On Tuesday, January 25th, the Whiteoak High School will hold a Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction to benefit the Kevin and Kelly Walker family. This event is in conjunction with the high school boys' basketball game vs. Fayetteville.

Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Jan. 20 presentation by the Brown County Master Gardeners at Southern State Community College has been rescheduled for Jan. 27.

Wilmington College will present a unique ensemble of seasoned Mexican folk musicians and educators known as Sones de México Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.

Wilmington College will present a unique ensemble of seasoned Mexican folk musicians and educators known as Sones de México Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.

The Hillsboro Garden Club finished the Holiday Season with a tremendous floral rush. The theme "Homecoming Holiday" for the Hillsboro December Parade found a first-place float by Hillsboro Garden Club featuring real life North Carolina homecomers, Kyla and Ashton Hook, with Grandma Sharon Mills.

Lynchburg recently celebrated their 18th annual Village Christmas on Dec. 10 and 11. It was originally started by Jan Dean and her daughter-in-law in 1992. Jan loved to cook, and she thought she should open her home to the public and offer her secret family recipes to them. Jan's daughter-in-law was a crafter, so the two of them started the Village Christmas.

Lynchburg recently celebrated their 18th annual Village Christmas on Dec. 10 and 11. It was originally started by Jan Dean and her daughter-in-law in 1992. Jan loved to cook, and she thought she should open her home to the public and offer her secret family recipes to them. Jan's daughter-in-law was a crafter, so the two of them started the Village Christmas.

The Shelby Kennedy Foundation is excited to announce the beginning of 2011 Bible Bee season. Host registration for the third annual National Bible Bee opens on Feb. 1 and will remain open until March 31. Contestant registration runs from April 1 through May 31, and official contest materials will be released on June 1. Every contestant will receive a Bible, Scripture memory cards, inductive Bible study curriculum, a T-shirt and more as part of registration.

It’s Girl Scout cookie time! This year the Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council is premiering the new Cookie Locator app, an application for smart phone users that will make finding nearby Girl Scout cookie activities just a tap away.

To bring light to some of the issues that surround poverty and to help educate participants who may never be faced with the circumstances of poverty, through a partnership between the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF), the City of Columbus Community Relations Commission, the City of Columbus Neighborhood Pride Centers, Grange Insurance, Gladden Community House and United Way of Central Ohio, individuals from throughout Ohio gathered on Friday, January 14, 2011 in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service to participate in the MLK Day Capital City Poverty Simulations.

Another year is beginning and is moving quickly. The new year always seems to be the perfect time for new beginnings. Beginning things that you have always wanted to do, or have just put off.

This is the second year for this scholarship that is being offered by the Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation. The details are included in the news release from the SOACDF below.

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Just a reminder that the Senior Center membership year now is on a calendar year; it’s time to “Be-New or Re-New.”

Court House Manor in Washington Court House has an updated 2011 easy-to-read Medicare brochure that helps understand the Medicare benefits, covered by Medicare Part A & B.

Petland offers a number of choices to those in search of a decorative aquarium.  Glass aquariums with black, oak, or walnut trim come in a variety of shapes – bow, corner, hexagon and rectangular – as well as sizes – 10-gallon up to 180-gallon. Larger tanks are made available at Petland through special orders.