July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Carder estate project tops building permits (12/09/06)
Business roundup
Building permits in Jay County topped $1 million for the month of November, with the biggest project being the renovation of the Alwyn Carder estate southeast of Redkey.
A permit for $600,000 was issued to Florida resident, Robert C. Malt for the renovation at 8140 West 800 South, Redkey.
Another was for the construction of a dairy barn near Bryant. Larry Snyder, 2830 West, 650 North, Bryant, was issued a permit for $180,000 for the project.
Other permits in November included; Roy Adams, 111 W. North St., Portland, renovation, $45,000; Thomas and Ellen Jaquis, 2126 S. U.S. 27, Portland, barn addition, $6,000; Sylvester Sell, 6163 North 550 West, Pennville, storage building, $5,000; Tracy and Jeanna Campbell, 11115 West 900 North, Montpelier, pole barn, $21,000.
Also, John E. Bruggeman, 7481 East 150 North, Portland, pole barn addition, $7,500; Bruce A. and Jane Bowen, 981 South 100 East, Portland, home occupation renewal; William Speed, 2420 North 600 East, Portland, pond; Patty McCoy, 315 E. Votaw St., Portland, roof change, $20,000; Dru Hall, Jay County Pawnbrokers, 940 N. Meridian St., Portland, sign, $2,400; Roy Adams, 111 W. North St., Portland, sign, $6,800.
Also, Jack A. Wall, 4501 S. Boundary Pike, Portland, room addition, $20,000; Joe E.J. Schwartz, 5870 East 900 North, Bryant, addition and porch, $30,000; Bob and Jackie Hampshire, 421 S. Western Ave., Portland, home addition, $6,000; Lonnie Mertz, 6480 East 800 North, Bryant, addition, $18,000; Thomas and Ellen Jaquis, 2126 South U.S. 27, Portland, home addition, $4,000.
Also, Beth Brinkerhoff, 947 S. Shank St., Portland, room addition, $15,000; Richard Thompson, 115 Honeysuckle Lane, Portland, shed, $1,600; Suzanne Johanning, 421 E. High St., Portland, garage, $16,000; Sherry Hambrock, 512 N. Ship St., Portland, carport, $5,300.
Chamber meeting
The Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon will be held Tuesday at noon at the Geneva Town Hall community room on Line Street.
Jack Moore, from EMBARQ will be the guest speaker on new services for business and home.
To make reservations call the Geneva Town Hall at (260) 368-7251.
CEO fired
Mercer Health and Coldwater hospital CEO Terry Padden was fired during a special meeting Nov. 30, of the board of governors.
Board president, Dave Wolters told the Celina Daily Standard newspaper the board determined that Padden's leadership "does not allow us to effectively implement, execute and deliver a strategic plan plus position our organization for future growth opportunities." He added that Padden's leadership was "not going to get us there."
The 57-year-old Padden began the position in January 2004. His current salary was $130,000 annually.
Padden was terminated immediately and chief financial officer, Jim Wermert, was appointed as interim CEO.
New analyst
Douglas Detwiler has been hired as the new financial analyst for Dynamic Resource Group in Berne.
For the past eight years he has been a financial analyst in the pricing department at R.R. Donneley, a commercial printer in Harrisonburg, Va.
Detwiler earned a bachelor's degree in business finance and a master's degree in business administration from James Madison University.
He and his wife Rebecca, and three children, will relocate to Berne.
Gets tenant
After setting empty for more than a year, the 72,000 square-foot building which once served as the anchor for a shopping plaza in Decatur, will once again have a tenant.
According to Louisville, Ky., businessman Doug Thurman, the sale of the structure to Rural King Supply has been completed.
Thurman purchased the building in January which for more than a decade had been home to the Decatur Wal-Mart store.
Rural King Supply is based in Mattoon, Ill., and features 35 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Michigan.
Thurman praised the efforts of Larry Macklin, director of the Adams county Economic Development Corporation, for his assistance in negotiating the sale.
Awarded accreditation
By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's national standards, Bluffton Regional Medical Center's laboratory has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval.
Joint commission evaluated the laboratory's performance in complying with nearly 300 standards.
The lab is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to patients requiring in-and outpatient lab services.
To add jobs
A new contract between a Berne auto parts supplier and Ford Motor Co. will bring about 20 new jobs to southern Adams County by the middle of 2007.
The announcement was made Monday to the Berne City Council during a formal request for tax abatement concessions for an expansion project at the FCC (Adams) Clutch assembly manufacturing plant.
The firm is planning to construct a new 18,500 square-foot die cast facility on the west side of its existing Parr Road complex.
The addition, estimated as a $2 million project, will house some $7 million in new equipment and will boost the company's current annual payroll of $1.8 million to nearly $2.5 million.
Head retires,
Wells withdraws
Following in the city of Bluffton's footsteps, Wells County commissioners this week unanimously voted to alter their relationship with the Wells County Chamber of Commerce's economic development arm.
The commissioners' vote came just days after Garry Jones, the CEO of the Chamber and Economic Development Council, announced his retirement and weeks after the city of Bluffton voted to end its relationship with the council.
The head of the Wells County Chamber of Commerce announced his retirement last Friday, amid growing discussion on the role of the chamber's Economic Development Council.
Garry Jones has been the chief executive officer for the Chamber and Economic Development Council for the past six years and intended to retire in 2007.
His decision came just days before the Wells County Commissioners were to discuss a proposal to re-evaluate the county's relationship with the EDC.
The change came after months of rumors swirling around recent contacts with the South Dakota-based Broin Co., which recently proposed a second ethanol plant for Wells County.
It was rumored that Jones had been less than helpful with Broin when it made initial inquiries into locating in Wells County
Jones had been an initial investor in the first ethanol plant, to be operated by Indiana Bio-Energy.[[In-content Ad]]
A permit for $600,000 was issued to Florida resident, Robert C. Malt for the renovation at 8140 West 800 South, Redkey.
Another was for the construction of a dairy barn near Bryant. Larry Snyder, 2830 West, 650 North, Bryant, was issued a permit for $180,000 for the project.
Other permits in November included; Roy Adams, 111 W. North St., Portland, renovation, $45,000; Thomas and Ellen Jaquis, 2126 S. U.S. 27, Portland, barn addition, $6,000; Sylvester Sell, 6163 North 550 West, Pennville, storage building, $5,000; Tracy and Jeanna Campbell, 11115 West 900 North, Montpelier, pole barn, $21,000.
Also, John E. Bruggeman, 7481 East 150 North, Portland, pole barn addition, $7,500; Bruce A. and Jane Bowen, 981 South 100 East, Portland, home occupation renewal; William Speed, 2420 North 600 East, Portland, pond; Patty McCoy, 315 E. Votaw St., Portland, roof change, $20,000; Dru Hall, Jay County Pawnbrokers, 940 N. Meridian St., Portland, sign, $2,400; Roy Adams, 111 W. North St., Portland, sign, $6,800.
Also, Jack A. Wall, 4501 S. Boundary Pike, Portland, room addition, $20,000; Joe E.J. Schwartz, 5870 East 900 North, Bryant, addition and porch, $30,000; Bob and Jackie Hampshire, 421 S. Western Ave., Portland, home addition, $6,000; Lonnie Mertz, 6480 East 800 North, Bryant, addition, $18,000; Thomas and Ellen Jaquis, 2126 South U.S. 27, Portland, home addition, $4,000.
Also, Beth Brinkerhoff, 947 S. Shank St., Portland, room addition, $15,000; Richard Thompson, 115 Honeysuckle Lane, Portland, shed, $1,600; Suzanne Johanning, 421 E. High St., Portland, garage, $16,000; Sherry Hambrock, 512 N. Ship St., Portland, carport, $5,300.
Chamber meeting
The Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon will be held Tuesday at noon at the Geneva Town Hall community room on Line Street.
Jack Moore, from EMBARQ will be the guest speaker on new services for business and home.
To make reservations call the Geneva Town Hall at (260) 368-7251.
CEO fired
Mercer Health and Coldwater hospital CEO Terry Padden was fired during a special meeting Nov. 30, of the board of governors.
Board president, Dave Wolters told the Celina Daily Standard newspaper the board determined that Padden's leadership "does not allow us to effectively implement, execute and deliver a strategic plan plus position our organization for future growth opportunities." He added that Padden's leadership was "not going to get us there."
The 57-year-old Padden began the position in January 2004. His current salary was $130,000 annually.
Padden was terminated immediately and chief financial officer, Jim Wermert, was appointed as interim CEO.
New analyst
Douglas Detwiler has been hired as the new financial analyst for Dynamic Resource Group in Berne.
For the past eight years he has been a financial analyst in the pricing department at R.R. Donneley, a commercial printer in Harrisonburg, Va.
Detwiler earned a bachelor's degree in business finance and a master's degree in business administration from James Madison University.
He and his wife Rebecca, and three children, will relocate to Berne.
Gets tenant
After setting empty for more than a year, the 72,000 square-foot building which once served as the anchor for a shopping plaza in Decatur, will once again have a tenant.
According to Louisville, Ky., businessman Doug Thurman, the sale of the structure to Rural King Supply has been completed.
Thurman purchased the building in January which for more than a decade had been home to the Decatur Wal-Mart store.
Rural King Supply is based in Mattoon, Ill., and features 35 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Michigan.
Thurman praised the efforts of Larry Macklin, director of the Adams county Economic Development Corporation, for his assistance in negotiating the sale.
Awarded accreditation
By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's national standards, Bluffton Regional Medical Center's laboratory has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval.
Joint commission evaluated the laboratory's performance in complying with nearly 300 standards.
The lab is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to patients requiring in-and outpatient lab services.
To add jobs
A new contract between a Berne auto parts supplier and Ford Motor Co. will bring about 20 new jobs to southern Adams County by the middle of 2007.
The announcement was made Monday to the Berne City Council during a formal request for tax abatement concessions for an expansion project at the FCC (Adams) Clutch assembly manufacturing plant.
The firm is planning to construct a new 18,500 square-foot die cast facility on the west side of its existing Parr Road complex.
The addition, estimated as a $2 million project, will house some $7 million in new equipment and will boost the company's current annual payroll of $1.8 million to nearly $2.5 million.
Head retires,
Wells withdraws
Following in the city of Bluffton's footsteps, Wells County commissioners this week unanimously voted to alter their relationship with the Wells County Chamber of Commerce's economic development arm.
The commissioners' vote came just days after Garry Jones, the CEO of the Chamber and Economic Development Council, announced his retirement and weeks after the city of Bluffton voted to end its relationship with the council.
The head of the Wells County Chamber of Commerce announced his retirement last Friday, amid growing discussion on the role of the chamber's Economic Development Council.
Garry Jones has been the chief executive officer for the Chamber and Economic Development Council for the past six years and intended to retire in 2007.
His decision came just days before the Wells County Commissioners were to discuss a proposal to re-evaluate the county's relationship with the EDC.
The change came after months of rumors swirling around recent contacts with the South Dakota-based Broin Co., which recently proposed a second ethanol plant for Wells County.
It was rumored that Jones had been less than helpful with Broin when it made initial inquiries into locating in Wells County
Jones had been an initial investor in the first ethanol plant, to be operated by Indiana Bio-Energy.[[In-content Ad]]
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