Indy's Sicilian Heritage Festival 

FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS---Independence Mayor Michael Ragusa and the Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival Board are presenting authentic flags of Sicily and Sicilian Heritage Festival commemorative posters to local officials to invite them and their constituents to the 2nd Annual ISHF which will be held March 12-14, 2010, in downtown Independence. Above, Ragusa (left) and Festival Chairman Reggie Martin (right) proudly show the Sicilian flag to Parish President Gordon Burgess (center), while below, Ragusa shares a 2009 commemorative poster with our parish's senior lawmaker, Sen. Ben Nevers.