Permits top $1.7 million (04/05/08)

An addition to a Portland industry, a Bearcreek Township radio tower and a confined feeding building in Pike Township were the big-ticket permits issued by Jay-Portland Building and Planning in March.

Nineteen permits were issued for a total $1,766,200, with $1.34 million of that value in the three largest projects.

Joyce Dayton Corp., 1624 N. Meridian St., Portland, plans a $600,000 addition.

Indiana Michigan Power Company is set to construct a radio tower valued at $400,000 at 4421 East 600 North, Bryant, and Dwayne M. Muhlenkamp obtained a permit for a $340,000 turkey barn near his home at 1268 West 800 South, Portland.

Other permits issued in March by the department include:

Ryan and Amber Fifer, 2246 West 600 South, Portland, new home, $100,000; Gerald L. Bulmahn, 4800 West 650 North, Portland, grain bin, $50,000; Paul M. Eicher, 1863 East 500 North, Portland, swine confined feeding building, $50,000; Jeff and Sheila Birsfield, 6529 West 350 South, Portland, residential addition, $50,000; Robert L. Axe, 3578 North 250 West, Portland, detatched garage, $36,000; Donald Carty, 8255 West 800 South, Redkey, detatched garage, $5,000; Gregory Kunce, 210 W. Race St., Portland, shed, $3,500; Portland Fire Department, 1616 N. Franklin St., training building, $5,000; John Hilty, 8722 East 800 North, Bryant, buggy shed, $15,000; Kimberly and Gregory Ball, 9170 West 500 South, Redkey, pole building, $5,500; Jerry Baughman, 1137 Wayside Place, Portland, fence, $1,200; Mark Barhorse, KAMA Acres LLC, rural Portland, tool shed, $35,000; Byron Flesher, 1290 East 650 South, grain bin, $27,000; and Zeb and Neesha Anderson, 1271 West 650 South, Portland, pole barn, $8,000.

An occupancy permit was also issued in March to Hutzler Collision and Repair, 723 W. Water St., Portland.

Annual meeting

The Jay County REMC annual meeting will be held Saturday, April 12, in the Jay County High School auditorium.

Registration will be from 6 to 7 p.m. The member business expo starts at 6 p.m., and the Monroe Central High School choir will perform at 6:15 p.m. The business meeting will start at 7 p.m.

Beginning at 6 p.m., there will be a kid's program in the gym. There will be games, food and chaperones.



Moving to Muncie

Nick Jones, who has run Shankers Restaurant at the Portland Golf Club the past several years, plans to open a restaurant at the end of this month at the Delaware County Airport north of Muncie.

The new location will be called Nick's at the Airport.

Jones will lease the location from the Muncie Aviation Corporation.

A native of Tiffin, Ohio and graduate of The Ohio State University, Jones plans to be open Monday through Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Brunch-only will be served on Sundays.

Entrees will be $6 to 10 for lunch and $12 to $20 for dinner.

Formerly known as Vince's and Kimbler's Landing, the restaurant has been closed since January.

ASG meeting set

The Alliance for Strategic Growth will meet Tuesday at 122 E. Main St., Muncie.

ECIHRA meets Wednesday

The East Central Indiana Human Resource Association will meet Wednesday at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at 11:45. The meeting will begin at 12:10 p.m.

Cost is $13 for members and $6.50 for students.

ASQ meets April 16

The American Society for Quality, East Central Indiana, Section 904, will meet April 16 at Sirloin Stockade in Muncie near McGalliard and Morrison roads. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.

Speakers will be three speakers from Purdue's College of Technolgy at Anderson.

Attendees should pay the cashier when entering.

For more information about the organization, go to http://www.asq904.org.

Awarded grant

Crown Equipment Corp., based in New Bremen, Ohio, was awarded a $977,270 state grant to acquire fuel cells for certain models of lift trucks.

The grants were part of an $8.9 million Ohio Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program.

Lift trucks at Crown are battery-powered. The grant will allow the company to identify and pursue the modification of certain lift truck models for fuel cell power packs.

Reduction of pollution is the primary motive for the promotion of fuel cell technology in Ohio. A fuel cell is similar to a battery, but its only by-product is water. It has an unlimited life expectancy.

Conference set

A leadership conference simulcast will be held April 18 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 204 E. Arch St., Portland.

The Maximum Impact Simulcast will cover topics such as how to advance your leadership and grow your influence. The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The guest speakers are John C. Maxwell, Bill Taylor, Pat Lencioni, Dan Cathy, Andy Stanley, Kevin Carroll, Valorie Burton, Spencer Tillman, Andy Andrews and Dick Vitale. Cost is $35 and includes a workbook.

To make a reservation, call the church office at (260) 726-8464.

Budd represents

Roy Budd, executive director of Energize-ECI recently represented east central Indiana at a conference in Colorado.

He attended the Expansion Management Conference, "Roundtable in the Rockies," from March 30 to April 2. The conference featured eight international speakers who addressed trends in economic development and business expansion.

Energize-ECI includes Jay, Blackford, Randolph, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Henry, Madison, Rush and Wayne counties.

Ordered to revise

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been ordered by the Better Business Bureau to change its advertising.

The company suggested in its ads that shoppers save $2,500 per year per family. According to The Wall Street Journal, the National Advertising Division of the Council of the BBB was told by Wal-Mart officials that the company's efficiency and size drive down prices across the economy, generating the savings no matter where consumers shop.

Wal-Mart officials said they never meant to imply that only their shoppers would save $2,500 per year.

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