Descendants of Lewis Gilmore and Stella Vance Mercer met on Sunday, June 27 at the Fairfield Local School for their annual family reunion, with 120 in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer were the parents of eight daughters: Bess Duncan, Opal Murray, Maxine Patton, Frances Wiggins, Jeannette Miller, Jane Cannon, Hilda Lucas, and Kathryn Karnes. Each year, one family serves as host, and this year, the hosts were Roger Cannon and Ann Davis from Eufala, Okla.

Hamlet will play for one more weekend, (Aug. 27, 28 and 29) ending the 28th summer season at Magic Waters Theatre. Friday and Saturday shows start at 8 p.m. and Sunday shows start at 7 p.m., with nearly an hour of magical entertainment pre-show by Boonie the Magician. Pre-show dinners may be ordered in advance and are served one hour before show time.

Brad Barber, Highland County Board of Realtors Association Executive, was the guest speaker at the Aug. 26 Realtors board meeting at the Ponderosa Banquet Center in Hillsboro. After Realtors and their affiliates enjoyed a lunch sponsored by NB&T, Barber discussed the Realtors Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics is a "living document" Barber said, "because it must change to reflect current conditions."

Pricetown Partners held the last meeting before the fair on Aug. 24, 2010 at Lynchburg-Clay High School.

The Hillsboro Emblem Club raises money throughout the year by selling refreshments at Monday night bingo. The club donates to charities throughout the community and give to the Elks Lodge for the use of their facility annually.

The class of 1955 of McClain High School is getting together the second Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at JJ's Pizza and Restaurant in Greenfield.

The Ford-Hardgrow-Sutherland annual family reunion was held Aug. 7 at Paint Creek State Park.

The Ford-Hardgrow-Sutherland annual family reunion was held Aug. 7 at Paint Creek State Park.

Highland District Hospital's Nikki Hagler has passed the Medical Laboratory Scientist exam from the American Society for Clinical Pathology.

The Premier Showmen 4-H Club recently completed its community service projects. One of its community service projects was to gather school supplies that are going to be donated to Samaritan Outreach Services.

The Patri-Tots Learning Center will host an open house event from 3-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Central Campus location of Southern State Community College, 200 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro.

This past week provided us with a mixed bag of weather conditions. Some areas in Highland County received some much-needed rain while others unfortunately received little to none. One thing that was consistent was fairly high temperatures. We certainly have had more days with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees this year when compared to 2009.

The Sunshine Band will provide musical entertainment prior to the luncheon. Following the meal Shelly Graeber and Dwight Smith from Western & Southern will present a free identity theft seminar. This fun interactive seminar will help show you ways to protect you identity. Dwight will tell you the different ways people get your identity, how they use it and what you need to do in order to correct things if you become a victim.