Both were honored at Thursday night's annual meeting. Even though they were not present, Kay Craig and Tom Kirk received the President's Award. Kirk was the editor for many years and has retired. Appropriately held at Darley's Barn in South Whitley, the guest speaker, Marsh Davis, director of community services at Heritage Preservation Center, a division of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, told the packed barn the history and the preservation of farmer's barns in Indiana. Davis was in Whitley County in 1995 with the Barn Again program where he worked with Val Slack, extension agriculture educator, to restore a barn.
Barns are wonderful icons of the past.
They are practical buildings. They were designed as such. I commend the People Preserving History here in Whitley County. They are a group of dynamos. I enjoy working with them on historical projects.