The ninth annual Bluffton Ride to Remember on Saturday, June 15 will moving down the road a short distance--Snider Rd. that is--to Bluffton Community (formerly The Centre).

Registration and parking for the cycling fundraiser will benefit from more parking space at the new location. Registration will be indoors at the 601 N. Main facility.

For more information about the Bluffton Lions event that raised funds for building bike and pedestrian pathways, visit www.ridetoremember.net/

On July 26, the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center will go to Lima to have lunch at Kewpee. Meet at the corner of Cherry St. and Main at 10:45 a.m. to catch the bus.

Participants pay their own fee. The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus costs $3 for a day pass. Bring exact change.

Sign up in the Senior Center office. If you can not make it into the Senior Center to sign up for a trip or activity, you are always welcome to call the Center at 419-358-8971 to get your name on the list. 

Join Ohio State University Extension Allen County for a free morning program to learn about native plants at the Kiracofe Prairie at Kendrick Woods, 971 North Defiance Trail, Spencerville, OH 45887.

The program will be held on Saturday, July 15, 2023, from 8:30-9:30 AM. The speaker and guide and will be recent high school graduate, Cadence. Cadence has done extensive work with native plants with the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District as well as at her own home.

Check out these early July programs with Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District:

MIKE HEMMELGARN - OTTAWA METRO PARK AMPHITHEATER
July 8 - 7:00-8:00 p.m.
2632 Ada Rd., Lima 

Mike has been fascinated with the art of ventriloquism since the age of eight and juggling since the age of sixteen. His love of entertaining developed into a full-blown career that allows him to travel across the Tri-State area performing for audiences of all ages.

The Senior Center is now hosting a weekly Hand and Foot card game on Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

The game is played with multiple decks of cards and the players make “sets” with the cards in their hand. When they deplete their hand, they play the cards in their foot (a second hand of cards).

Come and learn this fun card game at the center, 132 N. Main St. 

See the July 2023 Golden Age News for more events.

The July 6 Community Meal at the Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will be served by the Trinity United Methodist Church.

Meals start at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. A free will offering will be taken to help support the local food pantry.

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