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Bluffton's weekend task

This was Bluffton's weekend in a one-photo nutshell. Snow, snowblowers, icy roads and on Monday - as of Sunday evening - a  two-hour school delay. 

School board will act on renewal of five-year levy on Monday

Bluffton school board will act upon a renewal of a five-year tax levy during its December meeting on Monday.

The five-year levy was first passed in 1999, renewed in 2004 and again in 2009. The board anticipates it being placed on the May 6, 2014 ballot.

According to the resolution considered by the board on Monday:

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Saturday Swiss homestead event cancelled due to weather conditions

NOTICE: AT NOON THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

The Swiss Community Historical Society is celebrating the Christmas season by hosting its annual holiday open house, “Christmas at the Homestead,” on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1 to 7 p.m. 

The public is invited to tour the decorated house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season.

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Santa alert!

Attention kids: 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, in the First National Bank lobby. It's your last chance to talk with Santa Claus in Bluffton this season. Santa's visit is compliments of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.  Tell your parents that a photographer from Greg's Pharmacy will also be to take photos of you talking with Santa. 

Late-year tax moves take some of the bite out of tax time

The year is fast drawing to a close, but the Internal Revenue Service wants taxpayers to know that they still have time to take action for the 2013 tax year. The IRS offers eight year-end tax moves and three additional tips that will help make things a bit easier come tax return filing season early next year.

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Beavers set personal and school records set in indoor meet

Results http://athletics.findlay.edu/sports/mtrack/2013-14/files/OilerOpener1271...

The Bluffton University Track and Field team opened its 2013-14 campaign at the University of Findlay Oiler Open on Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7. In a field of predominately Division I and II schools, the Beavers captured two event wins, set personal and school records and met the qualifying standards in several events for the HCAC Indoor Championship to be held in late February.

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