The 29th annual Kelch family reunion will be Sunday, Oct. 9, with lunch beginning at 1 p.m. The reunion will be held at the Sardinia Legion Hall on College Avenue in Sardinia.

The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society will be offering a program to assist those interested in beginning a project of tracing their family or continuing research they had previously started. The program will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Highland County Service Center, 1487 N. High St., Hillsboro.

October is the start of our busy holiday season here at the Leesburg Library. Our Christmas Merry Money Program sign up begins on Monday, October 3. Children age 2 through 6th grade can come in to get a log and start reading and earning money to buy Christmas presents for their friends and family. All reading logs must be turned in by Tuesday, November 22.

The Hillsboro area branch of the American Association of University Women and Altrusa are preparing for the annual Book Sale.

Chambers Realty is holding their annual open house and get-together Friday, Sept. 30 at their 216 North High Street location in Hillsboro.

Chambers Realty is holding their annual open house and get-together Friday, Sept. 30 at their 216 North High Street location in Hillsboro.

Where did summer go?
    It is hard to believe that swimming pools are closed up for the year, most of the tobacco is in the barn, soybeans are starting to turn and corn is being chopped for silage on some farms.

There are big things happening at the Highland County Senior Center. Special fundraisers and activities are scheduled for October, November and December. All are welcome to attend the following events:

The McClain High School Class of 1986 will be holding their 25-year reunion the weekend of Greenfield’s Homecoming. On Friday, Oct. 14, the class will meet at the Homecoming football game at 7 p.m. then enjoy a bonfire after the game at an alumni home.

Beverly Durst's Cutting Crew staff participated in the recent Beauty Week event held Sept. 15-21 at the Peebles department store in Hillsboro. During the event, the Cutting Crew held a raffle for a gift basket, which was won by Nancy Scott.

Real Living Classic welcomes Bryan Smith to the Hillsboro real estate firm. Smith is newly licensed and recently graduated from Southern State Community College with an associates’ dDegree in business, with a concentration in real estate.

Cape May Retirement Village and Wilmington College will be holding the second annual Church Music celebration on Saturday, Oct. 8 at The Boyd Cultural Arts Center at 7 p.m. The community is invited to join us for a night filled with song and praise.

The Oct. 3, meeting of the Highland County TEA Party will be held at the Hi-TEC Center, 1575 North High Street, in Hillsboro. The business meeting will be at 7 p.m., followed by a presentation at 8 p.m. by members of the Highland County Board of Elections.

In order to help decision makers in our community understand the devastation caused by hunger and poverty, a Hunger Summit will be held locally to focus on ways the hunger issue can be reduced in Adams, Brown and Highland Counties. The event will be held on Friday, October 7 at 9:00 am at the South Campus of the Southern Community College, located at 12681 US Route 62 in Sardinia, Ohio.

For the past nine years, the Central Campus of Southern State Community College has played to host to hundreds of little “boos” and “ghouls” during the annual Safe Trick-or-Treat event.