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You’d have thought it was 1991. But the players in the bus weren’t even born then.

Thursday evening the Bluffton Junior High football team rode into town like the champions that they are – escorted by fire and police vehicles and followed by lots and lots of cars honking, probably all the way from Columbus Grove.

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Yep, you'd have thought it was 1991.

We interupt this evening's program to bring you the 2013 Northwest Conference Junior High football champs - the Bluffton Pirates. The sirens and belling through town around 7:30 p.m. were fans following the bus from Columbus Grove. Click for a video.

The Nashville band, The Rough and Tumble, performs on the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.

The Rough & Tumble, consisting of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, describe themselves as “two scarecrows in a cornfield, two pairs of hands stealing the same piece of candy, a dust devil that traveled seven states to get to you only to make you cry… The Rough & Tumble are here to lock eyes with you in a crowded room, smile and wink at you.”

Saturday's your last chance. The Bluffton Farmers' Market concludes its 10th annual succesfully run in Bluffton. The market, open from 8:30 a.m. to noon, has its home in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. It will reopen on the first Saturday of May, 2014.

Connie Kruse of Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, invites Icon viewers to stop in the downtown shop.

"We have beautiful fall fresh and silk arrangements," she said. "And our fun bunches are only $4.95."

Phone: 419-358-4040.

Elementary book fair week is coming to the Bluffton elementary next week. That’s just one of several events on the end of October and November calendar for students in K-5.

Here’s a summary of activities:

ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR: The Book Fair will begin the week of Oct. 28.  Daily hours will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 8a.m. to 2p.m. on Friday. Family Night is Tuesday, Oct. 29th from 6-8 p.m.

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