The wheels go 'round on June 14
Vehicle registration for this 52nd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels is underway according to Dan Diller, festival director.
The show is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Club.
This year’s festival is Friday, June 14, in downtown Bluffton. Registration is from 2 to 5 p.m. Vehicle judging is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 p.m.
The show is open to antique cars, classic cars, trucks, tractors, golf carts, fire engines, motorcycles and Cushmans.
Registration fees by May 31 are $10 per vehicle. Registration on the day of the event is $12.
A registration form is attached at the bottom of this story with complete details on submitting the registration.
Proceeds from the festival support several Lions projects. These include scholarship from graduating seniors from Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and Cory-Rawson.
Other projects include Sure-Sight eye screening for 300 area pre-school and Kindergarten students, Bluffton Boys and Girls State sponsorships, VOSH-Ohio (Pandora eyeglasses sorting center), Pilot Dogs and Ohio Sight/Hearing.
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