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The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is collecting material from its members to create a welcome packet to new residents and for persons and businesses inquiring about the community.

Vanessa Greer of First National Bank, and Bethany Theis of Mennonite Mutual Aid Society, are serving as the welcome packets hosts.

According to Fred Steiner, chamber CEO, the packet is an additional benefit for chamber members since it is a free service to members.

Citizens National Bank is the newest Bluffton Icon advertiser. It has offices in Bluffton, Elida, Lima, Van Wert, Findlay and Springfield.

Citizens offers several services. Recently it announced an improved bill payment product, provided through CheckFree, available to all its online banking customers.

The new service provides the time-saving benefit and convenience of paying all bills from one website. Additionally, several improvements will make tracking customer bill payments and finances even easier.

WINNING TICKET TO BE DRAWN AT THE JUNE 26 WHEELS FESTIVAL

By Austin Arnold, BGSU intern
Through a new fundraiser just launched by the Bluffton Lions Club, you could enter to win a Corvette and help out a local charity at the same time.

A 1990 red Chevrolet Corvette this week has been unveiled as the prize of the Bluffton Lions Foundation Charity Corvette Raffle. The winning ticket will be drawn during the 43rd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels on June 26, 2010.

KC8ISC

This is KC8ISC, do you read me? This plate belongs on an amateur radio operator,

Iowa 696 SZT

We found this car waiting in the Kirtland Auto parking lot, all the way from Washington County, Iowa.

JR 86

It's from Putnam County. That's obvious. But who is JR and what does 85 represent? JR's year of birth, graduation from high school, marriage or football jersey?

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