Rural Indiana Safer Kids emphasizes education to promote safety around machinery, animals and chemicals. The good news is that fewer deaths are occurring on Indiana farms. The bad news is that six to eight children die each year in Indiana in farm-related accidents, according to Greg Schnepf, who coordinates a state program called Rural Indiana Safer Kids. RISK's mission is to educate people

Imagine coming to work in the morning and finding a dog, a horse or even an iguana in your office! For Dr. Ann Pierson, this sort of situation happens on a regular basis. No, Pierson doesn't live in the Twilight Zone, nor is she incredibly unlucky. Pierson is a veterinarian at the Allisonville Animal Hospital. It is her job to treat all sorts of animals every day. She explains the versatility

The sleek, long greyhound approaches speeds of 40 miles per hour as he chases the decoy rabbit around the track. He glides to the finish just behind the seven other dogs in the pack. Little does he know this is his last race. The dog's trainer calls to him beyond the finish line. The greyhound rushes to the trainer and nuzzles his leg, showing love. The man doesn't respond but leads the dog t

Wayne and Natalie Seybold from Marion, Ind., never thought when they started skating 18 years ago _ on roller skates _ that they would go to the Olympics and perform professionally as ice skaters. But they did. Children's Express interviewed them recently after a performance in Carmel. The brother-sister team started roller skating at ages 9 and 7, respectively, at a roller rink two blocks fro

These are the words that a class at Allisonville Elementary School in Indianapolis tries to live by. Children's Express, curious about how third-graders could save the Earth, interviewed these children late last spring. We found that they upheld the Kids for Saving Earth promise by recycling their discards and using recyclable products, educating adults and children about environmental concer