Main Street U.S.A. will be held Saturday

The Main Street U.S.A. Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at West Jay Middle School gym in Dunkirk. There will be several craft and food vendors.
For more information, call (765) 768-6193 or (765) 768-6772.

Awarded
Portland resident Ken Bantz, an accounting teacher at Ball State University since 2010, was awarded the 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award by Indiana Gamma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at BSU.

Bird hike
A bird hike will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve to view resident and migratory birds, fall flowers, fruits, seeds and insects.
Participants should meet in the parking lot of the preserve at 8323 N. 250 West, Bryant, off of Ind. 18. The cost is $3. For more information, call Curt Burnette at (260) 368-7428 or [email protected].

Senior day
Minnetrista in Muncie will host a free day for seniors, 60 and older, on Oct. 8. Visitors will be given a tour of The Orchard Shop and its apples and cider pressing. Tours will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. There are also exhibits.
For more information, call (765) 282-4848 or visit www.minnetrista.net.

Awarded wings
Lt.j.g Christopher A. Boynton, a helicopter pilot with the United States Navy, was awarded his Air Wings as a Naval Aviator, pinned by his grandmother Eva Wyrick of Portland, in a designation ceremony at Whiting Field in Milton, Fla.
Boynton received his training in ROTC classes at Texas A&M University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in history. He will be assigned to HSC Japan.