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38 chamber member sponsors support parade, entertainment and after lighting By Paula Scott In keeping with Bluffton traditions, the 37th annual Blaze of Lights festivities will take place on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 25. That makes it approximately as old as Black Friday shopping promotions. Shop Small Saturday is a comparative baby: it jumped on the bandwagon
By Paula Scott Why should we retell the story of the 1933 robbery of the Citizens National Bank by the John Dillinger gang? Does it glorify a vicious criminal? That certainly wasn’t the effect of the Saturday, August 12 observation of Bluffton History Day that drew some 180 people to the corner of Main and Church streets. Bluffton historian and Icon founder Fred Steiner told
Jim Krumel: Lima may have a DAD-WOC-GOW-ABA-BAV-WOF in its future
Jim Krumel
Let’s see.
What is this new thing Lima City Council is being asked to approve? A “downtown outdoor refreshment area.” Or, DORA, for short.
It does sound better than calling it a “designated area downtown where one can go outside with a burger and brew and visit with old friends.” Or, DAD-WOC-GOW-ABA-BAV-WOF, for long.
Anyway, Lima’s thinking about getting one of those things.
So, what do you think?
Downtown Lima Inc. believes this could be the long-awaited magnet to lure people back to the heart of the city. It does sound like fun. And it sure beats the idea pitched way-back-when of building an indoor ice rink to attract the multitudes. Remember that one? If not, don’t worry. It’s best forgotten.
New name, ownership announced at Lima Lumber Co.
LIMA Lima Lumber Co., a fixture in the local lumber and building supply business for 75 years, is getting a new owner and a new name.
Mike Steiner and Kevin Gratz, who have owned the business at 1101 Delphos Ave. for the past 38 years, announced the sale of the business and their pending retirements in a statement re-leased Thursday.
Effective March 1 the ownership of the business will transfer to Doug Bruns under the name Lima Lumber Brick & Block.
Lima Lumber Co. was owned and operated for its first 37 years by the F.D. Wolfe family and for the past 38 years by Gratz and Steiner.