The Blanchard Valley Hospital Auxiliary's Nearly New Shop is accepting donations for their annual prom dress distribution. Items accepted include dresses, shoes and accessories.
The items can be dropped off at the Nearly New Shop, 306 Lima Ave., Findlay, through March 13. After March 13, the dresses, shoes and accessories will be available free of charge to any area teen needing items for prom. One dress per girl will be provided.
There's a new twist to this year's Lion's Club Foundation-Senior Citizens pancake and sausage benefit. This year's benefit offers several door prizes to persons who attend tickets.
The 30th annual benefit is from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 17, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St. Tickets are $6.50 for adults and youth through age 5 are free when accompanied by an adult.
A $2,000 matching gift from an anonymous donor means donations accepted through Feb. 19 continue to make a major impact in the Maple Crest Memory Garden and Pier Project, according to Daren Lee, director of marketing of Maple Crest Senior Living Villages, Bluffton.
On Feb. 11 Maple Crest held a pancake breakfast fundraiser to launch its Memory Garden project. From that event over $1,300 was raised by the more than 200 persons in attendance who enjoyed nearly 900 pancakes.
Bluffton residents Amy Roby, representing Tastefully Simple, and Brandy Cox, representing Mary Kay Cosmetics, join Heather Blankenship of Findlay, representing Premier Designs, in an open house later this month in Findlay.
The open house is from 12:30 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at Blanchard Valley School, 1700 E. Sandusky St., Findlay. The event includes an afternoon of fun and food and a display of the products these women represent.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of its 2012 new membership drive and the benefits of a chamber membership have never been better.
With its 151 members, the chamber invites businesses, industries, organizations and individuals to consider a membership this month.
Several benefits come with a Bluffton chamber membership. New members who join in February receive a 10 percent discount in their 12-month membership.
Here's a classic Bluffton swimming pool photo. Originally a 2 1/2 by 4 inch snapshot, we've enlarged and enhanced for Icon viewers to study closer. The period is the early 1920s.
This is north side of the Buckeye, just to the west of today's shelter house. The man on the pier is probably Steiner Geiger, who was the life guard and swimming teacher. The bath house is behind him. Notice the diving boarrds and the rope that crosses the quarry. The rope divided the "shallow" end from the "deep" end.
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Many retirement plan and IRA limits are indexed for inflation each year. Some of the key numbers for 2012 are discussed below.
Elective deferrals
If you're lucky enough to be eligible to participate in a 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), or SAR-SEP plan, you can make elective deferrals of up to $17,000 in 2012, up from $16,500 in 2011.
The Service Group of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio hosts a soup and sandwich supper from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the chapel of the Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
The supper will be available for dining-in or carry-out. The menu includes the following soups: broccoli and cheese, ham and bean, and chicken-noodle vegetable.
Sandwiches include shredded beef and barbecue pork. A variety of homemade pies are available. The cost for a bowl of soup, sandwich and slice of piece with beverage is $8. For children 10 and under, the cost is $4.
