The following ten land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District for the month of October 2024 as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.
Address - Sale Date - Sale Price - Land Use - Owner - From / To
Commercial
128 E ELM ST – 10/31/2024 – $15,000 – Car washes – From William Klausing & Eduardo Morales to Eduardo Morales
Residential
117 PARKVIEW DR – 10/1/2024 – $365,000 – Single family Dwelling – From Cory & Sara Pinks to Robert & Marie Mann
216 E ELM ST – 10/7/2024 – $212,000 – Single family Dwelling – From Travis Missler to Herman Hamblin III & Alexis Lawrence-Taylor ▶︎
Guests at the November 8 breakfast meeting of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce enjoyed breakfast sponsored by Citizens National Bank and catered by Greenhorn.
Member announcements
Eikenbary Landscaping teamed up with Twisted Whisk Café to provide a free cup of coffee at the café on Monday, November 11 in honor of veterans.
The next Women in Business meeting will be Thursday, November 21, when Marlena Ballinger (Dough Hook Meat Market) will be discussing how to use Canva. For more details, contact Melinda Bowden (PromoHits) or Liz Gordon-Hancock (FGHG LLC and Greenhorn).
Fire Chief Jon Kinn publicly thanked the public for showing their support in Bluffton’s Safety Services by passing the recent income tax levy.
Kinn also informed chamber members of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires all businesses to disclose information about their owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). ▶︎
"Any inconvenience to the adult is not worth the risk”
COLUMBUS __ The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee is reminding Ohioans that leaving unattended children in running vehicles, even for a brief period of time, can result in stranger abductions requiring an AMBER Alert activation.
The Bluffton Icon underwent a design makeover in mid-November 2024 and will continue to have other improvements made in the near future.
I'm happy to report that the Google search function located at upper right on the menu bar--which was not responding at all--is improved and we're continuing to work on it.
1) You will get a number of ads at the top of the results; scroll down to blue links.
2) The top hit may not be the most recent; it will be the most popular.
Bluffton High School football will take on Patrick Henry in OHSAA Regional Finals on Friday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. at Donnell Stadium, 1300 S West St, Findlay, OH 45840.
Presale tickets are available at www.ohsaa.org/tickets for $11 Adults and $5 Students. Cash only tickets are available at the gate. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Bluffton High School will have a spirit bus traveling to Findlay on Friday, November 22 for the football playoff game.
The bus will depart at 6 p.m. from the High School Jackson St. entrance.
Students riding the bus will be responsible for purchasing their own tickets. The spirit bus will be offered to high school students first, with sign-ups open until Thursday at noon. After that, the sign-up sheet will be taken to the middle school, allowing junior high students to sign up until Friday afternoon.
The Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee is coordinating volunteer assistance to set up the 50+ Blaze of Lights cutouts that decorate the Bluffton Presbyterian Church yard at Main and Cherry streets.
Set up is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. How long it takes depends on how many folks volunteer, according to committee member Jeff Stratton: "If we have 50 people show up, we'd be done in a couple hours." Any time donated, whether 1-2 hours or less, will benefit the Blaze of Lights.
All work is on the ground level. Children are welcome to help with ages 10-12 being the minimum age. Stratton adds, "If you are part of a student group, church or other organization, please spread the word." ◾️
The Village of Bluffton has provided utility customers (water, sewer, garbage and recycling) with a form in their November bill mailer for updating contact information.
"To provide optimal service to our customers, the Bluffton Utility departmen tis requesting an update of you contact information. This is necessary to provide timely communication for important matters such as sater leaks, payment questions, income tax questions, returned mail and others." ▶︎
