The garden tractor pull scheduled for July has been cancelled due to issues with the tractor club. No future date has been set for another pull.

Named one of “Indiana’s Top Ten Festivals”, the 39th Annual Swiss Wine Festival takes place Aug. 27-29, 2010 at Paul Ogle Riverfront Park located off Ferry St. in Vevay, IN.
Along with food, arts & crafts, midway rides, fireworks, parades, live entertainment, beer garden and riverboat cruises, the affair showcases contests and events throughout the three-day [...]

During the month of June, join local artists Herb Herrick and Luann Houser.  Together these Pendleton artists will have on display fine works of art of “Landscapes, Lattigo & Lace”  The show will open in the Pendleton’s Main Gallery June 4 through June 25. 
The Pendleton is open Wednesday through Friday 12 – 5 and on [...]

This workshop takes place August 21 and 22 and is designed to teach artists how to shoot dramatic references for their artwork.  You will also learn the controls, features, and functions of your digital SLR camera.  Robin is an award winning photographer and will cover a wide range of topics to make you more adept [...]

The Pendleton Art Center is currently looking for artists of all levels and media to be a part of our growing artist community.  It offers a variety of studios ranging from $95 to $350 a month to accommodate the working artist as well as the artist who is looking to display work.  The Pendleton offers [...]

The Rising Sun Arts Academy will be offering your child two weeks of fun filled classes.
Week one runs July 6,7,8,9.  Children ages 6 – 9 will learn the art of print making and paint a class mural.  Children ages 9 – 12 will experience the art of quilt making.  Students  will create an 18 inch [...]

Update: The 2010 Shiner Pride Car Show will be held Sunday, July 11, 2010.   For more information about the show, pictures the Shiner Pride Band, or to download a registration form, please visit the Shiner Pride Car Show website, sponsored by Rising Sun Tourism.
1965 Pontiac GTO owned by Roger and Judy Thayer
Jack Daniels [...]

October 24, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

This annual family-friendly event is done in partnership with the Rising Sun Police Department. The costume contest will return along with Dr. Demented’s Science Lab, dancing, food, games, straw maze, and haunted vignettes. Come and join in this fun-filled evening of ghouls, witches, and who knows whats.
Admission $2.00 per person. Food, [...]

Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.

This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.  The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.  Due to the way Jupiter’s [...]

Steer—Kyle Taylor
Swine—Chad Wagner
Dairy—Kristen Kolodzik
Goat (market)—Stefanie Flood
Goat (dairy)—Wyett Johnson
Sheep—Lindsey Morano
Turkeys—Kelsey Romans
Ducks—Riley Bovard
Rabbits—Marissa Henry