by Benji Benrgstrand   If you’ve been down Harmon Road lately you’ve probably noticed big changes at 582 North Harmon Road. That’s where Darrell and Heidi Hotmire are building a new office building to accommodate their growing practice. “We need more room,” Heidi Hotmire said. “And we’re looking to add another health provider to the practice.”

by Austin Arnold   On the morning of Friday, May 10, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting where the featured presentation was given by Jason Brandt of DTR Industries.
   Brandt, a human resources associate for DTR, shared with the village’s business community that his company will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in October of this year. He provided history and background information on the company itself as well as some recent updates.
   Before breaking ground at its current location on Snider Road in Bluffton, DTR actually started at 415 N. Main Street, which is now home to Panache.

by Kathryn Tschuor   The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library held their annual spring book sale this past weekend in the Richland Room of the library. The sale by donation started on Thursday with a special ‘members only’ preview sale from 5-6:00 p.m. The preview featured refreshments, as well as the chance to have ‘first dibs’ on the wide selection of books available. The book sale was opened to the general public later that evening, as well as Friday and during the Bluffton Arts & Crafts Show on Saturday. The sale wrapped up on Monday afternoon.

by Austin Arnold   On a sparkling spring day for fishing, anglers from near and far came to Bluffton’s Buckeye Park for the 69th Annual Bluffton Sportsmen’s Club Trout Derby on Sunday, May 5, 2013. When the gun sounded to open the Derby, at 2:00 p.m., the banks of the Buckeye were lined with young anglers, veteran fishermen and everyone in between. There were about a dozen boats out on the water, as well. From the first few minutes of the Derby, until the very end, a steady stream of tagged trout were reported to the Sportsmen’s Club shelter, as over 40 of them were reeled in within the two and a half hour span.