RS Kicks Off 2011 Tax Season with Deadline Extended to April 18; Taxpayers Impacted by Recent Tax Breaks Can File Starting in Mid- to Late February

The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2011 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 18 to file their tax returns. The IRS reminded taxpayers impacted by recent tax law changes that using e-file is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds.

Citizens National Bank recently introduced Personal Payment service, which enables customers to send and receive money securely and electronically in as little as one business day.

A Mount Union College bus carrying its college wrestling team home from a match at Ohio Northern University, Ada, resulted in the death of the Mount Union director of athletic training.

The accident occurred Tuesday evening at 11 p.m. on U.S. Route 30 near Bucyrus. Click here for details.

Dan Gorman, director of athletic training and associate professor of human performance and sport business, was fatally injured in the crash.

2012 membership sticker

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members will sport this bright red and white membership window sticker in their windows in 2011. The membership stickers will be handed out at the Jan. 14 chamber breakfast. Members not in attendance will have stickers mailed to them.

Traditionally the stickers were green and white. The chamber changed that color scheme in recent years. The 2010 membership sticker is blue and white.

The Icon spotted this Putnam County plate on Main Street. There may be six other RR plates in Ohio.

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Are you old enough to identify this former Bluffton businessman? It is Charles Hankish (senior) standing at his soda fountain. Rich Garmatter sent the photo that was from his dad, Eli Garmatter's collection.

The Hankish store was on North Main Street between Church Street and the alley north of The Sports Warehouse.

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Bluffton High School sophomores have an opportunity to participate in the Apollo Career Center Hands-On day on Friday, Jan. 28. A snow date is Monday, Jan. 31.

Approximately 600 sophomores in Apollo Career Center's 11-member district will be visiting Apollo. Parents of sophomore students are also invited to attend.

Bluffton taxpayers received a green postcard recently. The card informs taxpayers that village tax forms will not be mailed this year unless specifically requested by contacting the village tax office at 419-358-2066.

All income tax return forms and instructions, extension request forms, quarterly estimate vouchers, retirement certification forms and other related tax information and forms may be downloaded from the village website: www.bluffton-ohio.com.

Wild in Bluffton

Three deer stand as still as they can be for Jean Cook, who photographed them along Riley Creek near Riley Street earlier this week.

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