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The United States Postal Service's elimination of the Lima processing facility is causing problems with the Village of Bluffton.

Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, told council on Nov. 22 that problems began when mail started going to Toledo instead of Lima for processing.

The specific problem centers on mail payments from customers paying online. Those payments, at no fault of the utility customers, are notoriously late from the online payment source. An automatic late fees kicks in against the utility customer on those late payments.

It doesn't seem like 50 years ago...but it it. Here's a view of the 1961 Bluffton Centennial parade. Click on the image to enlarge and you may even find yourself in this photo,

For the second yearin a row, BFR will sell gift cards for Texas Roadhouse Restaurants. This year, $15 and $25 value cards are on hand at the facility. In addition,pre-paid orders can be made at the building for $50 gift cards or for a large quantity of $15 and $25.

Pre-paid orders will be returned within aweek of the order. BFR, a non-profit organization, will receive 10% for each card sold.

Gift Cards can be purchased at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton between from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday through the holiday season.

While he was still in high school, Jerry Lewis set four goals for himself, including to become a faith-based business owner. He just didn't think it would be in the restaurant business.

But several years later, when his brother, a McDonald's operator in their native Zanesville, Ohio, told him he needed help at the restaurant for a couple months, Lewis decided to lend a hand. After 10 years of work in various positions at McDonald's, he realized he had "ketchup in my veins," and the Bluffton, Ohio, resident hasn't looked back since.