Events

A: Thursday at Tommy Tire customer appreciation day - and don't forget, there's also free ice cream

When can you feed a carrot to a kangaroo on Main Street, or a pet very large turtle...and have free ice cream at the same time?

Many of you already know the answer.

Tommy Tire, 319 N. Main St., Bluffton, holds its annual community appreciation day on Thursday, July 18. (Rate date is Friday, July 19), according to Tom Dotson.

The event is planned from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The event includes free homemade Lugibihl’s ice cream from, plus an exotic animal exhibit from Jungle Island Zoo.

for ONU ‘Holiday Spectacular’ extravaganza

Ohio Northern University will hold children’s auditions for the “Holiday Spectacular” extravaganza from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, in the campus’ Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

Auditions will be held for singers and dancers ages 5 to 12. Those auditioning may be asked to sing and should be ready to participate in a dance call (jazz and/or tap shoes). No prepared dance or vocal solos, please.

For further information, contact Kirsten Osbun-Manley at [email protected].

Former Astronaut Gregory H. Johnson visits Lima July 19

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon, Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center is hosting an opportunity for individuals to meet former Astronaut and Col. Gregory H. Johnson.

On Friday, July 19, at 10 a.m., he will be giving a presentation at the St. Rita’s Auxiliary Conference Center. There is no cost to attend and light refreshments will be served. 

Ted Yoder will perform in the next Town Hall Concert Series at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 13. The performance is in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

Yoder has played the dulcimer for decades and won America’s National Hammered Dulcimer Championship in 2010.

His performance style in popular songs including Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” and classics such as “Amazing Grace” and “The Little Drummer Boy.”

Family Promise of Lima-Allen County will host a golf scramble Saturday, July 27, at Hidden Creek Golf Club, 6245 Sugar Creek Road, Lima.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the scramble start is at 9 a.m.

Cost is $75 per person or $300 for a team of four. Fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, catered lunch, goodie bag and prize opportunities.

All proceeds benefit Family Promise of Lima-Allen County, a shelter for homeless children and their families.

First National Bank, 112 Cherry St., Bluffton, invites Icon viewers to its Firecracker Friday Cookout. The cookout is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, July 12, at the Bluffton branch parking lot

The event celebrates summer and the 4th of July and provides hot dogs, chips, drinks and addditional items.

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