By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
There are hundreds of social networking websites. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram are just a few. That is great and all but do we really need all of these sites that share something in common?
For example, MySpace and Facebook, what is really the difference between the two? Yes, there are major differences, but here is a question older generations have always asked... why would you post something, sometimes private, and let other people see it? Who cares why do it?
You might called the Saturday, July 14, Bluffton Taste of Summer "Italian Heritage Night," or perhaps its an Italian-American summer festival.
Bluffton's Taste of Summer continues with an evening of food and entertainment at Jeannie's Restaurant, on Vine Street, from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday, July 14. The event is part of a summer series sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
The event is family-oriented and is open to the public.
Tim Stockman and Jed Marquart attended the Dayton Air Show on July 8. Guess who they "ran into"?
Here's the story as Jed tells is:
Tim Stockman and I attended the Dayton Air Show on Sunday. Tim wanted to check out the Ohio Highway Patrol static display, since he is a former trooper. As we passed by the OHP airplane on display, the pilot looked familiar and quickly came over to speak with us.
Fire departments in Bluffton and Beaverdam-Richland Township are fighting a house fire on Hillville Road, south of Bentley Road tonight. Bluffton was called to the fire shortly before 5 p.m.
Bluffton's 2013 budget of $4.3 million received council's okay on Monday. The budget is required to be passed by law in July. It is an approximate figure used in determining actual village appropriations, which must be passed by Dec. 31.
According to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer, the estimated 2013 budget is very close to the 2012 budget.
She told council that she does not expect much change in revenue from 2012 to 2013, nor expense changes during the period.
