Staff report
INDIANAPOLIS — State officials unveiled the names of more than 2,000 Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay torchbearers Wednesday during a special ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse.
The Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay starts Sept. 9 in Corydon, Indiana’s first state capital, and will wind through all 92 Indiana counties before ending with a celebration at the statehouse Oct. 14.
The relay comes through Hancock County on the final day, Oct. 14.
Torchbearers were nominated by the public and selected by local committees.
These are Hancock County’s torchbearers, according to the local bicentennial committee, which oversaw the selection process:
Andrew Ebbert
Bailey Young
Jayce Phelps
Clayton Fahrnow
Skip Kuker
Nancy Davis
John Richardson
Jill Ebbert
Elaine Thornsteinson
Chuck Fewell
Jerry Bell
Sarah Kesterson
Max Meise
Ernest Alder
Harold Jarrett
Mary McConnell
Paul Okerson
Nicholson Miller
Retta Livengood
Brigette Cook Jones
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In an upcoming edition of the Daily Reporter, we’ll tell you more about the local residents who were selected to carry the bicentennial torch through Hancock County and the impact they’ve made in their communities. For more information about the relay, visit in.gov/ibc/torchrelay.
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