Church donates to Local author releases ACC wants ND as FCS duck race 9th World War II book football member Area State Page 3 Page 3 Sports Page 1a The News-Bannerwww.News-Banner.com THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021 BLUFFTON, INDIANA • Wells County’s Hometown Connection $1.00 2021 WELLS COUNTY 4-H FAIR Indiana is now Moore mostly yellow claims By JESSICA BRICKER Community spread of COVID-19 is increas- ing across the state as the number of counties rated ‘21 Royal for low spread has more than doubled over the past week, leaving Wells “yellow” again. This comes as local school districts prepare to return to the classroom in roughly three weeks and Livestock school leaders are nixing some pandemic-related protocols in their school buildings. Although the county’s rating has improved Showman during the past week from 1.5 to 1, there are now 48 yellow counties across the state, up from last week’s 22. Those in the region in addition to Wells trophy are Adams, Huntington, Allen, Whitley, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange and Steuben. By GLEN WERLING There are four orange counties in western Indi- Kaine Moore put his brand on ana. the Jack Sills Memorial Trophy The county’s vaccination rate is 40.5 percent Wednesday night, winning the — up 0.3 percent from last week — as 9,619 resi- 2021 Wells County 4-H Fair Live- dents are recorded as fully vaccinated. Wells County stock Royal Showmanship. remains in the middle of the immediately surround- Moore was cool, collected and ing counties. poised throughout the event, doing There have been 3,017 confirmed cases in Wells almost everything right in a tough, County residents since last March of the 13,057 competitive field that included individuals tested. There are no new deaths attrib- 2020’s winner, Lauren Bales. She uted to the disease. had won the trophy just this past [email protected] Saturday after COVID-19 last year forced a first-ever double-up of the event in one fair. The third time was the charm for the 2021 Bluffton High School Kaine Moore gets a big hug from his dad, Matt, after Kaine won the 2021 Wells County graduate as Moore participated in 4-H Fair Royal Livestock Showmanship competition Wednesday night. More photos are Trash service woes (Continued on Page 2) online in a gallery at www.news-banner.com (Photos by Glen Werling) lead to irate calls By JESSICA BRICKER In light of recent trash pick-up issues, Markle residents are being urged to practice some common courtesy: Don’t At right, posing call the town hall and scream at the staff. with the trophy Assistant Town Supervisor Mike Grant made the plea are from left, during Wednesday’s Markle Town Council meeting after Jayde Sills, noting some homes and streets have been missed lately. Travis Sills, There is nothing the office staff can do about these issues, Kenja Moore, he said, except call Republic Services and let them know. Carrie Moore, Kaine Moore, Markle town staff work diligently to get the issues resolved Matt Moore, as they come up, he said. Chad Captain, Meanwhile, the town has limited means of communi- Miss Wells cation with the public about when or if the contractor may County Teen come back through town in order to let residents know Karlie Brown, when to put out their bins. That’s why the town continues Koltan Moore to work on an updated website, as well as an upcoming text and Wells and email alert system, he said, in order to better communi- County 4-H cate with residents. Senior Ambas- sador Jonah Grant also had a few other items to discuss Wednesday Bricker. 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