Back to School Bash being held in Plainville today…area festivals continue….you can vote for one of three new Hoosier license plate designs…
BACK TO SCHOOL BASH
Students in the city of Washington went back to school this week. Students at Barr Reeve and North Daviess head back this coming week.
Plainville will be the sight of a Back to School Bash today.
Leslie Heschelman says this is the 10th year for the fun to be held at Plainville Park.
It all starts at 4-pm with inflatables, free food, picnic games and more. The Daviess County Amateur Radio Club will be there to explain their activities. There’s face painting and lots more.
Heshelman says there’ll be lots of giveaways starting at 7pm..
Everything is free. Everyone is welcome regardless of where you go to school.
FESTIVALS
It’s a good day for a road trip. You can travel in Daviess, Knox, Dubois and Pike Counties for family friendly festivals.
In Daviess County in Odon, Odon Old Settler’s Days continues. Check out what’s happening on their web or Facebook page.
In Dubois County there’s nary a quiet moment at the Jasper Strassenfest. They also have a web and Facebook page for more info.
The Knox County Watermelon Festival, put on by the Knox County Chamber of Commerce, has a carnival for the first time ever along with free watermelon all day long in downtown Vincennes. Look at the Knox County Chamber’s Facebook page for a rundown of their activities.
Lots of live music, food and drink at all of those events.
Also, down at the Dubois/Pike County line at the Zoar United Methodist Church, it’s the annual Zoar Mosquito Fest on today and Sunday. There’s a country store, a flea market, demonstrations, family games and more. Zoar’s Church and picnic grounds are on old..old State Road 64 two miles west of State Road 161.
LICENSE PLATE DESIGNS
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles wants Hoosiers to vote for their favorite among three designs for the state’s next license plate.
It said Friday that Hoosiers can vote at www.in.gov/bmv/ and at the BMV’s Indiana State Fair display in Exposition Hall. Voting ends at midnight Sept. 5.
Two of the designs are white plates with blue numbering and letters, one with the slogan “The Hoosier State” at the bottom and the other with the slogan “Crossroads of America” in a yellow ribbon at the bottom. The other design depicts a red covered bridge under a blue sky and over a blue stream and surrounded by greenery.
The winning design will be used beginning in January.
The designs were produced by Fort Wayne license plate manufacturer Intellectual Technology Inc.
PENCE TRUMP TICKET
Republican Donald Trump has a message for reluctant voters:
“If you don’t like me. That’s OK,” he tells a rally crowd in Des Moines, Iowa. “Vote for Pence because it’s the same thing.”
Trump was referring to his running mate, Mike Pence, the conservative governor of Indiana.
Pence was chosen partially to help calm nervous Republicans still on the fence about Trump and to bring some establishment sensibility to the ticket.
The pair are campaigning together on Friday in Iowa and Wisconsin.