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July 8 bike ride offers routes from 2 to 112 miles

Bicycle riders planning to participate in the third annual Bluffton Ride to Remember bike ride in July can save money by registering by July 1. The ride takes place Saturday, July 8.

Registration through July 1 is $20 for an individual, $15 for the second family member and $5 for each additional family member. After July 1 registration is an additional $5 per category.

The Ride supports bike and pedestrian path construction in Bluffton. The ride starts and ends at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.  A mass start for bikers is at 8 a.m.

Rob Glenn will show his Revolutionary War reenactment uniform and weapons during the Monday, July 10, Bluffton Senior Citizens monthly dinner meeting at the Center.

Glenn will also talk about the reenactments that he has participated in.

The dinner is at 6 p.m. and tickets of $8 each must be purchased by July 5.

Pauline Klingler who turns 90 in July will receive her life membership into the association.

Several additional programs are held at the center in July. Open the attachment for the July newsletter.

Relay for Hope pie auction generates record-setting $2,014 for American Cancer Society

Would you like a piece of a $2,104 pie? If so, you’d need to taste 25 different pies, but for pie lover that would be perfect.

This past Friday’s Bluffton Relay for Hope’s pie auction generated $2,104 for the cause. Dave Warren was auctioneer of the pie event with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

Jeff Stratton and Matthew Gillett were pie contest judges and after sampling the 25 enter pies decided on these three winners:

Three large trees and three bushes were added to the grounds of the Lions Way Trail Head Park this spring by the Bluffton Lions Club.

Those helping with the planting were Colleen Lazar, Arliss Plaugher, Gene Long, Dick Ramseyer and Christina Walton.

The Lions Club has several other programs underway this summer. Those are explained in June newsletter attached to this story.

Three area homes on the tour

Transition Bluffton hosts a Green Home Tour from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, July 23, according to Peter Badertscher.

Three homes in the Bluffton area are featured. Visitors are encouraged to ride their bikes on the 12-mile route; a prize drawing will be held for those who collect colored tickets at all three locations.

The tour showcases homes in the Bluffton area that emphasize energy efficiency and sustainable building.

Tour organizers explain, “It might be through clever design, technology, or just plain hard work, but it's inspiring to see what others have done.”

Here's a plate frequently seen on West College Avenue across from St. John's United Church of Christ. It belongs to Rev. Carol Clements, pastor of the church. It's on a grey-blue GMC Terrain.

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