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.

The Pricetown Partners 4-H Club met on Aug. 10 at Lynchburg-Clay High School.

We, at Classic Real Estate Company, are pleased to announce that Nicole Davis has joined the Classic team!  Nicole is recently licensed and received her real estate education at Hondros College.

Duke Energy presents CrabFest 2010, Sept. 4 – Labor Day Saturday, celebrating its fifth season with an “End of Summer Bash” featuring Phil Dirt & The Dozers, America’s top 50’s, 60’s, Beach Boys Vintage Rock & Roll Show, along with the world’s first Criss Cross River of Fire Motorcycle Jump! Phil Dirt & The Dozers bring the classic hits of the 50’s and 60’s along with the sounds of the Beach Boys to the CrabFest stage, while headlining a full day of top notch entertainment.

Whether you are canning green beans, freezing corn, or making blackberry jam, be sure that you are doing it correctly, so that you will produce a safe and high quality food product for you and your family to enjoy.

The Hillsboro Garden Club held its monthly meeting on July 27 at Floral Hall.

Summer Reading Adventure was GREAT!  We had a total of 528 participate in our summer program. We also had 65 signed up for our Library Camp.

The annual Mick reunion was held Aug. 15 at Seip Mound outside of Bainbridge. The weather cooperated and there was a good crowd of at least 120.

Giving thanks. That was commonplace at this year's Area Agency on Aging District 7's Appreciation Brunch, which was recently celebrated at the Southern Ohio Medical Center Friends Center in Portsmouth.

Giving thanks. That was commonplace at this year's Area Agency on Aging District 7's Appreciation Brunch, which was recently celebrated at the Southern Ohio Medical Center Friends Center in Portsmouth.

Descendants of Lewis Gilmore and Stella Vance Mercer met on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at the Fairfield Local School for their annual family reunion, with 120 in attendance.

The Student Fun and Safety Fair (SFSF) hosted by Adena Greenfield Medical Center (AGMC) was held on Aug. 5, approximately 225 children and their families joined the staff of AGMC for an evening full of fun, food and prizes. The children received education from the Paint Creek Fire/EMS on what to do in a fire emergency by participating in their fire safety exhibit.

The 2010 Highland District Library teen summer reading program ended with a Surf's Up party.