The annual Orleans Fall Fun Fest in the Park will be  Sat., October 8, 2016 in Historic Congress Square (Town Park).

A host of fun fall family type activities and special events are planned for downtown Orleans on this Saturday including the following:

PHOTO EXHIBIT @ Chamber Welcome Center (north side of square)

• *Special Exhibit featuring the works of local photographers Katlin Percifield and Cindy Cornett Seigle. Come see the heart and soul of Indiana’s past and present as seen through the camera lenses of these two talented artists.
• 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. OC HomeGrown Orleans Farmers Market

Congress Square Appreciation Day

• Fresh produce, hand crafted items, Buck a Book, Fall décor, Doodles the Clown Face Painting. (West side of Square)

OC Homegrown 5K run/walk

• Registration begins at 9 a.m. with race starting at 10 a.m. Event begins from Orleans Jr.-Sr. High School

9 a.m. First Ever Pet Photo Scavenger Hunt. 

Sponsored by Kirk Veterinary Service

• Contestants operate as individual groups with their pet and go around town taking
• pictures of themselves (including their pet) with various items.  The groups will meet at Kirk Veterinary (located on the S. Side of Town Square) at 9 am to pick up the information packets and pay the registration fee.  There will be a $2.00 fee for each group to participate.  Groups will have 2 hours to complete their task and return to our office.  We will ask that all pictures be e-mailed to us and we will pick a winner out of the groups.  The prize will be a thermal tote full of goodies for them and their pet.

9:30 a.m. Great Chamber Chili Cook-off @ Town Hall (Community Room)

• (Bring your best chili recipe, 1 quart of hot soup in crock pot)
• Entries accepted from 9:00 to 9:15 a.m. Judging @ 9:30 a.m.

10 a.m.-? Tri Kappa Harvest Corner (Town Park)

• Pecans, Carmel Apples, Cupcakes, Sugar Cookies

Children activities, Decorate your own Pumpkin.

11:00 a.m. Free Lunchtime Concert in the Park-Lick Creek Band (Bicentennial Stage near basketball court)

11:00 a.m.-? Food served (north side of square)

• Orange Co Cattlemen’s Assoc Steak Sandwiches, drinks & more
• OHS Jr. After Prom Parents will be serving up
• Creek Bank Potatoes. (While they last)
• Orleans Municipal Fire Burger Burn (near ball court)
• Hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks
• Indiana Trailblazers 12U Team Fundraiser
• Sloppy Joes, Coneys, Hot Dogs, Chips & Drinks

12 Noon to? Corn Hole Tourney sponsored by

• Orleans Municipal Fire Department (Ball Court)
• Please register by 11:30 a.m. $10 per team
• Arts & Crafts in the Park

Phi Beta Psi Autumn Sweet Table

• Homemade baked goods, hot mulled cider, prize drawings
• Paint in the Park Demonstration
• Mum & Pumpkin Sale by Pat’s Plants @ Bandstand

Here is a different view of the square when former President Benjamin Harrison visited Salem, in 1896, campaigning for presidential elect, William McKinley.

This photo comes from Washington County Historian Jeremy Elliott.

St. Vincent Salem Hospital’s United Way fundraising team will host a Chili Supper on Friday, October 7 from 5 – 7 p.m. in the hospital’s associate parking lot before the last home Salem football game against Corydon Central.

All money raised will go toward Dare to Care Food Bank’s Backpack Buddy program at East Washington Elementary, Bradie Shrum Elementary and West Washington Elementary schools.

Chili, peanut butter sandwiches, toppings, drinks and desserts will be available for a donation.

For more information, contact Melissa Richardson at 812-883- 5881 ext. 1366.

The Indiana State Police Post at Bloomington held its annual inspection and audit of personnel and equipment. Commanders inspected the uniform appearance, cruiser and equipment of all Troopers and Detectives from the Bloomington Post, as well as some officers from outside the district. The inspection/audits are held annually at all 14 Indiana State Police Districts.

During the audit, each officer is personally inspected for proper grooming and uniform appearance. The officer’s firearms are then examined for cleanliness and serviceability. Their police car is next and inspected for cleanliness both inside and out. Finally, all equipment issued to the officer is accounted for and examined. Those items include such things as clothing, shoes, radar, computer, camera, taser, baton, mace and any other miscellaneous equipment issued to the officer.

At the conclusion of the individual Trooper’s inspection, the results of the inspection/audit are noted by the Trooper’s immediate supervisor in the monthly observation guide and later in the employee’s yearly evaluation.

The Indiana State Police Department has a rich history in providing the best law enforcement service possible to the citizens of Indiana. To do this, the department purchases state of the art equipment for each officer and then expects him or her to take the utmost care of all issued equipment.