Monday was the end of an era for the Bluffton Industrial Expansion Corporation.
Richard Boehr (center) and Ropp Triplett (right), longtime BIEC members, presented the remains of the corporation's funds to the village on Monday. The village will, in turn, give the proceeds to Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs.
Brendon Matthews (left), president of the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, looks at the check, which totals $3,084.
The Inn at ONU, a full-service hotel in Ada, has built a reputation for quality and customer services. Guests at The Inn experience luxurious accommodations, fine dining and friendly staff.
To continue to meet its guests' needs, The Inn will undergo building improvements and enhancements over the summer.
These will be completed in four phases. The Inn will continue to operate as normal during the first two phases of the work.
Basinger Plumbing and Heating takes its customers seriously. When a Basinger employee works in your home he wears shoe covers so he won't track dirt all over your house.
A couple days after the work is completed someone calls to make certain everything is satisfactory.
There are many other ways the company works with customers. One is the way jobs are estimated. Aaron Basinger, who has worked in the family business since he was in eighth grade, handles estimating along with scheduling, ordering parts and bidding commercial jobs.
Diller Medical, 902 N. Main St., Bluffton has a Fathers' Day special sale on lift chairs, according to Jim Diller.
Between now and Friday, June 22, all lift chairs are 30 percent off. Diller's has chairs in price ranges from $595 to $1,495. The sale price is 30 percent off those prices.
There is a choice of sizes and colors and Diller's has Medicare billing available.
Area teachers can now apply for a McDonald's MAC Grant, which offers financial support to help teachers Make Activities Count for their students.
Local McDonald's Owner, Jerry Lewis, is offering this educational initiative to assist area elementary and middle school teachers with their important job of educating young students.
Recognizing that lessons often become more meaningful when demonstrated with hands-on experiences, McDonald's supplements regular classroom curriculum by supporting activities that the school's budget may not allow.
Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) has been awarded the 2011 Environmental Excellence Award from Sterilmed Inc. This means that BVH has been recognized as one of the country's best practice facilities in reducing environmental impact and improving overall health care sustainability through medical device recycling.
"In the past 12 months, Blanchard Valley Hospital has diverted nearly 5,000 pounds of single use medical devices from landfills through reprocessing and recycling efforts," said Marlene Brunswick, director of perioperative services at Blanchard Valley Hospital.
