The annual meeting of the Highland SWCD was held on Oct. 14 at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro. During the meeting, several awards were presented, a successful silent auction was held and the election of supervisors took place.

AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, a worldwide distributor and manufacturer of agriculture equipment, is the sponsor of a National FFA Collegiate Scholarship, awarded to Brad Keltner, a graduate of Lynchburg-Clay High School.

Over 3,000 attendees were welcomed at the Area Agency on Aging District 7's (AAA7) Senior Expo that was held in September at the Scioto County Fairgrounds in Lucasville.

Recently, I learned of the generous gifts George M. Waddell, through his estate, made to the people of Greenfield, his beloved hometown. As I have been reflecting upon this, and it was unexpected, perhaps, but to those who knew him, it was just an extension of what he had been giving to others throughout his life.

As lifelong educators, teachers, and community college professors, both of us did some research on the candidates for governor, and here's what we found.