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2022 Ohio Sales Tax Holiday on specific items is August 5-7

Posted by Staff on July 18, 2022 - 7:05am

The Ohio Department of Taxation has issued a reminder that the state will have a sales tax holiday from Friday, August 5, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

  • An item of clothing priced at $75 or less;
  • An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and
  • An item of school instructional material priced at $20 or less.

Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.

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Business
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Downtown restaurant rebrands as Kira's Flipside Grill

Posted by Paula Scott on July 18, 2022 - 6:21am

For practical reasons, a Bluffton restaurant is changing its name: the place known as Luke's since 2005 will be rebranded as Kira's Flipside Grill. The ownership transition is official, but it will take a while to implement on the restaurant's website, social media, menus and signs.

Owner Kira Kohli explains that the name and logo are all that will really change.

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Business
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Registration is open for BFR after-school program

Posted by Staff on July 17, 2022 - 9:43am

Registration is open for the Kids Club after school program at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Rd.

  • Registration is week by week. No monthly/yearly commitment.
  • $40 per week for members, $80 per week for nonmembers
  • For children in grades K-5

The announcement notes that when memberships are purchased they take a day to activate. When purchasing a membership, please register for the after school program on the following day.

Register online at www.bfronline.com

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Book Review: Life and death in the Serengeti

Posted by Staff on July 17, 2022 - 9:24am

By Robert McCool
Icon Columnist

I have read and reviewed more of Chris Bohjalian's books than any other author. Midwives, The Flight Attendant, The Plot, The Night Strangers, The Guest Room, and Hour of the Witch, just to name a few. Why? Because he's an excellent writer.

And he doesn't disappoint with his latest work, The Lioness (Doubleday, ISBN: 978-03855-4482-5).

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Columnists
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Weekend Doctor: Diabetic foot infections

Posted by Staff on July 17, 2022 - 9:14am

By Lance Johnson, DPM
Blanchard Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is an epidemic that results in numerous complications, hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. Diabetes occurs when your body is not able to process and use glucose (sugar) from food. This results in too much glucose accumulating in your blood stream. This can have negative effects on many different organs and parts off your body. 

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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In 1927, the "Invisible Empire" was visible in Bluffton

Posted by Staff on July 17, 2022 - 7:48am

By Fred Steiner
www.ForeverBluffton.com

The question, “Did the Ku Klux Klan exist in Bluffton in the 1920s?” may result in a “what!?” response from residents today.

You may decide for yourself, after reading this front page news item in the Nov. 3, 1927, Bluffton News.

Headline: Klansmen Invited

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Historical Bluffton
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