All Bluffton city offices will be CLOSED on Labor Day, Monday, September 6th.

Labor Day week trash and recycling schedule.
National Serv-All offices and operations will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2010. All National Serv-All operations the week of Labor Day will be performed one day later.

There is an opening for a Lab Tech at the Wastewater Department.  Applicant must be on city utilities.  The city’s minimum educational requirement is a high school diploma or equivalent. Applications and a job description may be downloaded or obtained from the office of the Clerk Treasurer, 128 East Market Street, Bluffton, IN between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. Deadline for applications is September 10, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.

What's New:

NLC Prescription Card

Smoke and Dye Testing of Sewer Lines

Bluffton Street Fair

Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic (Cats Only)

Girls Night Out - Friends, Fitness and Fun

Parlor City Trot

Impaired Driving Crackdown

Dustman Road RR Track Crossing to be Repaired

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Now is the time to….

Take the Long Way

Ants are all business, no pleasure. They move with great purpose, lugging huge chunks of stuff here and there, bumping into each other and hardly stopping to apologize. They’re not big on sightseeing; they’ve got work to do and it’s straight there and straight back and all over again.

Most of us are a lot like ants. Whether it’s a drive from work or a walk to the market, we charge off with only the destination in mind and don’t stop until we get there. We have straight sidewalks and superhighways and synchronized traffic signals, all designed to get us straight to where we’re gong with minimum interference. But something’s missing.

Detour. The next time you go somewhere, take the long way. You’ll discover things you’ve never seen before, turning a routine trip into a sightseeing experience. You’ll get a new perspective, maybe even trigger an idea that leads to international fame or outrageous wealth or a Nobel Prize or maybe just a keen paper towel dispenser design (And if you’re a big-time government official, you’ll frustrate any mean schemes planned against you by the bad guys.)

When you choose your detour, don’t go berserk and drive through Belize on your way to work (unless, of course, Belize isn’t too far away). Just get off one exit early or turn the other direction when you leave home.

Long Ways. Here are a few journeys you can take:

     • Drive the speed limit.

     • Take surface streets instead of the freeway.

     • Park your car a mile from your destination and walk.

     • Take the smallest streets.

     • Try public transportation.

     • Bike one day a week.

     • Try to see one sunrise and one sunset on your way home.

     • Stop somewhere that catches your eye.

     • Stop somewhere you’ve been “meaning” to stop for years.

     • Turn right at stoplights, left at stop signs—see where you end up.

-Todd Temple