Persons interested in positions with the U.S. Census will be interested to know that there are test sessions for potential employees set at the Bluffton Public Library.

Those dates and times are:

2 p.m., Feb. 6

5 p.m., Feb. 11

2 p.m., Feb. 13

Persons wanting more information should contact:

Phillip Carlen
402 W. Sandusky St.
Findlay, OH 45840

[email protected]

Bluffton Housing Corp. will hold its annual shareholder meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Vance Street Apartments.

The agenda includes reports on the operations of Riley View Apartments and Vance Street Apartments and the election of officers for 2010.

Three board members' terms are expiring. They are Ed Yeager, Fred Rodabaugh and Wayne Matter. Yeager and Rodabaugh have indicated that they are willing to serve on another three-year term.

ABOUT $18,000 LESS THAN IT RECEIVED IN 2009

At its Jan. 26, meeting, the Bluffton Public Library's Board of Trustees adopted an annual budget with projected operating revenue of just $351,000.

That is about $18,000 less than it received in 2009, and nearly $68,000 less than it received in 2008.

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A "Wild" West Virginia license plate in white and blue, was captured in the Rosenberger Drive parking lot at Bluffton University.

January registered an extreme in temperatures, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The high temperature for the month was 50 degrees on Jan. 24. The low was minus 2 on Jan. 3.

January 2010's average daily temperature was 22.9 degrees. The normal average daily January temperature is 23.6 degrees.

Snowfall reached 9.9 inches in January. The average January precipitation is 2.04 inches.

The Bluffton Icon now offers a helpful service for persons needing copies of the Bluffton income tax form. In cooperating with the Village of Bluffton, the Bluffton tax forms may be downloaded from The Icon.

To download copies of the form, simply go to the Icon home page. The files are available on the right column just above the "More Inside" bar.

Any resident of Bluffton 16 years or older is required to file a return with the tax office, (income becomes taxable at age 16). Bluffton School District tax is not filed or remitted through the Village of Bluffton tax office.

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