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Notre Dame Federal Credit Union celebrates opening of Elkhart branch
Markelle Lill, 12, helps Josh Robeson with Pumpkinvine Trail Coalition make adjustments his bicycle Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center; ABOVE: Wesley Kuric with the Elkhart County Health Department helps youngsters get fitted with free bicycle helmets Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center in Elhart. RIGHT: Markelle Lill, 12, clocks his speed at a course set up by Elkhart Police Department officers during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center. Officers also gave out free hot dogs and drinks during the event; Markelle Lill, 12, takes a turn at the obstacle course Saturday during the annual Bike Safety Rodeo at the Tolson Center for Excellence in Elkhart
Aubrey Parks (left), clinic director and community health nurse at RETA Pregnancy Clinic and Family Resources, talks with a community member about the services RETA offers during a community baby shower at the Tolson Center on Saturday; Tara Morris (right), executive director of the Minority Health Coalition Elkhart County, speaks to families during a community baby shower
Honor guard members fire during the 21-gun salute as part of the Memorial Day ceremony at Rice Cemetery on Monday; City Councilman Aaron Mishler (right) gives his remarks, while Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson stands by, during the Memorial Day ceremony at Rice Cemetery on Monday; About 200 dedicated flags sponsored by the Elkhart Lions Club and individuals stand in Lundquist-Bicentennial Park for the “Flags from the Heart” program during Memorial Day
Volunteers unload flowers Thursday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds. The flowers are destined for planting in one of 17 Quilt Gardens scheduled for opening next weekend; Ryan Skinner, right, helps Rick and Donna Persing of Nappanee load flowers onto a trailer; TOP: Ginger Thorne with the Elkhart County Historical Museum in Bristol and Rick Stiffney with the Goshen Noon Rotary unload flowers Thursday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds. BOTTOM: Kenton and Emily Hostetler with the Farm House Inn in Nappanee load flowers.
Elkhart Civic Theatre presents ‘The Sound of Music’
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Kaitlyn Meyer (Maria, center) with Maddie Seymore, Avery Wills, Kielynn Warrener, Margaret Patrick, Miles Hage, Luisa Kingsley and Carter Cranor (the von Trapp children) rehearse a scene from Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of “The Sound of Music.”; From left, Keighdee Spatt (Elsa), Brock Butler (Max) and Scott Carter (Capt. von Trapp) rehearse a scene from Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of “The Sound of Music.”; Kaitlyn Meyer (Maria) and Scott Carter (Capt. von Trapp) rehearse a scene from Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of “The Sound of Music.”
Employees plant flowers in a heart-shaped flower bed near the Triangle Parking Lot on a hill overlooking Benham Avenue near Harrison Street in Elkhart.
Premier Arts celebrates return of ‘Tribute to the Arts’
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Brian Byrn, left, accepts the Mayor’s Arts Award from Craig Gibson, center, and Mayor Rod Roberson during the “Tribute to the Arts” hosted by Premier Arts.
Elkhart Police Department Honor Guard members shoot; Jason Brooks gives invocation; Leonard Sailor plays bagpipes; Elkhart Police officers salute; Andrew Whitmyer delivers opening remarks
Elkhart’s Cassiday Cook and Brennen Crouch show off their state championship medals after the Lions won the Unified Track state title last spring; Elkhart senior Hayden Dinehart holds up her poster for the 2026 Unified Track team
Elkhart schools receive national student health award
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Steve Higginbotham, CEO of Smile America Partners, presents the Smile America Partners 2026 Children’s Health Champion Award to Elkhart Community Schools. From left are Higginbotham; Kelsey Rockstroh, district health services coordinator; Michele A. Riise, interim superintendent; and Lindsey Brander, director of student services; A second-grade student at Roosevelt STEAM Academy has his teeth cleaned by Patricia Zimmer, a registered dental hygienist with Indiana Dental Outreach.
A tinsmith shapes a cup the old-fashioned way based on a design found at Fort Ouiatenon near modern-day West Lafayette. The fort, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Militiamen and frontiersmen chat during the Five Medals 2026 reenactment at Amish Acres in Nappanee. This was the second year the longtime event was held at Amish Acres; Kevin Stewart of Winona, Indiana, talk with guests about a modified Chippewa kitchen that might have been found in Wisconsin hundreds of years ago according to the work of archaeologists. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Joe Zdziebko of Osceola, a teacher and reenactor, shows a musketball used during the French and Indian War. Part of the Five Medals event at Amish Acres in Nappanee, Zdziebko was depicting a French marine of the 1750s and showed furs, maps and weapons used during the period; Members of various militia muster Saturday as part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day reenactment event at Amish Acres in Nappanee
Regional air quality improvement projects recognized at annual event
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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Seed to Feed was one of three organizations honored in Elkhart at the Michiana Area Council of Governments’ (MACOG) 2026 Partners for Clean Air Awards Luncheon
Dancers in costume dance with children during the Día del Niños event at DeliaMar Mega Shop on Thursday; ABOVE LEFT: Children play in a pile of foam during the Día del Niños event at DeliaMar Mega Shop on Thursday. ABOVE RIGHT: A machine shoots out foam as children play. RIGHT: Felipe Merino (middle), managing attorney at Merino Law Firm in Goshen, speaks to the audience at the start of the Día del Niños event.
