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Icon Highlights offer new print format, new opportunities

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/ Sep 14, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott
Icon owner-editor / 567-400-4266, [email protected]

In 2025, I began printing and hand-assembling monthly Icon Highlights, a collection of articles of lasting interest for distribution to locations where people can sit and read. This month, the Ada and Bluffton Highlights have moved to a new magazine binding that creates an opportunity to increase distribution.

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Padrone's Pizza has a new owner

Business

/ Sep 14, 2026

FROM FACEBOOK__Padrone's Pizza has a new owner. Long-time Bluffton resident Jesse Owsley took possession on September 1.

"I am excited to begin this new chapter of Padrone's Pizza and look forward to serving the Bluffton community," Owlsey announced on Facebook.

Hours of operation will remain the same. The pizzeria will continue to offer carry-out or delivery to Bluffton and the surrounding communities.

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Pirate girls cross country 2nd at Bearcat Invite

Sports

/ Sep 13, 2026

By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE__The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed at the Spencerville Bearcat Invitational meet on Saturday, September 12, with the Pirate girls coming in second among a five-team field in the Black Division race.

GIRLS RESULTS
Pirate Xandra Gatchel finished second in the girls meet with a time of 21:16. Teammate Tessa Tarplee came in fourth in 22:15.

Coldwater captured the girls team crown with a mere 22 points. Bluffton tallied 75 points to nose out Bellmont (Ind.) by three points for second.

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Share of the Day: Furry Tales is for sale

Business

/ September 14, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Trinity Lutheran to host Chili Cookoff

Regional news

/ September 14, 2026

With 8th grade+ Cornhole Tournament

Trinity Lutheran Church and School, 105 Allen Street, Jenera, is hosting a Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, September 26 at 5:00 p.m.

Death notice for Julie C. (Field) Amstutz

Obituaries

/ September 14, 2026

Julie C. (Field) Amstutz, 73, passed away September 12, 2026, at her home.

Julie was born February 7, 1953, in Lima, to Clyde and Bess (Cunningham) Field who preceded her in death. On May 25, 1992, she married Daryl Amstutz who preceded her in death on February 4, 2026.