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The goldenrod is yellow, the corn is turning brown, the trees in apple orchards with fruit are bending down. So writes poet Helen Hunt Jackson. Bluffton's corn is turning, as evident of this field at the corner of Tom Fett and Grove Road. Soon, it will be a barren field.

Get up to $60 or $120 off Mastercraft Tires

Tommy's Tires, 319 N. Main St., Bluffton, has a tire rebate offer now through Nov. 15, according to Tom Dotson.

Customers can get up to a $60 prepaid Visa card by mail when purchasing a new set of four qualifying Mastercraft tires.

Those tires are:
Courser HXT
Courser AXT
Courser HSX tour
Avenger Touring LSR

From 3 to 5 p.m. this Sunday, thanks for Riley Creek Arbor

Riley Creek Arbor invites Icon viewers for an opportunity for a free admission at Suter’s Corn Maze, 8250 Road R, Pandora, from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, according to Gary Reese.

“We are collecting donations to benefit the Bluffton Food Pantry,” said Reese. “In exchange for at least one boxed or one canned food item per person, you will receive free admission to the maze.”

The Hancock Park District’s annual “Harvest the Past” is Sunday, Oct. 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Litzenberg Memorial Woods. 

Visitors can celebrate the past in the 1847 McKinnis House with apple turnovers and stew cooking on the cook stove. 

Chad Hazelton of Ada will be bringing some of his farm animals. 

This free event is for all ages. Registration is not required. Litzenberg Memorial Woods is located at 6100 U.S. 224, west of Findlay. 

Bluffton Hospital cardiopulmonary department earned echocardiography reaccreditation

Area residents know that Bluffton Hospital has a big heart as it cares for its patients.

A national accreditation commission reaffirmed that fact recently.

Earlier this year the hospital received “seal of approval” for the third time affirming its echocardiography laboratory provides a high level of patient care and quality testing when diagnosing heart disease.

The hospital’s cardiopulmonary department earned echocardiography reaccreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

Here's a scene you're looking at for the first-time ever. It's the corner of Vine and Lawn looking south toward the elementary school. Two properties were purchased by the school board this summer. The structures were razed and grass was recently planted.

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