Jay building permits top $400,000 (08/11/07)

A new home and garage in Pennville worth $125,000 topped the list of building permits for the month of July in Jay County. Permits totaled $415,650.

David Post, 4251 North 550 West, filed for the permit.

David L Schwartz, 4393 North 150 East, Portland, barn, $8,500; Steve and Charlene Wilder, 6817 West 300 South, Portland, horse shelters (3), $4,700; CJK Farms, 7915 East Ind. 67, Bryant, grain bin, $23,500; Jeffery Knittle, 3749 East 300 North, Portland, grain bin, $2,500; Darrin Zimmerman, county road 600 West between 700 and 800 South, intent to build swine/confined feeding buildings, N/A; C. Dan Ingram, 120 E. Sixth St., Portland, garage addition, $2,000;Matthew Norman, 938 W. Race St., Portland, fence, $1,000.

Sarah and Thaddeus Holmes, 216 E. Water St., Portland, fence, $1,200; Daniel Countryman, 533 W. Main St., Portland, fence, $500; James Reedy, 6301 South U.S. 27, Portland, home occupation type II; Brian Hurt southwest corner of Votaw and Pierce streets, Portland, rezoning/map change; Bob Brown, Riverside Auto Sales, 802 S. Meridian St., Portland, occupancy; Pennville Custom Cabinetry, 600 E. Votaw St., Portland, sign, $2,500; Gerald Johnson, 518 S. Wayne St., Portland, special exception; Max E. Moser 8131 North 550 West, Bryant, manufactured home/garage, $70,000.

Pennville Custom Cabinetry, 600 E. Votaw St., Portland, industrial building, $55,000; Jackson Township School, 6728 North 550 West, Bryant, horse shelter, $3,000; Tony Fisher, 3687 South Ind. 1, Redkey, barn, $4,500; David Teeter, 704 S. Blaine Pike, Portland, above ground pool and deck, $10,000; Rick Wellman, 1704 S. Manuels Drive, Portland, above ground pool and deck, $6,000; Robert L. and Peggy Miller, 3123 East 650 North, Bryant, sun room addition, $500.

John and Sandy Bost, 6770 West 300 North, Pennville, residential addition and carport, $27,000; Nathan L. Christner, 6950 North 450 East, Bryant, residential addition, $20,000; Joseph Hibbard, 5807 North 650 West, Pennville, residential addition, $10,000; Paul and Susan Starr, 4311 South 1000 West, Redkey, deck, $7,000; Wendell Boughman, 623 Floral Ave., Portland, enclosed porch, deck and fence, $4,500; Tammy Barton, 3859 South 1000 West, Dunkirk, open porch, $3,000; Steve Robbins, Paradise Pointe, lot 323, roof over deck, $450.

Dan J.M. Schwartz, 423 West 400 North, Portland, open porch, $1,500; Spencer Apartments, LLC, 728 W. Arch St., Portland, shed, $500; Gary W. Kelly, 912 S. vine St., Portland storage building, $300; Michael Stults, 712 W. Third St., Portland, shed, $3,000; Jim Blount, 243 North Charles St., Portland, garage, $15,000; Frederick Walker, 903 N. Franklin St., Portland, garage $3,000.

Director named

Sherry Knight has been named the new director of the Bluffton Regional Continuing Care Center.

She offers 19 years of service at the hospital, including experience in obstetrics and emergency services. Knight also is a registered nurse who received a bachelor's degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

AmeriCare acquired

Magnolia Health Systems, Indianapolis, has acquired the Portland branch of the AmeriCare Living Center, 200 N. Park St.

AmeriCare's new name will be changed to Persimmon Ridge under its new ownership.

Farm Bureau meeting

The Jay County Farm Bureau Inc. will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The 6 p.m. meeting will be at the Redkey church of the Nazarene, located 801 W. High St.

A free meal will be provided. Voting bureau members will be eligible to receive free door prizes. Five hundred dollars in gift certificates will be given away at the meeting.

Business honored

The Hartford City Chamber of Commerce has named Edward Jones Investments, with Rob Sisson, business of the month for August.[[In-content Ad]]