Four local swimmers will compete at the Ohio Junior Olympics long course championship meet July 19-22 in Oxford, Ohio, at Miami University.
They will represent the Lima Y USA Swimming team, and the Putnam County USA Swimming Team. All four swimmers are students in the Bluffton school district.
The Inn at ONU has two events planned this week. Persons interested should RSVP to the Inn at 419-772-2500.
Friday, July 20, 2-4 p.m.
Pirate and Mermaid Party
The afternoon includes family activities and a photo opportunity based on a pirate-mermaid theme. The drink menu includes ocean water blue, raspberry lemonades, pirate gold lemonade and Blackbeard’s brewed ice team.
Cost is $32 for one adult and one child under 13. Additional guests are $18 per adult and $8 per child.
Whatever it is, the boys at Southgate Lanes – Derek Dukes and Brandon Falk - devised the ultimate race and it is Saturday. It even has a name: Summerfest’s 1-K.*
*More about the July Summerfest, which follows the race, at the bottom of this story.
Stratton Greenhouses employee Jordan Turner gives a welcome drink to one of several flower pots recently placed along Harmon Road. Chiles-Laman Funeral Home purchased the old Triplett Corp. parking lot, paved it and will soon have it striped. The flowers were added as a final touch. The next photo shows a close-up.