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June 13, 2018
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Town Council approves smoking ban
NORTH MANCHESTER – The town’s Manchester's Main
Street may soon be smoke-free. The NORTH MANCHESTER Town Council passed on first reading an ordi-
nance prohibiting smoking on all public property, in all businesses or within 15 feet of a door or window of a location
where smoking is banned, at the June 6 meeting. This would effectively ban smoking on Main Street, except within private residences and desig-
B Walter found compliant with statement of benefits By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
The Wabash City Council unanimously approved a statement of benefits update for B Walter & Company. Owner Scott Buehrer and Keith Gillenwater, President and CEO of Grow Wabash County were on hand to discuss the matter with the Council. Buehrer and B Walter received a 10year tax abatement for both personal property and real property in 2016 for investments and improvements he planned to make at the facility. By statute, he is required to give the
Council an update annually. “I came here 17 months ago when I acquired B Walter,” Buehrer told Council. “I kept everybody. Our employment at the time was 25 employees and a couple of temps. We’re right around 35 employees and no temps. I prefer to have full-time employees in the business. I think we build a better company that way.” He also discussed improvements made to the facility. “We made some improvements to our building and grounds,” Buehrer continued. “We did stonework. We try to use local vendors for almost everything
Indiana Ag photo contest seeks entries By The Paper staff INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is now accepting submissions for the 11th annual I n d i a n a Agriculture photo contest, which showcases the hard work and contributions made by Hoosier farmers. The contest is open to the general public, and the winners will be honored during a special ceremony at the Indiana State Fair. Contestants are able to submit up to five photos in digital format (horizontal or vertical), and each photo must be accompanied by an entry form. All photos must be taken in the state by Indiana residents. Entries must be submitted no later than June 30, 2018. Participants are encouraged to submit photos reflecting the wide array of agriculture. The categories photos can be entered under are: On the Farm: Showcasing any
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we do. We did siding on the front of the building, local vendor. We used a local vendor to put over 100 tons of rock around our drive path, widening the drive path for the truckers. “We also moved our scrap steel supplier from Fort Wayne to here in Wabash with Metal Source.” Buehrer also said new equipment has been purchased for the loading department, the stamping department and the tool room. “My main focus has been on the manufacturing operations to make manufacturing very robust so that we can expand our business without any of our current customers being disrupted,” he continued. But there has been one obstacle the company has had to contend with, Buehrer said. “The largest (issue) to growing B Walter has been the steel tariffs,” he said. “Since I arrived here, the cost of hot rolled steel has gone up 80 percent coming out of the mill.
That was in anticipation of the steel tariffs. I have no idea how high the price of steel is going to go. “I’ve been around the steel market for 40 years. This cycle usually runs a couple years. … I’m scaling back my investments and my philanthropy in the community, because the business relies on the ‘Bank of Scott.’ You can’t expect customers to pay for the kind of price increases that are required when steel prices do something like this. “But I’m in it for the long haul. In fact, I suspect that in three years it will collapse and set an all-time low. But that has disrupted some of our philanthropy and investments in the community this year, as well as buying equipment. But we’ll get through this. Business is strong.” In another matter, Council unanimously approved a five-year residential tax abatement for Kim Oanh Vu, Jimmy Nguyen and Nha Ngoc Tran to build a new house at 19 Garden Drive.
nated smoking areas at local businesses. With council member Laura Rager absent, the council voted 4-0 in favor of the ordinance. Per the council's bylaws, the ordinance must undergo two additional readings before becoming effective. “I think that this ordinance is a reasonable ordinance,” council member Jim Smith said. “It does enhance the state law, as far as banning smoking and tobacco-related things in public places, but it's time to do that. All the evidence is there to say that it's an important thing to do. … I think it's the right thing to do.” The Indiana Smoke Free Air Law, established in 2012, bans smoking within eight feet of a public entrance, within most places of employment, most public spaces and restaurants. It permits smoking within bars, taverns, tobacco retail shops, and certain membership clubs. As written, the town ordinance bans smoking in all of those
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Chalmer “Toby” Tobias noted appreciation for the collaboration on the ordinance between the Wabash County Tobacco Free Coalition, the council and local businesses. “I think it was done all in a spirit of goodwill and understanding, so I was very happy to see that,” he said. The coalition is also working with the City of Wabash to establish a similar ban there. Council members Tom Dale and Allen Miracle also expressed support of the ordinance. “I think the response that we received was, for the most part, very positive,” Dale said. “We are enhancing the amount of room in front of businesses, … and we are also looking at FunFest, where we have a lot of kids around, being smoke-free. I think that is a very positive thing for the town.” Miracle thanked Dan Gray, of Wabash County Tobacco Free Coalition, for approaching the town regarding the ordinance.
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