Basinger Plumbing and Heating takes its customers seriously. When a Basinger employee works in your home he wears shoe covers so he won't track dirt all over your house.
A couple days after the work is completed someone calls to make certain everything is satisfactory.
There are many other ways the company works with customers. One is the way jobs are estimated. Aaron Basinger, who has worked in the family business since he was in eighth grade, handles estimating along with scheduling, ordering parts and bidding commercial jobs.
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Here's an update on the construction progress of the Sommer Health and Fitness Center at Bluffton University. We've circled in green the photo shown on the home page.
Despite the chilly weather, over 220 people showed up at Maple Crest on June 5 for the annual fishing derby.
Travis Kleman, grandson-in-law of Maple Crest's Lucille Bucher, caught the biggest fish this year - a catfish that was 25 1/4 inches and that also snapped his fishing pole!
The littlest fish this year was caught by Karlie Lora, great-granddaughter of Maple Crest's Mary Huffer, at a whopping 3 3/8 inches.
Basil Meyer, volunteer, flips hot dogs during Maple Crest's fishing derby and outdoor barbecue on Monday evening. Watch The Icon for results of the derby.
On Tuesday skywatchers witnessed a rare planetary spectacle, as the planet Venus appeared to cross the face of the sun. If you missed it, you're out of luck. This once-in-a-lifetime event won't happen again until 2117.
The winners of this spring's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur business plan competition will be announced during the Friday morning, June 8, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
The breakfast meeting is the in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall and is open to the public.
This month's breakfast is provided by Luke's of Bluffton with coffee from Common Grounds.
