July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Clydesdales coming to Jay County
Business roundup
The Budweiser Clydesdale horses will be in Jay County in September for the Jay Miller 60 year A-B wholesaler event and five days of shows.
The horses will arrive in Portland on Sept. 21 for the wholesaler event for Jay County Beverage. The Clydesdales will be displayed at five shows running from Sept. 23 through 27.
Jay County Beverage, Portland, is a distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. Dunkirk's Saint-Gobain glass plant also produces millions of bottles of Anheuser-Busch each year.
Building report
Jay Schools topped the Jay/Portland Building and Planning department report with a $250,000 renovation of East Elementary. The planning department issued 41 permits in June with an total construction cost of $982,900.
Permits issued include: Jay School Corporation, East Elementary School, 705 Talisman St., Portland, renovation, $250,000; Mervin B. Wickey, 398 West 650 North, Bryant, storage building, $16,000; Paul Dillman, 1183 North 1200 West, Dunkirk, pole building, $15,000; Dick Kunkle, 7827 East 200 South, Portland, grain bin, $8,500; Steve and Marg Reier, 8560 East 400 North, Portland, two confined feeding buildings, $350,000; Jed Williamson, 9518 West 300 South, Dunkirk, building lean-to, $3,000; Raymond Moser, 3764 West 650 North, Bryant, barn lean-to, $3,400; Bearcreek Parochial School, 6751 North 200 East, Bryant, buggy shed addition, $800; Clyde and Barbara Gilbert, 8857 E. Ind. 26, Portland, garage addition, $2,000; Rodney and Sue Smith, The Gourmet Grill, 224 S. Meridian St., Portland, awning, $2,200.
Wayne Ward, 1225 S. Meridian St., Portland, fence, $1,000; Charles and Sherry Hambrock, 512 N. Ship St., Portland, privacy fence, $3,400; Rosemary Hogg, 415 W. Arch St., Portland, fence, $100; Tammy J. Fisher, 609 N. Pleasant St., Portland, privacy fence, $1,300; Rock Fuqua, Fuqua Automotive, 1104 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; Jay County, Purdue Cooperative Extension Office, 126 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; John and Marry Robbins, The Fancy Lady, 119 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; North Central Industries, Boomer Fireworks, 1510 N. Meridian St., Portland, temporary occupancy.
Lara Mayer, 6122 N. Ind. 1, Pennville, pond, $300; Jack Chowning, 121 Rayburn Drive, Portland, roof change, $6,400; Matthew Minnich, 5212 North 450 East, Portland, new home/garage, $125,000; Tom Hayden, 2824 East 600 North, Bryant, residential addition, $5,000; Robert Denney, 1126 South Como Road, Portland, attached garage, $20,000; A.J. and Linda Bryan, 5750 North 375 West, Bryant, attached garage, $15,000; David and Cindy Somers, 725 E. Race St., Portland, attached garage, $21,000; Gary Stewart, 3545 East 200 South, Portland, residential addition, $45,000; Joann Paden, 918 N. Franklin St., Portland, deck, $1,700; William Rathbun, 111 South 200 West, Portland, porch roof, $4,000; Gary Fulton, 1315 Deerhaven Drive, Portland, porch roof, $3,000; Kay LeMaster, 218 W. Race St., Portland, front and back porch roofs, $2,000.
Steven Elliott, 5920 South 100 West, Portland, enclosed porch, $700; Michael D. Acheson, 10966 West 550 North, Pennville, storage building, $4,000; Steve Ritchie, 1251 West 550 North, Bryant, storage building, $1,000; Karl Kaiser, 2404 West 850 North, Bryant, shelter house, $10,000; Community Christian Ministries Inc., 891 West 650 North, Bryant, pavilion, $3,500; Matthew Billington, 2794 West 500 South, Portland, garage and deck, $12,000; Brenda Lea, 430 W. Water St., Portland, carport, $1,800; Christy M. Dean, 704 E. Walnut St., Portland, garage, $9,800; Annabelle Smith, 6422 East 100 North, Portland, attached garage, $10,000; Jonathon Winner, 8942 South 200 East, Ridgeville, residential addition, $5,000; David Caldwell, 2600 North 200 West, Portland, attached garage, $20,000.
Chef featured
Jay County High School grad Blake Elick was recently featured in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in his role as chef at Hartley's restaurant, Fort Wayne.
Elick, who attended JCHS and started working in food at Pizza Hut in Portland, before moving on and graduating from Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts school in Chicago with a degree in Patisserie and Baking Arts.
Monthly member
First Bane of Berne was selected as the Berne Chamber of Commerce member of the month for July.
The bank recently received its second No. 1 rating for best performing banks in the state in a quarter within the last year.
The bank is headed by president Charles E. Isch and serves customers in Portland, Decatur, Bluffton and Van Wert as well as in Berne.
Credential
Beth Ralston, Head Start Director at Community and Family Services in Portland, recently received an Administrator Credential from the National Head Start Association Academy.
Ralston underwent an intensive course for Head Start directors, completing mini-modules in skills and knowledge of program administration and management.
The Head Start program helps provide pre-elementary skills to low income children. CFS and Head Start has 17 pre-school programs in Jay, Adams, Blackford, Wells, Randolph and Huntington county.
New manager
CenturyTel and EMBARQ named Mike Brill vice president and general manager recently for Indiana and Michigan.
Brill has worked in telecommunications for 26 years, most recently leading network services for EMBARQ in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He has a master's degree in Business Administration from St. Francis College in Fort Wayne.
Community picnic
Wangler Hardware and Fort Recovery FFA are teaming up to host a free community picnic today on the lawn of the hardware store.
FFA will provide be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and Wangler's will be giving away cookies and cupcakes. Drinks will also be provided.
The event is free and open to the public. Donations can be given but are not necessary.
Grain buyer
POET Biorefining has hired a new grain buyer.
Katie Orman joined POET and has worked with Countrymark and other grain locations. She most recently worked with an agricultural placement service.
Orman joins Ken Parrent and Todd Thornburg as grain buyers for POET.[[In-content Ad]]
The horses will arrive in Portland on Sept. 21 for the wholesaler event for Jay County Beverage. The Clydesdales will be displayed at five shows running from Sept. 23 through 27.
Jay County Beverage, Portland, is a distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. Dunkirk's Saint-Gobain glass plant also produces millions of bottles of Anheuser-Busch each year.
Building report
Jay Schools topped the Jay/Portland Building and Planning department report with a $250,000 renovation of East Elementary. The planning department issued 41 permits in June with an total construction cost of $982,900.
Permits issued include: Jay School Corporation, East Elementary School, 705 Talisman St., Portland, renovation, $250,000; Mervin B. Wickey, 398 West 650 North, Bryant, storage building, $16,000; Paul Dillman, 1183 North 1200 West, Dunkirk, pole building, $15,000; Dick Kunkle, 7827 East 200 South, Portland, grain bin, $8,500; Steve and Marg Reier, 8560 East 400 North, Portland, two confined feeding buildings, $350,000; Jed Williamson, 9518 West 300 South, Dunkirk, building lean-to, $3,000; Raymond Moser, 3764 West 650 North, Bryant, barn lean-to, $3,400; Bearcreek Parochial School, 6751 North 200 East, Bryant, buggy shed addition, $800; Clyde and Barbara Gilbert, 8857 E. Ind. 26, Portland, garage addition, $2,000; Rodney and Sue Smith, The Gourmet Grill, 224 S. Meridian St., Portland, awning, $2,200.
Wayne Ward, 1225 S. Meridian St., Portland, fence, $1,000; Charles and Sherry Hambrock, 512 N. Ship St., Portland, privacy fence, $3,400; Rosemary Hogg, 415 W. Arch St., Portland, fence, $100; Tammy J. Fisher, 609 N. Pleasant St., Portland, privacy fence, $1,300; Rock Fuqua, Fuqua Automotive, 1104 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; Jay County, Purdue Cooperative Extension Office, 126 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; John and Marry Robbins, The Fancy Lady, 119 N. Meridian St., Portland, business occupancy; North Central Industries, Boomer Fireworks, 1510 N. Meridian St., Portland, temporary occupancy.
Lara Mayer, 6122 N. Ind. 1, Pennville, pond, $300; Jack Chowning, 121 Rayburn Drive, Portland, roof change, $6,400; Matthew Minnich, 5212 North 450 East, Portland, new home/garage, $125,000; Tom Hayden, 2824 East 600 North, Bryant, residential addition, $5,000; Robert Denney, 1126 South Como Road, Portland, attached garage, $20,000; A.J. and Linda Bryan, 5750 North 375 West, Bryant, attached garage, $15,000; David and Cindy Somers, 725 E. Race St., Portland, attached garage, $21,000; Gary Stewart, 3545 East 200 South, Portland, residential addition, $45,000; Joann Paden, 918 N. Franklin St., Portland, deck, $1,700; William Rathbun, 111 South 200 West, Portland, porch roof, $4,000; Gary Fulton, 1315 Deerhaven Drive, Portland, porch roof, $3,000; Kay LeMaster, 218 W. Race St., Portland, front and back porch roofs, $2,000.
Steven Elliott, 5920 South 100 West, Portland, enclosed porch, $700; Michael D. Acheson, 10966 West 550 North, Pennville, storage building, $4,000; Steve Ritchie, 1251 West 550 North, Bryant, storage building, $1,000; Karl Kaiser, 2404 West 850 North, Bryant, shelter house, $10,000; Community Christian Ministries Inc., 891 West 650 North, Bryant, pavilion, $3,500; Matthew Billington, 2794 West 500 South, Portland, garage and deck, $12,000; Brenda Lea, 430 W. Water St., Portland, carport, $1,800; Christy M. Dean, 704 E. Walnut St., Portland, garage, $9,800; Annabelle Smith, 6422 East 100 North, Portland, attached garage, $10,000; Jonathon Winner, 8942 South 200 East, Ridgeville, residential addition, $5,000; David Caldwell, 2600 North 200 West, Portland, attached garage, $20,000.
Chef featured
Jay County High School grad Blake Elick was recently featured in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in his role as chef at Hartley's restaurant, Fort Wayne.
Elick, who attended JCHS and started working in food at Pizza Hut in Portland, before moving on and graduating from Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts school in Chicago with a degree in Patisserie and Baking Arts.
Monthly member
First Bane of Berne was selected as the Berne Chamber of Commerce member of the month for July.
The bank recently received its second No. 1 rating for best performing banks in the state in a quarter within the last year.
The bank is headed by president Charles E. Isch and serves customers in Portland, Decatur, Bluffton and Van Wert as well as in Berne.
Credential
Beth Ralston, Head Start Director at Community and Family Services in Portland, recently received an Administrator Credential from the National Head Start Association Academy.
Ralston underwent an intensive course for Head Start directors, completing mini-modules in skills and knowledge of program administration and management.
The Head Start program helps provide pre-elementary skills to low income children. CFS and Head Start has 17 pre-school programs in Jay, Adams, Blackford, Wells, Randolph and Huntington county.
New manager
CenturyTel and EMBARQ named Mike Brill vice president and general manager recently for Indiana and Michigan.
Brill has worked in telecommunications for 26 years, most recently leading network services for EMBARQ in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He has a master's degree in Business Administration from St. Francis College in Fort Wayne.
Community picnic
Wangler Hardware and Fort Recovery FFA are teaming up to host a free community picnic today on the lawn of the hardware store.
FFA will provide be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and Wangler's will be giving away cookies and cupcakes. Drinks will also be provided.
The event is free and open to the public. Donations can be given but are not necessary.
Grain buyer
POET Biorefining has hired a new grain buyer.
Katie Orman joined POET and has worked with Countrymark and other grain locations. She most recently worked with an agricultural placement service.
Orman joins Ken Parrent and Todd Thornburg as grain buyers for POET.[[In-content Ad]]
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