36th Annual Owensburg Founder's Day Celebration
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Photos by Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor
Scenes from the 36th Annual Owensburg Founder's Day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Members of the Eastern Greene Marching Band during their performance along the parade route.
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(The color guard from American Legion Post No. 196 in Bloomfield led the parade.)
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(The Eastern Greene School Marching Thunderbird Band.)
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Serena St. John dishes up some homemade cobbler for Pam Carr, of Owensburg. Chris Brinegar looks on at right.
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Sam Worland receives a goolish face-painting from Gia Henderson at the Eastern Middle School SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) booth.
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Don Heisler, of Owensburg, stops to check his video as he walked his dog, Lacy, at Saturday's Founder's Day Festival.
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John Parker gives a big wave and a smile from the Stone Belt Shiner's Club float.
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The Stone Belt Shriner's Club Hillbilly float was a crowd favorite during Saturday's parade at Owensburg.
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Julia Chaney and Tia Wagner enjoyed a walk through the festival Saturday in Owensburg.
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John O'Bannon cooks up some of the famous Owens-Burgers offered by the Owensburg Baptist Church at the Founder's Day Festival on Saturday.
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The McDonald Brothers, center, were joined by Kevin Hirth, at left, and Dan Keegan, at right, on the entertainment stage provide some old time country music tunes.
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Jeane Novotny, of Bloomington, adjusts her hat while riding on the Stone Belt Shrine Club's Hillbilly float.
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Lester Saunders, who lives east of Owensburg, takes a rest on the bench in front of the Emanuel-Hatfield Museum/Library building during Saturday's Founder's Day Festival. Saunders said he enjoys the festival every year because he gets to see many of his friends.
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District 62 State Representative Matt Ubelhor (R-Bloomfield) passed out candy and handshakes along the parade route.
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John Sparks takes it easy while watching the ham and beans being cooked over a campfire by Boy Scout Troop 173 of Solsberry.
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