From costumed alpacas to cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and a variety of other animals, Noble County 4-H members showed off their livestock as well as their talents in showmanship, arts, crafts, cooking and gardening during fair week. The week ended with nearly $200,000 raised at the 4-H auction.

From costumed alpacas to cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and a variety of other animals, Noble County 4-H members showed off their livestock as well as their talents in showmanship, arts, crafts, cooking and gardening during fair week. The week ended with nearly $200,000 raised at the 4-H auction.

Lindsay Winslow Brown, reporter for The Star, was part of a local team of ordinary people that joined others from around the United States to help uncover hope in the piles of emotional and physical rubble left by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.

KENDALLVILLE — The teams coming out of the loser’s bracket in a double-elimination tournament always have to live on the edge. One major mistake can turn a game around and send the team packing. The Stewart, Brimner & Lear Insurance Yankees were in that situation during the Kendallville Youth Baseball Senior League Tournament after being defeated in the first round. On Wednesday, that edge was taken off. While tallying one of its best offensive games of the season, the Yankees cracked 14 hits and defeated the Shepherd’s GM Rays, 15-3, for the league title.