By Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent
On May 7, The Bluffton Exempted Village School District will ask for your continued support of the renewal ½ % income tax for permanent improvements.
• This is not a new tax; it is a renewal of an existing tax for three years.
• The tax generates around $600,000 per year.
• This tax will be on the ballot on May 7, to be renewed at the same amount: 1/2% income tax for three years.
• First collection of the renewal would begin in calendar year 2014.
The first Sunday in May – for the past six decades in Bluffton that means the Bluffton Community Sportsmen’s Club trout derby at the Buckeye quarry.
This year’s derby following a time-honored tradition of naming tagged trout number one after a Bluffton icon – and this year’s fish “Big Glove” honors the Bluffton Peerless Ohio Glove Factory. If caught during derby hours, it’s worth – well, the pot keeps growing – lots.
In addition to tag number one there are 250 tagged trout with prizes. Those trout were tagged and released in the Buckeye on Tuesday.
Tom Augsburger gets some help from two grandsons, Paul Maag (left), and Jacob Maag (right). On Tuesday the boys helped granddad and lots of the members of the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club tag trout for Sunday's trout derby. Watch for a story on the derby later tonight on The Icon.
Smith Realty announces a new residential listing. The listing is at 346 Sycamore Court, Bluffton. The residence is listed at $339,900. For complete details of the offering, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
