It’s been a busy time at the Whitley County Fairgrounds, and the festivities this month are just getting started.
Last Wednesday, I took my daughter and her friend down to see the Great Pages Circus underneath the new open air structure, and I was blown away.
I have seen this particular circus perform in our local area before, and they always do a great job regardless of the venue. The fairgrounds provided the perfect setting, however, and you couldn’t have asked for better weather on the night of the show.
See some of the photos that I took while at the circus elsewhere inside this week’s edition.
On Saturday, I was back at the fairgrounds to shoot pictures of this year’s Fog River Run, which drew another impressive crowd and featured runners at all grade levels from school all over the region. As I did last year, I walked into the woods to find a good spot to get shots of the runners as they made their way along the course. The scenery and more agreeable weather made for another enjoyable visit.
To read more about this year’s Fog River Run, and to see some photos of the competition, flip over to this week’s Sports pages.
If you have not made your way to the Whitley County Fairgrounds lately, next week will present a golden opportunity as the county is presenting the three-day Music and Mud Festival, which will feature tons of live music, a demolition derby, vendors and much more.
Now to touch on a few other things…
• I was happy to see that a trio of local businessmen – Andrew Pennington, Tanner Myers and Ben Burns – banded together to present the Corbin Senior Citizen Center with a donation of $15,000 after last week’s report about federal funding cuts affecting senior feeding programs across the state. Well done, gentlemen. I haven’t spoken to center Director Amber Case to get an idea about how far that money will go, but I imagine that it will buy quite a few meals as we enter this crucial time of year.
• Speaking of good causes to donate to, there are several, but I wanted to mention that First Baptist Church of Corbin’s White Flag Ministry is once again gearing up to feed folks and offer them some shelter during the soon-to-arrive winter months. Also, the Corbin Rotary Club is beginning to put plans in motion to distribute more toys and supplies to area children as part of the annual Empty Stocking Fund Christmas giveaway. These are just two of several noble causes that have impacted countless lives in our area, so if you’re able to support them in some way, I strongly encourage you to do so. Other good options include the Lion’s Club, Operation Christmas Child, Toys for Tots, and Shop With a Cop.
• It was good to see the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets football team back in action last Friday after three weeks of not having a game. That’s a long time between competitions, but they got the job done against visiting Pineville. Corbin, meanwhile, lost their third game in a row. It’s been a decade since that has happened, but the good news for Redhound fans is that the team SHOULD go undefeated throughout the remainder of the regular season. Playoffs will be here before we know it!
