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Newly-crowned royalty


Photo by Rebecca Sandlin

Nora McDaniel (left), 8, of Warren, and Brookelynn Buzzard, 10, of Huntington are the 2017 Little Miss and Junior Miss Heritage Days, respectively. They were crowned from a field of 48 contestants Wednesday, June 15, at Crestview Middle School during the Heritage Days Festival’s annual pageant.

Homer Hiner quietly becomes newest Chief of Flint Springs Tribe

Mike Perkins (left), the 2016 Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe, poses with 2017 Chief Homer Hiner after presenting the award to Hiner during the Heritage Days kick-off breakfast Thursday, June 15, at the Historic Forks of the Wabash.
Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Homer Hiner walked to the podium, offered a five-word thank you, and walked back to his seat.

That’s about what you’d expect from Huntington’s newest Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe.

Hiner has always been a behind-the-scenes guy, 2016 Chief Mike Perkins said as he announced the tribe’s 49th chief during the Heritage Days kick-off breakfast on Thursday, June 15.

But, Perkins added, “You get things done.”

“Thank you, everybody,” Hiner said. “Thank you.”

54th annual Heritage Days packs in new things among old favorites this week

Team Johnson – JJ’s Convenience Stores sprints down the course during the Heritage Days Bed Race last year at Huntington North High School. The team won the competition and was also voted crowd favorite. This year’s bed race will take place on Saturday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m., again at HNHS.
TAB file photo.

This year’s 54th annual Heritage Days will be packed full of new things to do and see throughout the festival, June 14 through 18.

In keeping with this year’s theme, “The ’40s: Liberty, Democracy, Dignity,” the festival has announced that World War II veteran Leo Scheer will be the grand marshal of the 2017 Heritage Days Parade.