Local musicians Chuck Day, Derek Current, Matt Kepler, and Eric Wilburn will be bringing their band Leroy to the VFW Ranch in Greenfield on Saturday, Feb. 26. Leroy will be one of nine bands playing in the Zombie Apocalypse Party.

“In three months I could pass this girl off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. I could pass this incarnate insult to the English language off as the Queen of Sheba,” so explains Henry Higgins to fellow phonetics enthusiast Colonel Pickering as they watch over a simple, outspoken flower girl in George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” playing March 4-6 in the Edward K. Daniels Auditorium on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. Friday and Saturday showtimes are 7:30 p.m.; Sunday’s matinee will begin at 3:30 p.m.

A Premier Designs Jewelry Open House to benefit the Belfast Boy Scout Troop 73 will be held Sunday, Feb. 20 from noon until 3 p.m. at the Belfast United Methodist Church.

The Overlook Retreat Banquet Center on Rocky Fork Lake will be hosting a bridal show March 19, 2011. The show is presented by Georgia’s Bridal and will include a fashion show.

I talked to a tobacco farmer this past weekend at the retirement reception for longtime OSU Extension secretary Sherry Rogers.

Crestwood Care Center sponsoring Valentine’s Party
    Thanks to our friends at Crestwood Care Center for sponsoring our Saturday, Feb. 12 Valentine dinner and dance party. The party starts at 5 p.m. with a delicious meal followed by dancing to the music of the New Sunshine Band, a Bid Euchre game, pool games and cornhole. Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at the door.

The mother-daughter team Candee and Katie Basford will be the featured guests for a Meet-the-Artists event 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, in the Learning Resources Center (LRC) on Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Rob and Jeanette Ludwick will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at an open house on Saturday, March 5 from 1-3 p.m. at the Hillsboro Church of Christ. The couple were married on March 8, 1986 at the Hillsboro Church of Christ with Bob Hudson officiating.

William and Eleanor McCreight of Hillsboro were married Feb. 11, 1961 and are celebrating their 50th anniversary this weekend.

A benefit for David John Cokonougher will be held at the Greenfield Eagles 1325 on Feb. 19, 2011.

Are you one of the 65 million exhausted people? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 65 million people provide care for chronically ill, disabled, or aged family members or friends every year.

As Highland County moves forward into the 21st century, we all need to ensure our past is not lost. Not only do we need you to join the Highland County Historical Society, but we need you to participate and spread the news.

After missing the January meeting due to snow, the Hillsboro Emblem Club met on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the Elks Lodge for their monthly meeting.

Did you know that the Ohio Business Roundtable estimated that if Ohio would just hit the national average for home and community-based long-term care, the state, over time, could save as much as $900 million annually?