July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Fish factory tops permit list (08/09/2008)
Business roundup
A major industrial installation in Redkey sticks out among the applications for building permits to the Jay/Portland Building and Planning Department.
Michael Miller, owner and chief operations officer of Bell Aquaculture, applied for a permit to install a fish processing facility in the Redkey Industrial Park.
The new industry, with a fish production facility in Albany, will add its multi-million dollar facility to Jay County.
The processing facility at 9885 West Ind. 67, Redkey, comes with an estimated construction cost of $2.5 million.
Total cost estimates for projects requiring permits in July was $3,173,800.
Other permits applied for in July include: Coca-Cola Enterprises, 161 N. Merdian St., Portland, industrial addition, $166,000; Allen Hilfiker and Sons Inc., 4607 South 600 East, Portland, machine shop, $45,000; Mike Timmerman, 6825 South 325 West, Ridgeville, grain handling equipment, $180,000; John Hanlin, 6366 North Ind. 1, Pennville, pole barn, $4,000; Max and Tina Paxson, 4151 West Ind. 18, Bryant, barn lean-to, $1,000; John B. Lyons, 474 East 400 South, Portland, pole barn addition, $25,000; John Hanlin, 9089 West Balbec Road, Pennville, barn addition, $20,000.
David Lowe, South Ind. 1, Dunkirk, intent to build two swine confined feeding buildings; Rock Ridge Properties LLC., 217 E. Pearl St., Portland, mini storage building, $47,000; Joe Freeman, 609 E. Arch St., Portland, fence, $1,500; Roger Adkins, 3375 South 1150 West, Dunkirk, mobile home, $6,000; Randy Fisher, Fisher Real Estate, 113 W. Main St., Portland, occupancy; Danny L. Ahrens, Hearing Aid Outlet, 111 W. North St., occupancy; Ernest Stevens, 105 W. Twelfth St., Portland, roof structural change, $2,500; Charles Miller, 221 E. Race St., Portland, new garage, $10,000.
The Rock Church, 111 N. Meridian St., Portland, business/office, $12,000; Vernon E. Hilty, 5913 East 800 North, Bryant, pole building, $7,000; Jay County Fair Association, Jay County 4-H Inc., North Morton St., Portland, wash rack/storage barn, $15,000; Lisa Reinhard, 7695 North 450 East, Bryant, machine shed, $9,000; John H. Fennig, 7789 East 800 South, Union City, pole building, $13,000; Dennis Horn, 7782 West 50 South, Portland, residential addition, $40,000; Dan Harshman 144 N. Charles St., Portland, deck, $700.
James Hutchinson, 413 North 1100 West, Dunkirk, deck, $1,000; Jeffrey Landers, 711 W. Seventh St., Portland, deck, $1,000; Christian Bader, Portland Veterinary Clinic, 1407 W. Votaw St., Portland, storage building, $3,000; Susan Rousch, 310 E. Arch St., Portland, storage shed, $300; Richard and Betty Paxson, 7351 W. Ind. 18, Bryant, garage and breezeway, $20,000; Troy and Peggy Atkinson, 228 E. North St., Portland, detached garage and deck, $14,500; Todd Thornburg, 140 N. Park St., Portland, detached garage, $15,000; Freda Green, 908 W. Water St., Portland, detached garage, $300; Ralph Huey, 1016 W. Walnut St., detached garage, $14,000.
New staff
A new nurse practitioner is joining the staff of Bluffton Regional Business Health Services.
Tina Hermes, with experience as a family nurse practitioner and wound care nurse practitioner, joins the staff of the 79-bed facility in Bluffton.
Hermes graduated with her master of science degree from Ball State University in 2001.
Magazine partnership
The Indiana High School Athletic Association is joining up with a central Indiana high school sports magazine.
VYPE High School Sports Magazine, a complimentary publication, offers interviews, opinions and photos from around the high school sports community. The magazine publishes 205,000 copies per month high school sports into the home.
Ranked highest
A national investing firm with an office in Portland recently topped a ranking conducted by J.D. Power and Associates.
Raymond James and Associates, Inc., which maintains an office in Portland, beat out 18 other firms to finish first on the ranking, which measured investor satisfaction. The firm finished with a ranking of 831 out of 1,000 points and ranked at the top in all six of the measured factors.
The St. Petersburg, Fla., firm operates more than 2,200 and services about 1.8 million accounts worldwide.
Tomato partnership
Red Gold Inc. has teamed up with the Indiana High School Athletic Association to bring tomato products to its high schools.
Red Gold will supply each IHSAA affiliate school with a two complimentary cases of ketchup to school concession stands. The company will also be involved with a poster project to promote good sportsmanship is school sports.
The IHSAA contains 408 member schools throughout the state. Red Gold also operates a plant in Geneva.
Income rises
A national drugstore chain posted a 7.1 percent rise in net income last quarter.
CVS Caremark Corp. posted strong second quarter numbers, with income rising to $774.8 million, up from $723.6 million a year earlier.
The gains come as retail industry continues to boom despite the murmurs of economic trouble.
CVS operates a store in Portland on North Meridian Street.[[In-content Ad]]
Michael Miller, owner and chief operations officer of Bell Aquaculture, applied for a permit to install a fish processing facility in the Redkey Industrial Park.
The new industry, with a fish production facility in Albany, will add its multi-million dollar facility to Jay County.
The processing facility at 9885 West Ind. 67, Redkey, comes with an estimated construction cost of $2.5 million.
Total cost estimates for projects requiring permits in July was $3,173,800.
Other permits applied for in July include: Coca-Cola Enterprises, 161 N. Merdian St., Portland, industrial addition, $166,000; Allen Hilfiker and Sons Inc., 4607 South 600 East, Portland, machine shop, $45,000; Mike Timmerman, 6825 South 325 West, Ridgeville, grain handling equipment, $180,000; John Hanlin, 6366 North Ind. 1, Pennville, pole barn, $4,000; Max and Tina Paxson, 4151 West Ind. 18, Bryant, barn lean-to, $1,000; John B. Lyons, 474 East 400 South, Portland, pole barn addition, $25,000; John Hanlin, 9089 West Balbec Road, Pennville, barn addition, $20,000.
David Lowe, South Ind. 1, Dunkirk, intent to build two swine confined feeding buildings; Rock Ridge Properties LLC., 217 E. Pearl St., Portland, mini storage building, $47,000; Joe Freeman, 609 E. Arch St., Portland, fence, $1,500; Roger Adkins, 3375 South 1150 West, Dunkirk, mobile home, $6,000; Randy Fisher, Fisher Real Estate, 113 W. Main St., Portland, occupancy; Danny L. Ahrens, Hearing Aid Outlet, 111 W. North St., occupancy; Ernest Stevens, 105 W. Twelfth St., Portland, roof structural change, $2,500; Charles Miller, 221 E. Race St., Portland, new garage, $10,000.
The Rock Church, 111 N. Meridian St., Portland, business/office, $12,000; Vernon E. Hilty, 5913 East 800 North, Bryant, pole building, $7,000; Jay County Fair Association, Jay County 4-H Inc., North Morton St., Portland, wash rack/storage barn, $15,000; Lisa Reinhard, 7695 North 450 East, Bryant, machine shed, $9,000; John H. Fennig, 7789 East 800 South, Union City, pole building, $13,000; Dennis Horn, 7782 West 50 South, Portland, residential addition, $40,000; Dan Harshman 144 N. Charles St., Portland, deck, $700.
James Hutchinson, 413 North 1100 West, Dunkirk, deck, $1,000; Jeffrey Landers, 711 W. Seventh St., Portland, deck, $1,000; Christian Bader, Portland Veterinary Clinic, 1407 W. Votaw St., Portland, storage building, $3,000; Susan Rousch, 310 E. Arch St., Portland, storage shed, $300; Richard and Betty Paxson, 7351 W. Ind. 18, Bryant, garage and breezeway, $20,000; Troy and Peggy Atkinson, 228 E. North St., Portland, detached garage and deck, $14,500; Todd Thornburg, 140 N. Park St., Portland, detached garage, $15,000; Freda Green, 908 W. Water St., Portland, detached garage, $300; Ralph Huey, 1016 W. Walnut St., detached garage, $14,000.
New staff
A new nurse practitioner is joining the staff of Bluffton Regional Business Health Services.
Tina Hermes, with experience as a family nurse practitioner and wound care nurse practitioner, joins the staff of the 79-bed facility in Bluffton.
Hermes graduated with her master of science degree from Ball State University in 2001.
Magazine partnership
The Indiana High School Athletic Association is joining up with a central Indiana high school sports magazine.
VYPE High School Sports Magazine, a complimentary publication, offers interviews, opinions and photos from around the high school sports community. The magazine publishes 205,000 copies per month high school sports into the home.
Ranked highest
A national investing firm with an office in Portland recently topped a ranking conducted by J.D. Power and Associates.
Raymond James and Associates, Inc., which maintains an office in Portland, beat out 18 other firms to finish first on the ranking, which measured investor satisfaction. The firm finished with a ranking of 831 out of 1,000 points and ranked at the top in all six of the measured factors.
The St. Petersburg, Fla., firm operates more than 2,200 and services about 1.8 million accounts worldwide.
Tomato partnership
Red Gold Inc. has teamed up with the Indiana High School Athletic Association to bring tomato products to its high schools.
Red Gold will supply each IHSAA affiliate school with a two complimentary cases of ketchup to school concession stands. The company will also be involved with a poster project to promote good sportsmanship is school sports.
The IHSAA contains 408 member schools throughout the state. Red Gold also operates a plant in Geneva.
Income rises
A national drugstore chain posted a 7.1 percent rise in net income last quarter.
CVS Caremark Corp. posted strong second quarter numbers, with income rising to $774.8 million, up from $723.6 million a year earlier.
The gains come as retail industry continues to boom despite the murmurs of economic trouble.
CVS operates a store in Portland on North Meridian Street.[[In-content Ad]]
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