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• July 21, 2011 @ 6:27:08 PM — Administrator — General

  Midwest America Healing Field

  September 2-11, 2011
  Bryant, Indiana

  Holiday Inn Express & Suites invites you to attend one of the most heart moving events ever.

  Be here when approximately 3,000 flags will be displayed to honor those we love. It will be a celebration of our freedoms and a chance to reflect upon the sacrifices being made daily by our soldiers and first responders, protecting these freedoms. We would like to offer you the following package, to attend this special event:

  • One night stay at Holiday Inn Express and Suites of Portland
  • Tickets for two to visit The Museum of the Soldier (Museum open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept 8th, 9th and 10th)
  • Dinner for two at Buffalo Wings and Rings
  • Attend the Midwest America Healing Field

• July 18, 2011 @ 8:11:25 PM — Administrator — General

  Indiana's "City of Murals" Public Art Display Expands

  The Festival of the Arts announces 14 mural and sculpture projects to be created this summer for the 2011's Festival of the Arts competition. Formerly called the Festival of Murals, sculptures have been included this year to add a new medium of public art to Wayne County, Indiana.

  This will add to Richmond and Wayne County's array of public art with more than 50 captivating murals and 15 sculptures found throughout the county. Several murals illustrate 200 years of local history... musical heritage, the Underground Railroad legacy, early modes of transportation and more. Others are colorful, whimsical murals. Some of the works for the 2011 Festival of Arts have already begun and the public can watch the progress. Some of the sculptures will be created at another location and set at their location by August 28.

• July 11, 2011 @ 12:35:40 PM — Administrator — General

  Annual Freudenfest 2011 Twister Lauf 5K Run

  Oldenburg, IN
  July 16, 2011

  Annual Freudenfest 2011 Twister Lauf 5K Run will be held on Sat., July 16, 2011. 

  Registration Form: www.freudenfest.com/Lauf_registration_form.pdf

  Beer Steins to overall winner in Mens and Womens, medals awarded to all divisions.

• July 11, 2011 @ 12:29:49 PM — Administrator — General

  Freudenfest

  Oldenburg, IN
  July 15-17, 2011

  Freudenfest is held annually during the third weekend of July in Oldenburg, Indiana. It is a celebration for family and friends to get together and enjoy the local german heritage. This festival originated in 1977 and has become one of the premier German festivals in the southeastern Indiana region, drawing thousands of people into Oldenburg during the weekend event.  Locally the festival is known as "The Biggest Little German Festival in Indiana."

  Oldenburg Freudenfest is put on by local volunteers of Oldenburg. All proceeds from the festival go towards the beautification, preservation, and restoration of Oldenburg, Indiana.

  Website:   www.freudenfest.com
  Facebook:  www.facebook.com/pages/Oldenburg-Freudenfest