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Continued from Page 13WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor
The local organization Love In
Action Community Services is hold-
ing a Bobby Holley Appreciation
and Kids Day in honor of community
activist and performer Holley this
Saturday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the parking lot between the
Battle Creek Area Math and Science
Center and Cereal City Science at
171 W. Michigan Avenue in down-
town Battle Creek.
There will be kids’ games, food
and music by and for Holley – and
there will also be a bike-walk-ride-
anything-like-a-bike parade on the
site for Holley.
“Bobby has done so much for our
community. We just want to do
something for him in return. We
want to show Bobby just how grate-
ful we are for his compassion and
generosity through the years,” said
event director Mary Anne Head-
Dunston.
“We are also trying to raise funds
to provide Bobby with several bikes
to give away,” added Head-Dunston,
referring to Holley’s annual summer-
long program of giving free bikes
to youngsters who turn in essays on
“Why Do I Need a Bike?”
Love In Action Community
Ministries will also hold its third
annual “Race Around The Creek”
- also a fundraiser event – on
Saturday, Aug. 17, with the start-fin-
ish-base of the event being American
Legion Post 298 on North 20th
Street.
Registration is open from July
1-Aug. 10.
The “Race Around The Creek”
event similar to the popular TV show
“Amazing Race” will again feature
a 9 a.m. check-in and a 9:45 a.m.
mandatory team meeting – with the
“race” to get underway at 10 a.m.
Funds raised by Love In Action
Community Ministries organization
go to helping people in need dur-
ing the Thanksgiving and Christmas
holidays – with the organization also
preparing and serving meals every
Friday at the SHARE Center in
town.
As is the case with the Bobby
Holley Appreciation and Kids Day
Bobby Holley Day set for Saturday in B.C.
Community activist and performer
Bobby Holley will be feted this
Saturday (July 20) at a Bobby
Holley Appreciation and Kids Day in
downtown B.C. from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The event is being put on by Love
In Action Community Services. (Photo
provided)Shown are some of the youths that received free bicycles from Bobby Holley
last Saturday at Sunshine Toyota. (Photo provided)Shown are some of the youngsters that received free bicycles via Bobby
Holley’s efforts on June 29 at Professional Muffler & Brake in Battle Creek.
(Photo provided)on July 20, contact Mary Anne
Head-Dunston at (269) 348-3700 for
more information, and also if one is
interested in donating one’s time or
assisting with funding and prizes.state funding will be reduced below
other districts, as the state does not
compensate for the shortfall.”
This millage has been in existence
since Proposal A went into effect in
1994.
Lakeview voters have renewed
every six years since. The most
recent renewal was approved in 2018
and expires this year.
“The Lakeview community has
consistently shown tremendous sup-
port for its schools,” said Patterson.
“We encourage our residents to con-
tinue this tradition by voting in the
upcoming election.”