New Vienna Lions April meeting
Pictured at the New Vienna Lions Club’s April meeting are (l-r) host Robert Mobley, American Red Cross South Central Ohio Disaster Action Lead Jeff Murphy and host Dana Dunsieth.
Grates celebrate 67 years
Robert “Bob” and Pauline Grate will celebrate 67 years of marriage April 7, 2024. They were married April 7, 1951 in Greenfield. They have six sons: Steve, Keith “Lucky”, Gary, Eric, Kevin and Kyle; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Their address is 504 S. Second St., Greenfield, Ohio 45123 in case anyone wants to send a card. They are pictured here on their wedding day.
Old-fashioned soup beans and cornbread
Hello! I had a question thrown at me this morning. A friend called me and asked, “How do you make soup beans” because she was tired of buying them out of a jar. It just happened that I had a pot of beans for Easter.
Adena, schools partner in health services
Recent state grant awards supporting partnerships between Adena Health and several area school districts to create school-based health centers will produce significant benefits for students and community members – both now and into the future.
DAR attends 125th state conference
The Waw-wil-a-way Chapter DAR attended the 125th Ohio State Daughter’s of the American Revolution Conference the weekend of March 23. Waw-wil-a-way was well represented and received several awards. Mary Jo Copeland and Caroline Siemers entered the Constitution Week Poster Contest with Copeland taking first and second, and Siemers taking third. Copeland will be entered in the National DAR Constitution Poster Contest, the winner being awarded at the DAR Continental Congress in June. Patricia Young was awarded for GEP training and Elissa Zornes was awarded for community leadership trading. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Brittany Chrisman, outstanding chapter junior and state page, Rebecca Shamblin and Siemers; (second row, l-r) Zornes, chapter regent, and Kim Lacalamito; (third row, l-r) Cara Pfeifer, chapter vice regent, and Patricia Young. Not pictured is Helen Roe.
What does heaven look like?
Editor’s note — This is the second of a three-part series.
The Highland County Board of Commissioners recognized April as National County Government Month 2024 at their meeting Wednesday. Pictured are (l-r, back) Valarie Webb, Krista Mason, Heather Bieler, Ashley Behm, Angie Burnett, Anna Thomas, Tiffany Johnson, Jo Sanborn, Annie Griffith, Julie Wallingford, Cierra Moore, Jeff Wilt, Nicole Oberrecht and Mary Remsing (l-r, front) Ashleigh Willey, Heather Loudin and Emily Jackson.
SOGS hosting family history writing event
The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society will present Writing your Family History; Telling a Story about the Past on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at 1487 N. High St., Hillsboro. The program will be presented by Betty E. Crum.
Hillsboro Library hosting cookie contest
The Hillsboro Library is feeling super sweet next month with its first ever cookie contest.
4-H club presents demonstrations
In this meeting our demonstrations were done by Mason, Shelby and Andrew.
