HELSINKI (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in Finland on Sunday for a closely watched one-on-one summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours after telling an interviewer that he was going into the meeting today with “low expectations.”

On the way to meet with a leader who has cracked down on the press in his country, Trump tweeted that the U.S. news media is the “enemy of the people” and complained that “No matter how well I do at the Summit” he’ll face “criticism that it wasn’t good enough.”

Ashlynn Kline’s reserve grand champion barrow drew the highest price Friday at the Fulton County 4-H Fair Spotlight Sale of Champions.
The 276-pound crossbred netted his owner $6,750 from a buyer group.
All but two of the 13 animals auctioned in the Spotlight Sale were purchased by buyer groups comprised of multiple people and businesses. The 4-H’ers earned an unofficial total of $31,500 for their animals.
Perhaps the most pleasant moment of the auction came when Evan Harsh, 13, accompanied by his father Matt, asked to speak to the crowd in the Jud Hudkins Arena.

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The crossbreds ruled at the Fulton County 4-H Fair swine show Wednesday,
Specifically, Evan Harsh’s crossbreds. He drove the grand champion barrow and the grand champion gilt into the Jud Hudkins Arena.
Harsh, 13, is the son of Matt and Stacey Harsh. His barrow and gilt each topped 10 purebreds to take the top honors.

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To a seasoned beef show watcher, it was no surprise Tuesday when Isabel Scales’ 1,325-pound Maine-Anjou steer was named grand champion at the Fulton County 4-H Fair.
“I’m pretty confident I can jump on that one and ride it all the way through,” judge Kip Williams said during class judging.

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“I want to lead by example and show that you can be confident and achieve anything if you really set your mind to it!” says Mrs. Indiana USA Ambassador Erica Snyder.
Snyder, of Akron, competes in the Mrs. USA Ambassador program nationals July 24-29 in Tampa, Fla., against about 20 other women.

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Emily Vigar’s 3-year-old Kalee was named grand champion Holstein Monday at the Fulton County 4-H Fair.
The dairy show kicked off four days of livestock shows at the fair. It will prove to be the smallest in animal and exhibitor numbers, with six 4-H’ers leading 13 head into the ring.
The decline in dairy numbers each year is indicative, noted Extension Educator Mark Kepler, of the rapid decline in family dairy herds, not only in Indiana but across the nation.

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The ballot for the November general election is now set, and voters will decide the outcome of eight locally contested races.

Seven people came forward to file their candidacy by June 30, the deadline for political parties to fill vacancies on the general election ballot. Of those is Kewanna resident Alan McPherson, running as a Green Party candidate for a seat on the Kewanna Town Council.

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A rideable model train, which has been in a family for three generations, is coming to this year’s Fulton County 4-H Fair.
Kewanna resident Chevy Wolfe will be at the fair Monday through Thursday to display his family’s restored Monon Railroad train and offer rides.

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The Miami County Planning and Building Commission in April approved the revised ordinance in response to a proposed wind project by RES, an international renewable energy company, which would bring around 75 turbines to the northern part of the county.

The third time was the charm for Makenna Bradley.
Bradley was crowned Miss Akron Tuesday at the Akron Community Center. It is the third year in a row she has competed.
She enjoys pageants, she said, of deciding to compete again. Plus, she also hopes her win is an example of perseverance.

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State Sen. Randy Head, R-Logansport, believes Americans need to learn how to take criticism better.
Head was the keynote speaker at the Fulton County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day celebration at the Fulton County Museum Saturday.
Also there were U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-2nd Dist., and local GOP candidates for the Nov. 8 general election.

With last minute negotiations, Fulton County officials contracted with an architectural firm for design of a new jail.

Fulton County Commissioners and the Fulton County Council met in joint session Thursday to not only choose an architect but determine where they stand on three proposed funding mechanisms for the project.

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Police say 54-year-old William M. Stinemetz was airlifted Thursday afternoon from Woodlawn Hospital to an Eskenazi Health hospital in Indianapolis for self-inflicted injuries.
Stinemetz was convicted in May of murdering 69-year-old Lawrence Pfeifer and robbing Indiana Lawrence Bank in Kewanna on Sept. 26, 1997.

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Rochester residents won’t have any trouble finding something to do Saturday.
Living Local Fest and the community parade happen downtown and the Lake Manitou Association hosts a family day at the Moose Family Center. Plus, there’s music and fireworks on the lake at night.

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After nearly an hour of discussion, the Rochester City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to vacate a downtown alley.
The request was made by Jared Tyler, co-owner of Tip A Canoe Brews – a local brewery that is to open on the ground floor of the former Baileys Hardware building at 712 Main St. He told the council he was filling in at Tuesday’s meeting for Chris VanDuyne, who owns the building with his father Mike.

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