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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will significantly reduce the number of tax forms and instruction publications that it makes available through local public libraries.
 
According to the IRS, 95-percent of taxpayers filed their tax returns electronically during last filing season. As a result, the number of forms and publications that the IRS produces and makes available to the public will be reduced again this year. 
 

Bluffton Family Recreation will offer classes in Tai Chi. Classes are held at 9 a.m. on Thursdays. The first class is Feb. 4, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.

Classes offer ways for participants to reduce stress, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions.

Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements.

For more information contact BFR at 419-358-4150. Classes take place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

 

The Canada Geese at the Buckeye have special powers, and here's proof. Mary Pannabecker Steiner, using her cell phone, photographed this goose walking on the waters of the Buckeye.

The Village of Bluffton’s Tree Commission will meet Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the  town hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
 

ELIDA DISTRICT - Girls' Division III
Tournament pairings

 
At Bluffton University

Upper bracket - Feb. 16
Delphos Jefferson vs. Paulding, 6:30 p.m.

Sectional championship - Feb. 20
Delphos Jefferson/Paulding winner vs. Columbus Grove, 6:15 p.m.

Lower bracket - Feb. 16
Patrick Henry vs. Coldwater, 8 p.m.

Bluffton’s newest council member, Ralph Miller, 126 N. Jackson St., is a relative newcomer as a Bluffton resident, but his work in Bluffton goes back nearly a half century.
 
Miller was appointed to a vacancy on council on Monday. He is an eight-year Bluffton resident, however in 1969 his company, Ralph Miller Construction, built what is today the Chase building on South Main Street. At the time of its construction it was Central Savings Association.
 

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