The Chamber SceneHUNTINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

305 Warren Street • Huntington, Indiana 46750 • (260) 356-5300 • www.huntington-chamber.com • July 2016

Scenes from Heritage Days 2016

Heritage Days 2016 was full of fun, food, friends and frivolity.

New in 2016 the carnival was moved to its new location on Cherry

Street. The Hot Air Balloon Festival, held at Huntington North

High School, had the largest balloon ever to be in Huntington

County. The new Heritage Days Cycling Festival took place in the

Northpoint complex off of Hauenstein Road.

From comments entertained by the Chamber and the City of

Huntington, the carnival was a success on Cherry Street. The new

location eased moving around the community with less streets

closed and easier access to downtown businesses. Comments have

also been received that the new parade route was also a hit.

Smiley the Scarecrow towers over all the other Hot Air Balloonsat the festival held at Huntington North High School. Thanks to AutoValue of Huntington for their sponsorship of Smiley and to ChrisSmart and Pat Johnson for organizing the event.

Children enjoy the pony rides, a part of the Kids Zone, held onSaturday in downtown Huntington. The pony rides and petting zoowere sponsored by McDonald’s Restaurant, ice cream was pro-vided by Lee’s KFC and slushies and popcorn were free to kids byMetronet.

Juergens Hardware and the Boys and Girls Club of HuntingtonCounty sponsored the Bouncy Houses, part of the downtown KidsZone.

Poor Jack Amusements debuts the new “Swings” to Huntington.

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Pathfinder Services, the Heritage Days sponsor for 2016 won thebest adult group float for their entry in this year’s parade shown inthe top photo.

The photo in the middle at left, shows the float entered by theParkview Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County.

The bottom photo at left shows the Disney truck which was en-tered by Chuck Homier of Homier Distributing. The Disney truck wasa big hit with the children watching the parade.

The bed race photo above shows the winning team from JJ’s asthey cross the finish line to win the competition and the crowd fa-vorite for the second time in two years.

The Chamber thanks Pathfinder Services for their sponsorship ofHeritage Days, the volunteers for their hours of service and the com-munity for their support of all the activities.

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The 48th Annual Chief of the Flint

Springs Tribe Breakfast was held Thursday

morning, June 16 at the Historic Forks of

the Wabash with 122 people in attendance.

Mike Perkins was named the 2016 Chief of

the Flint Springs Tribe in recognition of his

contributions to Huntington County.

Ruth Marsh, 2015 Chief of the Flint

Springs Tribe, introduced Perkins and pre-

sented him with the traditional Chief of the

Flint Springs Tribe plaque holding the tra-

ditional chief design. He was touched emo-

tionally as he reflected on the design.

“Years ago, my dad was asked to come

up with an idea and a friend of his, an artist

friend of his in Indianapolis named Bill

Steinberg, developed this, this chiefs’ face,”

said Perkins.

Marsh recognized Perkins for his many

contributions to the community, and that he

has been a role model for all who know

him. Perkins is currently the director of the

Parkview Huntington Foundation and was

formerly the editor of The Herald-Press.

Marsh also named his many facets of serv-

ice to various organizations, groups and his

church. She introduced him as the 48th

Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe.

Thanking his family and friends, Perkins

said, “I’ve been blessed to know so many

great people at The Herald-Press and won-

derful people at the wonderful hospital in

our community. This is a blessing, but this

is just one among many that I’ve had in this

community.”

JULYBusiness of the Month

Huntington County Historical Museum

The Huntington County Historical Museum, 315 Court Street, was named Businessof the Month for July. The Historical Museum was named for their long-standing mem-bership of the Chamber and for their help in keeping the historical records, photographsand memorabilia in order for Huntington County.Shown in the photo, front row from left, Jackie Boxell, First Farmers Bank & Trust andChamber Ambassador; Ann Ericcson, Sharon Ruppert, both museum board members;Mark Stouder, director, Huntington County Historical Museum; Lowell Richardson, EvieBickel, both museum board members and Terry Miller, Real Living Ness Bros andChamber Ambassador. Back row from left are Rick Beemer, Matt Ditzler, both museumboard members; Charlotte Center, Tipton Place, Chamber Ambassador; Ben Davis,Parkview Huntington Family YMCA and Chamber board member; Michael Howell, ex-ecutive director, Huntington County Community Foundation and museum board mem-ber; Dave Heiney, museum board member; Cheryl McCoy, Beacon Credit Union,Phyllis Renz, Huntington County Visitor and Convention Bureau, both Chamber Am-bassadors and Mike Hartburg, DeLaney Hartburg Roth & Garrott and Chamber board.

Perkins named Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe

Shown in the photo at right is Ruth Marsh,

left, 2015 Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe, as

she congratulates the 2016 Chief, Mike

Perkins. The Chamber sends our congratu-

lations to the new Chief Mike Perkins, a

well-deserved honor in recognition of all of

his contributions to the community.

Indiana Bicentennial

pin-on buttons are

at Chamber office

The

Chamber of

Commerce

Indiana Bi-

centennial

Committee

is offering

limited edi-

tion buttons

similar to

the 2016 Heritage Days buttons. The

buttons are printed with the official state

Bicentennial logo, complete with the

torch and adjoining stars.

The buttons will be available for $2

each at the Chamber office, 305 Warren

Street, after Wednesday, June 29. This

will be a nice token for those looking at

having something to commemorate the

celebration of the Bicentennial year of

the state of Indiana.

Supplies will be limited and are on a

first come, first served basis. For infor-

mation contact the Chamber office at

(260) 356-5300.

The public is invited to come and party

at the river at one of Huntington’s newest

festivals, Splash on the Wabash. The one-

day event will be held on Saturday, July 9

at the Forks of the Wabash Historic Park,

3010 W. Park Drive. The festival begins

with a fun inner tube ride down the Wabash

River and continues with an afternoon of

activities that focus on celebrating the

rivers.

This is the second year for the event and

according to Tina Bobilya, co-chair of the

event, “This year is going to be even bigger

and better than its inaugural year. We’ve

added several activities including a bubble-

foaming pit, a water slide, a 34’ slip and

slide and a smaller bounce house for the lit-

tle ones. There’s definitely something for all

ages.” She continued, “All of the activities

this year will take place at the Forks of the

Wabash Historic Park.”

Inner Tube Lazy River Ride

Who’s ready for river tubing? The com-

mittee gets special permission to adjust the

flow for the event to create a fun and relax-

ing lazy river ride down the scenic Wabash

River. Participants will park and sign in at

the Historic Forks of the Wabash and then

are bused to the launch site. Tubers must be

at least eight years of age to participate. The

float will return them back to the event area

in approximately 60 to 90 minutes. There

are two launch times to choose from, noon

or 2 p.m. See the event website for launch

times, rules and additional information and

tickets. Tickets are now on sale. First come,

first served. A limited number of rentals are

available and must be reserved online in ad-

vance. Tickets are available online at

http://splashonthewabash.com. $5 per per-

son Participation Fee (bring your own tube

and life jacket). $10 per person Tube and

Life Jacket Rentals/Participation Fee.

FREE Family activities 1 to 5 p.m.

Includes water and nature themed hands-

on learning booths for children, games, face

painting, bubble activities, an inflatable ob-

stacle course, a foaming pit of bubbles, 34’

inflatable water slide. There will also be

“walk on water” balls and a water slide.

Children will get wet so dress them appro-

priately. There will be hamburgers and hot-

dogs and frozen treats for purchase.

FREE Kayak Usage 1 to 5 p.m.

Take a spin on the river in a kayak. Vol-

unteers will be available to help you learn

how to use this great mode of transporta-

tion.

Art Silent Auction – painted rain bar-

rels 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rain barrels are an important part of river

conservation and are a great canvas for local

artists to showcase their talent. The rain bar-

rels will be displayed around town prior to

the event and a silent auction will allow fes-

tival-goers the chance to take home their fa-

vorite. The auction closes at 4 p.m.

For more information, call the Hunting-

ton County Visitor Bureau at (260) 359-

8687.

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Splash on the Wabash to take place on July 9

The Huntington County Community

Foundation and the United Way of Hunt-

ington County held a Chamber After

Hours on Thursday, June 23. The event

had more than sixty guests attending.

The After Hours was held to honor the

Community Foundation’s 25th Anniver-

sary while the United Way celebrated

their 60th year in Huntington County.

Guests were treated to a celebratory

cake, fruit kabobs, snow cones and bev-

erages. Drawings were held every thirty

minutes with the Foundation giving away

four $250 drawings to be given back to a

current endowment of the winner’s

choice. The United Way gave away T-

shirts and coffee mugs.

Community Foundation, United Way hold Chamber After Hours

Shown in the photos above from top left, Diane Brumbaugh, Adam Drummond, TraceHinesley (winner) and Joy Koch accepting the $250 check for the United Way of Hunt-ington County. Top right photos shows Midge Decker accepting the check from winnerRandy Sizemore for the Huntington Free Health Clinic. Bottom photo at left shows JimScheiber and Midge Decker presenting the check to Marj Hiner for the Hiner Family En-dowment and bottom right, Michael Howell, right, executive director of the HuntingtonCounty Community Foundation presenting the $250 check to Dr. Sherilyn Emberton, pres-ident of Huntington University.

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Splash on the WabashSaturday, July 9

Andrews Summer FestivalFriday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13

Roanoke Fall FestivalThursday, September 8 to Saturday, September 10

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