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Water-sewer bid opening moves to July 23

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2010 - 1:46pm

A bid opening scheduled for July 8 for the proposed water and sewer projects on South Main and North Dixie Highway has been moved to July 22 at 11 a.m.

According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, 11 sets of plans have been requested for the project. He added that the project end date was extended to allow for any possible delay in the project start due to the annexation process.

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4 ordinances on July 12 council agenda

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2010 - 1:30pm

Four ordinances are on the July 12 Bluffton council agenda. They include:

Ordinance 17, 3rd reading, adopting the Ohio Building Codes and establishing a Village of Bluffton Building Department.

Ordinance 18, 3rd reading, requesting the Ohio Board of Building Standards to certify the village for enforcement of the Ohio Building Codes with the condition that the Wood County Building Inspecting Department exercise enforcement authority.

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Public Meetings
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Wednesday nights are mosquito spray evenings in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 12, 2010 - 1:14pm

Spraying for mosquitos in the village is underway for the summer. The Bluffton council will use certified employees from Ottawa to supervise our mosquito control application program.

According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, Bluffton employees met with the supervisor and began spraying on June 30.

He said that the spray schedule will be Wednesday evenings beginning at dark. If weather forces the Wednesday application to not take place, spraying will be on Thursday of that week.

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Public Meetings
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A look through the fence

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 11, 2010 - 2:54pm

Bluffton is busy with building projects this summer. Here's the latest look at the College Hall addition going up in the parking lot behind the hall. The addition includes an elevator, restrooms and a new rear entrance.

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15 minutes with Philip "Bruno" Murphy

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 10, 2010 - 2:03pm
Philip "Bruno" Murphy

What year did you graduate from Bluffton High School:

1987

What are you doing now:

I'm a team trainer at Arby's in Bluffton. I teach the new crew how to serve customers and run the equipment. When I'm not teaching, I'm usually found in the drive-thru window.

I understand you have a rather large movie collection. How many movies do you have?

I have about 200 DVD's. The oldest movie I have a copy of is "The Scarlet Pimpernel" with Leslie Howard from 1934.

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Local author Judy Clemens releases second in Grim Reaper series

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 10, 2010 - 10:50am
Cover of "The Grim Reaper's Dance"

Local author Judy Clemens has a launch party planned for her newly-released book "The Grim Reaper's Dance." The event is from4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 17, at the Stately Raven Bookstore, 1315 N. Main St., Findlay.

This is the second book in the Grim Reaper mystery series. A brief synopsis of the book follows:

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