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1st Roar into Harlan event of 2013 held Thursday night

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May 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Motorcycle enthusiasts rode into Harlan last night (Thursday) for the kickoff of the first Roar into Harlan event of the year.

(photo courtesy of our sister station KNOD)

Roar into Harlan will be featured on the square in downtown Harlan on the 3rd Thursday of the month for the next 4 months. Last night, the Rocking Chair on the east side of the square was the featured business. Mike Wohlhutter, coordinator for the Roar into Harlan, said this month had a patriotic theme.  He said “Pastor Furby and Bob Dean and the Logan Legion Riders did the flag folding ceremony. There aren’t to many people around that know what the flag ceremony is. They did a great job explaining it and then Jack Kenkel was here to talk about the Freedom Rock. Our flag from the ceremony will go to the Freedom Rock site in Earling.”

He says he never would have guessed the Roar into Harlan Events would become such a huge success. “This whole deal exploded to something I didn’t figure on and it has all been good. We have had tremendous support from all organizations and citizens. It has been phenomenal.” Wohlhutter and the committee came up with a new concept this year called a Poker walk, “It will be a little different than last year since no one last year had time to do it. This year, you will have the whole season and take your time.”

Next month, Roar into Harlan will feature the kids. “June will be kid’s night. We will have bounce houses and kid orientated type stuff. We will have motorcycles and a guy with a colored printer to take pictures with kids on the bikes.” The motorcycles down on the square last (Thursday) night were able to get in the flag folding ceremony and a few games before the rains came pouring down. The next Roar into Harlan event will be on Thursday, June 20th.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)