Business

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Carlin Carpenter, former Bluffton University football coach, is the guest speaker of the
Friday, Jan. 11, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

Breakfast serving will begin at 7 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the third
floor of the town hall. Members may RSVP now for the breakfast.

Reichenbach and Steiner CPA is the breakfast sponsor.

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The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs, will hold a roundtable workshop for one-shop-do-it-all business owners and independent consultants for product lines.

The free workshop is at 8:45 a.m., Friday, Jan. 11, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

The workshop follows the 7:30 a.m. January Bluffton chamber breakfast also held in the town hall.

The workshop will last about one hour.

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Ideal Images, 114 E. College Ave., is offering a special sale of merchandise to start the new year.

According to Rachel Webster of Ideal Images, a sale from Saturday, Jan. 5, through Wednesday, Jan. 9, offers the following discounted items:

• $2 item rack
• $5 item rack
• $10 item rack

Ideal Images phone number is 419-234-4178.

 

 

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Chad Donelson’s favorite Wendy’s meal is a Number 2 Combo. Zane Gross says his favorite is the spicy chicken with cheese and bacon added.

They ought to know what they are talking about. The two men are co-owners of Bluffton’s new Wendy’s, which celebrated a soft opening on Dec. 28.

The owners' comments about Bluffton customers, reflects local tastes: "We keep running of out spoons" (for the frosty's).

Chad started flipping burgers in his parent’s Wendy’s in Ashland in 1985. Zane started in the same Wendy’s as assistant manager in 1982.

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Two downtown businesses will hold an open house on from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21, at 105 Vine St.

The open house is held by Wendy Chappell, executive director of  International College of Integrative Medicine, ICIM, and by Laurel Neufeld Weaver, of Creative Hope Counseling.

“We invite the community to our holiday open house celebrating the recent opening of our joint office serving the Bluffton greater community,” said the two women.

Hot drinks and refreshments will be served.

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The name will remain, the personal service will continue, but the ownership of Greg’s Pharmacy will change on Jan. 1.

Greg Conkling announced today (Dec. 20) that he will sell his Main Street Bluffton pharmacy to Clark’s Rx, an independent pharmacy with several other southwestern Ohio locations, headquartered in the Dayton area.

New owners are Tim Clark, third generation pharmacist with Clark’s Rx, and Mark BonDurant, also a pharmacist.

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