Mules pull a boat (left) in the Miami and Erie Canal near Grand Rapids during the annual Rapids Rally
Days held this past weekend. A blacksmith (in story) works in the Isaac Ludwig Mill. Several living
history characters demonstrated skills of the past for visitors to the old canal town. Other events of
the weekend included a parade, community musical, ice cream social, chicken barbecue, farmers market,
pie eating contest and car show. (Photos: Andrew Weber/Sentinel-Tribune)