By Mitchell Gatzke
The Detroit Tigers have raised the price of admission at Comerica Park for the 2012 season due to the amount of money they need to pay their players. This doesn't really come as a surprise following the off-season signing of first baseman Prince Fielder.
The Tigers inked a deal with the slugger that will keep him with the team for the next nine years to the tune of $214 million. This adds even more money onto the already bulky payroll the Tigers have that features big contracts with Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander.
Working with her hands seems to be second nature to Bluffton resident and wood worker Jackie Frey.
Maybe it's in her family genes. She owns a wooden ball massager that her great-grandfather carved. Also in her collection are several items created from metal that her maternal grandfather created to prove that he could do the job of a machinist.
Frey, a former staff member at Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, shared many of her own pieces and talked about her hobby during a Feb. 10 program attended by nearly two dozen persons, mostly residents, at Maple Crest.
Brandy Cox of Bluffton is now a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant.
Cox says that Mary Kay offers products to help with age-fighting, moisturizing, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, firming, cleansing and even a full color line.
"If you are having problems with any of these issues, call me to set up a free consultation or host a home show to get lots of free Mary Kay Products," said Cox.
Two public meetings are planned for the next two Thursdays for voters to learn about and ask questions about the proposed one-quarter percent income tax measure on the March 6 Bluffton primary ballot.
Note: An attachment at the bottom of this story provides a project list should the levy pass.
The meetings are both at 7:30 p.m., with one on Thursday, Feb. 23, and the second on Thursday, March 1, in the third floor of the town hall, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.
Jeremy Parkins, Bluffton High School grad, and director of soccer business development for the Columbus Crew, was in Bluffton on Monday. His visit was in a Crew-BFR youth soccer day. Click for more photos and a video.
Bluffton congregations will hold special Ash Wednesday services on Feb. 22. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.
St. John's United Church of Christ will hold at service at 7 p.m. according to Rev. Carol Clements, pastor. The service will include communion and the imposition of ashes.
