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BHS artists prepare Yankee Doodle Christmas Trees for Jingle Bell Stroll

People

/ Oct 20, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Scarecrows and pumpkins will make way for Christmas in just a few short weeks in downtown Bluffton. As part of America 250 celebrations, Vickie Garmon's art classes at Bluffton High School are making Yankee Doodle Christmas Trees, which will be displayed during the November 19 Jingle Bell Stroll, a program of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce

Local filmmaker focuses on memories made by people and places

Business

/ Oct 20, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce hosted local filmmaker Gideon Fisher at its October breakfast meeting for a program on the ways video can preserve memories of places and people that are important to us.

The film We'll Remember Thee: An Arlington, Ohio School Documentary was the centerpiece of Fisher's presentation.

He also asked the audience to participate in an interactive Q&A session where they could supply Bluffton topics that would warrant preservation with video.

We'll Remember Thee | An Arlington, Ohio School Documentary

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JessExpress Travel is the Icon's newest advertiser

Iconoclast View

/ Oct 19, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Meet JessExpress Travel, the Bluffton Icon's newest advertiser: An award-winning travel expert specializing in luxury cruises, premier all-inclusive resorts across Mexico and the Caribbean, exclusive Hawaiian getaways, and curated vacations to Disney and Universal destinations.

Click on the JessExpress ad on the Classifieds page, find the business on our list of advertisers or use the contact information below:

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Columbus Grove-Bluffton Rd. closure planned for up to three weeks

Living in Bluffton

/ October 20, 2026

Closure to begin October 26

Two Pirate volleyball players make 1st team All-NWC

Sports

/ October 20, 2026

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __Three Bluffton High School volleyball players earned high Northwest Conference honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

3 Pirate girls 1st team All-NWC soccer

Sports

/ October 20, 2026

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __Five players from the Bluffton High School girls soccer team that shared the Northwest Conference title were named all-league in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

Pirates dominate All-NWC boys soccer awards

Sports

/ October 20, 2026

Amstutz is Player of the Year; Lee is Coach of the Year
By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__Six players from the Northwest Conference champion Bluffton High School boys soccer team earned first team all-league honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.