This year’s third annual Ride to Remember takes place on Saturday, July 8. Registration is at Bluffton Family Recreation and bikers may opt for several routes covering 2 miles all the way to 112 miles.
There’s never a dull moment for Ride to Remember bikers.
With the help of some clever statements – remember Burma-Shave signs? – bike riders will find many chuckles along bike routes.
“Boomer” bikers will understand; younger bikers will catch on quickly.
Create sidewalk chalk art and meet Jennifer Trafton, the author of Henry and the Chalk Dragon, through Skype at “Chalk and Talk.” Join us on June 29 at 10:30 a.m on the lower level of the library.
Advanced registration is required. What stories will you create this summer?
Join us for a morning of music at the Community Hootenanny on June 24 at 10 a.m. outside of the Bluffton Public Library! Bring a lawn chair, an instrument, and your voice. Come to play, sing, and/or listen! All are welcome to participate or simply enjoy. In case of rain, we will move inside.
Delegates across the Midwest from congregations in the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA will be in Bluffton Thursday through Saturday, June 22-24 for the conference's annual meeting.
Drew G. I. Hart, professor, author, activist, and former pastor, who is author of "The Trouble I’ve seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism," is a guest speaker.
Doug Luginbill of Bluffton is the conference minister of CDC. Three area CDC churches are First Mennonite, Bluffton; Grace Mennonite, Pandora; and First Mennonite, Lima.
A meet the candidate event for Andrew Mackey takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 20, in the Lima Public Library, 650 W. Market St., Lima.
Mackey will run against Jim Jordan, U.S. Congressman, in Ohio's Fourth District. The event is sponsored by AHEAD: Allen and Hardin for Election Action and Democracy.
Working with the Hancock Public Health Department and the Hancock County Commissioners, the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership is helping to implement a $150,000 grant from the Ohio EPA to repair or replace failing home septic treatment systems (HSTS) in Hancock County.
The second and final year of the grant is 2017, according to Phil Martin of the watershed partnership.
He said, "There is only around $40,000 remaining in the grant. Depending on a family’s income, the family may be eligible for up to 100% coverage to repair or replace your system."
