By ROBERT RIGGS
Kentucky Correspondent

LANESVILLE, Ind. — Lanesville merchant Jim Rakes had a busy day at the store on Sept. 12. His Creekside Furniture on Main Street is on the Heritage Weekend parade route right at the entrance to Heritage Park, the site for the little town’s big historic weekend.
He said an estimated 100,000 people attended the three-day festival. During the parade many people from the crowd drifted into his store. Some came to look around at merchandise, some came to just say hello and others came mostly to get out of the sun. He said the free bags of popcorn he gave away brought smiles to many faces, especially the children’s.

Rakes especially enjoyed this year’s Heritage parade because International Harvester tractors and farm equipment were featured at the show. Years ago, Rakes worked at the IH foundry in Louisville, Ky., where he made grills, motor blocks, wheel rims and transmission casing...