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IRS announces annual inflation adjustments for 2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 12, 2013 - 2:52pm

The Internal Revenue Service announced today annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2013, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes from the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

The tax items for 2013 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following changes.

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This map has one black dot for every person in Bluffton, and in the whole U.S. and Canada

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 11, 2013 - 6:00pm

Now, the internet is ripe with many cool things. We at the Icon thought this was pretty neat.

Brandon Martin-Anderson created a map that contains a dot for every single person counted in the last U.S. and Canadian censuses.  That means 341,817,095 dots. 

According to the site, he wanted "an image of human settlement patterns unmediated by proxies like city boundaries, arterial roads, state lines, etc."  So he wrote a computer program and fed in the information from the census.

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Peter Previte speaker at Bluffton Lions on Jan. 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 10, 2013 - 9:46pm

The next lunchtime meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club will be held Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Maple Crest at noon. 

The featured speaker will be Peter Previte, professor of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University.  He will be speaking on the topic of a “Brief History of the Federal Food/Drug/Cosmetic Act”.  

In additonal business, the meeting will include the induction of some new members.  

If members have not already signed up for lunch, they may do so by emailing [email protected]

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The 2012 names for Bluffton born babies

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2013 - 11:08pm

For the second year running, 'Mason' was the most popular name for Bluffton born baby boys. Of the over 200 names provided to the Icon by the Bluffton Hospital OB Department, 'Mason' appeared four times, more than any other name, boy or girl.

For the rest of the boys, the following names appeared more than once:
Abram  Aidan  Asher  Carter  Connor  James
Jase  Jaxson/Jaxon  Joel  Kaleb  Landon  Levi  Logan/Login  Oliver 
Ryker  Samual  Thomas  William  Wyatt

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Diamond Manufacturing has the answer to scarce office space in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2013 - 8:02pm

Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton may have a solution to businesses seeking office space locally.

The industry located at the 505 E. Jefferson St. (corner of County Line Road and Jefferson) has seven office spaces available for rent – and these are available immediately. The office area is along the Jefferson Street side of the Diamond plant.

Tammy Whitlow of Diamond told The Icon that in addition to the office space, the facility has a lobby, reception area, kitchenette, a conference room, rest rooms plus some storage area.

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Flu widespread in many states, including Ohio, and Red Cross urges flu shots for all

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 9, 2013 - 2:22pm

Widespread flu activity is being reported across much of the country and the American Red Cross urges people who have not yet gotten a flu vaccine to get vaccinated now.

The Red Cross also has steps people can take to prevent the spread of the flu virus during what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says is the worst influenza outbreak in several years in the United States.

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