Home brewer and local beer expert Gail Oberst, a onetime publisher of a publication all about the hop-derived beverage, gave a demonstration on how to make it at the Independence Hop & Heritage Festival.
Three pilots helped "young eagle" flyers with basic aeronautics in the flight simulator at Independence State Airport. From left: Chuck West, Maurice Gunderson, both of Independence; Chris Dickey, West Salem.
To commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day, military veteran Steve Russell, a member of American Legion Post 33 in Independence, hoists the special flag for September, the month in which prisoners of war and those missing in action are remembered and honored.