A benefit auction, led by auctioneer Dean Totton, will be held July 9 at noon (rain date July 23) at Ivy's Clothing Closet, 6101 State Route 247. The auction is to benefit the clothing closet, a service of New Life Ministries.

Highland County Help Me Grow recently held their annual picnic at the Liberty Park in Hillsboro.

On May 26, the Hillsboro Garden Club met at the Katherine Zane Granger Floral Hall with President Nancy Baldwin calling the meeting to order after a short tour of the floral updating at the north entrance plots. Labeled plants were apricot tree, lemon sawara cypress bushes, stonecrop sedum, burro's tail, black-eyed susan, lilies of the valley, gardener's garters, labium purple bloom, catnip and others.

Antique collectors, arts and crafts lovers and children alike are sure to find something they love at Back Home, a Hillsboro antiques and collectibles store. Back Home, which owner and operator Betty Walker calls a "browsing shop" due to its wide range of products appealing to all interests, opened in December 2010.

Antique collectors, arts and crafts lovers and children alike are sure to find something they love at Back Home, a Hillsboro antiques and collectibles store. Back Home, which owner and operator Betty Walker calls a "browsing shop" due to its wide range of products appealing to all interests, opened in December 2010.

Robert and Helen Wagner of New Martinsburg, near Greenfield, will celebrate their 50th anniversary July 1. The Wagners were married July 1, 1961 at the Centerfield Friends Church with the Rev. Frank Dunn presiding.

Private home gardens in Georgetown will be on display during A Walk in the Gardens on Sunday, July 10.

SATH, Inc. (Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped) will be sponsoring a "Cutie Pie" baby contest and a "Cutie Pet" contest during the Fayette County Fair. If you would like to enter your little "cutie pie" or "cutie pet," all you need to do is submit a photograph of your baby or pet, along with a $2 registration fee, to Cutie Pie Contest, 2121 Jenni Lane, Washington C.H., Ohio 43160 by July 18 or bring your photo to the Cutie Pie booth at the fair. Each entry will be credited with 200 votes.

The Hillsboro Farmers Market will open for the season Saturday, July 2 at 9 a.m. at TSC in Hillsboro. You must be a member to set up with the market.

Dr. Ron Pedalino, a general surgeon and medical director of Clinton Memorial Hospital’s Wound Treatment Center since it opened in 2006, will begin seeing new wound patients one day a month at Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro, beginning July 13.

Local author and auctioneer Ken McCarty will be sharing stories from his first book "Trail's End – Stories from Yesteryear…" at the Highland County District Library.

The Highland Masonic Lodge will hold an open house during the Festival of Bells on Saturday, July 2 from 1-3 p.m. at the lodge, located at 136 North High Street in Hillsboro. In addition, an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast will be held during the Festival of Bells on Saturday, July 2 from 7-10 a.m. at the Highland Masonic Lodge.

On Tuesday, July 12, all 4-H food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, health, child development, money management, genealogy, home furnishing and creative arts projects will be judged at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro. Judging begins at 9 a.m.

The Festival of the Bells is proud to announce its annual Car and Bike Show on Saturday, July 2.

The Rocky Fork Community Alliance and area businesses will sponsor an Independence Day party at South Beach at Rocky Fork Lake on Saturday, July 2.