The Hoosier National Forest is sponsoring the 17th annual Kids Fishing Derby at the Rainbow Pay Lake near Derby, Indiana on Saturday, May 19. The event is free and will be open to all children ages 15 and under.

Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Sign-in and registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. The fishing and casting contest will begin at 8:30 a.m. and there will be two fishing heats from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Lunch will be provided by the Perry County Bass Masters and the Hoosier National Forest with awards and prizes following.

The River Cities Coin Club will be hosting their sixth annual Spring Coin Show at Daviess County High School on Saturday March 17, from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. 

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.  Admission is free and door prizes will be given away. Expected are up to 30coin and paper money dealers from Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee displaying U.S. and world coins and currency for sell and trade.  Many of the club members and coin dealers will be offering free coin appraisals.

8.4% of households in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District reported difficulty accessing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables in the communities where they live, according to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry.  The  rate is is slightly above the national average of 8.2 percent for the same 2008-2010 time frame of the study.    For households with children, 9.3% reported difficulty.

Much attention has been paid in recent years to whether Americans have adequate access to healthy food in their communities, and this new report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) claims to shed  light on such challenges in Indiana and across the nation.