So much to do! Here's Allen County events taking place in August. This list is provided by the Lima/Allen County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Happy Daz Cruise-Ins @ Happy Daz, Elida Road
August 1: Metropark Discoverers-Wet & Wild @ Ottawa Metro Park
August 2: Toast to the City @ Downtown Lima
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Farmers Market-St. Rita's @ St. Rita's Medical Center
August 3: Stargazing with Lima Astronomical Society @ Schoonover Observatory
Krysti's Music Studio students present their annual performathon fundraiser for Bluffton-Pandora Campus Life/YFC later this month, according to Krysti Schey.
The event is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Bluffton Campus Life building, 111 W. College Ave., Bluffton. Persons attending may come and go as they like.
Who doesn't like a parade? The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce Blaze of Lights Committee invites Icon viewers, area businesseses, churches, service organizations, to consider entering this year's Blaze of Lights parade.
Over 200 parade invitations are going out this week to area organizations, according to Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, the Blaze parade chairperson. Last year's parade had nearly 85 entries. Weihrauch says that he hopes for a 100-unit parade this year.
This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" (PG) will be shown at the theatre from August 3-9.
Show times follow:
Each evening at 7 and 9:30 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4 PM.
Part III of NFL Preview: The AFC and NFC South divisions
AFC South
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
To read the previous preview click here.
Houston Texans, 10-6, won division, made playoffs, lost in divisional round
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