Local runners and walkers will carry the state’s bicentennial torch through Clark and Floyd Counties today and tomorrow. As part of Indiana’s 200th birthday celebration, the torch will pass through each one of the state’s 92 counties.
The Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay is designed to inspire and unify Hoosiers in the 2016 Bicentennial celebration.
Thursday, Sept. 15
3-7 p.m., Floyd County
Friday, Sept. 16
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Clark County
Want to watch the torch as it passes through our counties? See the route maps in Floyd County, Clark County, Part A and Clark County, Part B.
Local torch bearers include:
| Clark County | Floyd County |
| Andrew Adams | David Barksdale |
| Les Albro | Roscoe Carlyle Buley* |
| Greg Alexander | Alyssa Cochran |
| Jerry Ashabranner* | Cory Cochran |
| Ron Brogan | Adam Dickey |
| Mike Crabtree | Edward Dallas Ehalt* |
| Marcia Ernstberger | Libby Elswick |
| Kelly Fust | Kaelyn Gibson |
| Joni Grayson | Jennifer Helton |
| Elmer Hoehn | Mary Jean Loftus* |
| Mary Kagin Kramer | Mike Naville |
| Jim Keith | Bradley Needham |
| Carl Kramer | Mary Paul |
| Amanda LeBlanc | Michelle Pfeifer |
| Lawrence Curtis Lyons | Maggie Ridge |
| Bob McIntosh | Savannah Robinson |
| Jim Nichols | Richard Rush |
| Ed Siewert | Dianne Schladand |
| Julie Straight | Brian Wehneman |
| Don Summerfield | Bill Wells |
| Phyllis Wilkins | |
| Sean Wirth | |
| Leslie R. Wright |
*Denotes posthumous selection. County will provide a participant to represent the torchbearer.