A 1955 bright red Sunbeam Alpine took best of show at the 51st annual Bluffton Lions Club Festival Festival on Friday. The vehicle is owned by John Rundfuss of Bucyrus. The Sunbeam was a British manufactured vehicle.
• Other top awards were:
Mayor's choice - 1958 Chevy Impala, owner Tom Reese, Waynesfield
Lions' choice - 1947 MG TC, owner Dave and Kim Smittle, Ada
Sponsor's choice - 1956 VW Beetle, owner Sherri Pitcher, Findlay
Several projects by the Ohio Department of Transportation will affect traffic patterns next week in the Bluffton area. Those follow:
• State Route 103 near the village of Jenera, between county Road 698 and township Road 59, will close June 25 for five days for replacement of three culverts. Traffic detoured onto state Route 235, U.S. 30 and U.S. 68 back to state Route 103. Work is being performed by the ODOT Hancock County maintenance garage.
Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn Co., Bluffton celebrates Shirley's birthday on Saturday, June 16, with a day full of family-friendly events, according to Pete and Kim Suter.
Carnival games, a coloring contest, and buy-one-get-one specials highlight the event held downtown Bluffton, with 100 percent of sales being donated to Bluffton Public Library.
Riley Creek Arbor is sponsoring free pool admission for the first 200 people at the Bluffton Community Pool from noon – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.
Riley Creek Arbor of Gleaner Life Insurance Society regularly supports the local community through monetary and volunteer efforts. The Arbor consists of members from Bluffton, Lima, and surrounding communities.
The SHANNON Service Club invites viewers to be a 2018 Main Street flag sponsor, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.
The purchase of flags, a $25 per flag, is open to businesses, organizations, or to individuals.
Bollenbacher said that sponsors may name someone that you wish to honor or memorialize with each flag sponorship.
All proceeds from the sponsorship of flags help the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club in its quest to make Bluffton a better community for its children, its elderly, its needy families, and all the citizens of Bluffton.
Bluffton Main Street ghosts reappear on Friday, June 15.
Those shadowy figures grew up on leaded gasoline, have 8-V engines under their hoods and ride on white-wall tires. They arrive in a variety of bright colors and don’t have FM radios.
Some have strange names like: Plymouth, Studebaker, Mercury, Edsel, VW Bug, Woody, Oldsmobile, Desoto and Packard.
Over 200 of them return to Bluffton for the 51st Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
