Construction tops $185,000

A $100,000 pole building for a rural Bryant man topped a slim list of building permits in December with Jay/Portland Building and Planning.
The permit for the pole building was issued to Larry Miller, 6798 N. 250 West, Bryant.
Permits for the month totaled $185,035.
Other permits were issued to:
Tom Homan, 1947 E. Division Road, Portland, machine shed, $55,000; Glen Finch, 1107 S. Bridge St., Portland, fence, $600; Leland Williams, 3989 W. 400 South, pond, $12,000; Teresa Walters (Teresa’s Quality Boutique), 133 E. High St., Portland, business sign, $435; Dru Hall (Jay County Pawnbrokers), 1205 N. Meridian St., business sign, $500; City of Portland (Hudson Family Park), gazebo, $12,500; and Gary DeVoss, 6791 S. Ind. 1, Redkey, storage building, $4,000. A business occupancy permit was also issued to Dru Hall for Jay County Pawnbrokers, 1205 N. Meridian St.

Back in business
A Berne implement company re-opened its doors this week, eight days after a devastating fire.
Greg Milholland, owner of Affolder Implement, told The Democrat (Decatur) that “we’re as full-go as much as we can be. We lost our parts department, but we can order parts.”
Two-thirds of the business was damaged in the fire, but the sales office and computer was spared.
The company was formed in 1930 and has been owned by Milholland since 1976.

Sessions set
Area state legislators will be on hand for two upcoming sessions in Portland sponsored by the Jay County Chamber of Commerce.
State Rep. Bill Davis (R-Portland) and State Sen. Travis Holdman (R-Markle) will appear at a “Third House” session Saturday, Jan. 21 at John Jay Center, 101 S. Meridian St., Portland.
The two will share information and take public input during the session, which will begin at 10 a.m.
The chamber will also host its monthly Networking Breakfast Wednesday at the Elks Lodge in Dunkirk beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Speakers will include new Dunkirk Mayor Dan Watson and a Jay County Commissioner.

Hospice news
A new certification for its medical director and the hiring of a new employee were announced recently by State of the Heart Hospice, which has offices in Portland, Greenville and Coldwater, Ohio.
Dr. Edward Hosbach, medical director for the agency, recently passed the added qualifications examination for certification in hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Hosbach, a Coldwater resident, has practiced family medicine in Fort Recovery since 1989.
He has been affiliated with State of the Heart since 1992.
State of the Heart also recently announced the appointment of Ryan Gathard as fund development director for the not-for-profit, which cares for patients in eastern Indiana and western Ohio.
Gathard, a Greenville resident, formerly worked for JOY-FM radio.
Honoring
The Berne Chamber of Commerce plans to honor FCC (Adams) as Business of the Year for 2011 during its annual dinner on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
FCC (Adams) began operations in May 2003 on East Parr Road in Berne.
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