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On Friday afternoon, June 17,  the Bluffton Lions Club put on the 49th Festival of Wheels and Cruise-in. We strive to make it a better show each year. It takes a lot of volunteers to make it a success.

The weather has a lot to do with it, but the volunteers are the main factor. The Bluffton Lions are very grateful to all the following people who helped with our Festival of Wheels.

Some are not members of the Bluffton Lions, but help because they are also interested in cars and to support the community. We thank you all and are very grateful for your participation.

We also want to thank all our sponsors and participants, they help the Bluffton Lions Club support: Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and Cory Rawson Scholarships for graduating Seniors, Sure-Sight Eye screening for 300 area Pre-School and Kindergarten children, Bluffton Boys and Girls State, VOSH-Ohio (Pandora Ohio Eyeglass sorting center), Pilot Dogs and Ohio Sight/Hearing.

Volunteers:       
Judy Augsburger, Mayor of Bluffton, Jamie McHaffie. A big thank you to Bluffton Chief Rick Skillter and Bluffton Police Officers Ed Montgomery, Myles Cartwright, Nathan Jordan, Hanna Korte, Officers Burkholder, Hartzog, Francis and Sgt. Oglesbee. I appreciated the officers walking in the downtown area. It was a pleasure to talk to our officers.   
 
Adam Belcher, Arlis and Barbara Plaugher, Dick Boehr, Jan Emmert, Ed Yeager, Greg Denecker, Greg Averesch, Greg Denecker, Dennis and Donna Morrison and Buddy (cat), Ron and Judi Morrison, Fred Rodabaugh, Elaine Harris, Lowell Hostetler, Bill and Jo Croft, Gene Long, Darrell Groman, Dick Ramsyer, Larry Reichenbach, Sam Reineke, Tom Benroth,  Rod McDaniel, Mitch Kingsley, Phil Wiesenberger,  Austin Arnold of the Bluffton News, Fred Steiner of Bluffton and Ada Icon, Neil Reichenbach, Daryl Shields, Ray Hammond and Dan Diller.
 
A big thank you to everyone who attended the Festival of Wheels, I hope you enjoyed the show and will come back next year for our 50th anniversary of the Festival of Wheels.

Thank you all very much, if I have missed anyone, I apologize.
Sincerely,
Dennis Morrison
Chairman of the Festival of Wheels
419-234-2124