a new mascot and no name for him**, so we asked the people most entitled to decide.
Suggestions came in by email and on social media, with supporters explaining their reasoning. We picked the top four and put them to a public vote at the 16th Annual BBQ Bash at Spanish Springs Town Square.
| Kicks | 185 votes |
| Tonka | 166 |
| Buff | 138 |
| Rumi | 103 |
592 votes cast. Kicks took it by nineteen.
He is Kicks Buff, and he was designed by Steve Schaar.
And the Bash raised more than $51,000 for The Villages Charter School.
Our coaches worked it again — behind the grills, serving the line, as they do every year. Tasting armbands were five dollars.
Fifty-one thousand dollars, for a school in this community, from a barbecue.
Thank you to everybody who voted, everybody who ate, and everybody who put the day together.
Get ready for a great season!
