For genealogy enthusiasts, tracing family roots is likely to go only as far as recorded documents will attest. This spring, Southern State Community College offers people the opportunity to find out their own beginnings in the human race.
James Carter of Hillsboro High School won this year's Four-Way Speech Contest sponsored by the Hillsboro Rotary Club. Carter's speech detailed the different types of alcoholism and its effects on society. Other finalists in the annual contest included Diana Barrett of Fairfield High School and Samantha Feldman of Hillsboro High School.
A workshop discussing farmland preservation issues will be held Tuesday, March 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The meeting will be at Appalachian Gateway Meeting Room at the SSCC South Campus in Fincastle.
Bright Elementary School is one of 139 schools across the state of Ohio that was chosen to participate in the e3 Smart (Energy, Efficiency, Education) Program by American Electric Power program, sponsored by American Electric Power. This is a program designed to educate students on ways that their families can save energy and money.
The Highland County Republican Party will be holding their annual Lincoln Day dinner on Tuesday, March 30 at the First United Methodist Church in Hillsboro. David Yost, candidate for auditor of state, will be the speaker.
Highland County Community Action Organization, Inc. has been award $15,000 through a Walmart Foundation grant to the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). The money will provide the HCCAO Senior Nutrition Program with a much-needed Hot Shot delivery vehicle, which is critical to continue serving seniors in this rural county.
Written largely in rhapsodic verse, this one-man show by Kenny Carnes delivers a rapid-fire cadence of rhyme and rhythm to weave a portfolio of stories from three generations of American heroes.
Mary Ann Larkin opened her home to members of the New Petersburg Social Civics Club for their March meeting. President Debbie Robinson opened the meeting and welcomed those present.
“On a hot summer night—July 5, 1954—Lincoln School, the “colored” elementary school in Hillsboro, Ohio, went up in flames, and my sweet, sleepy, segregated little hometown was suddenly awake…”
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will join Ohio’s Race to the Top (RttT) team and present the state’s plan for accelerating education reform to the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Ohio was one of 16 finalists selected by the U.S. Department of Education to answer questions about the state’s RttT proposal.
The Highland County Democratic Party will hold their spring dinner on Sunday, March 28 at the Old Ponderosa Banquet Center at 1:30 p.m. with the meal served promptly at 1:30. Tickets for the event are $15 per person.
Model Alison Gingerich, originally from Leesburg, was eliminated on the Thursday, March 11 episode of Lifetime's "Models of the Runway" companion show to "Project Runway."
East Clinton High School will present "Seussical, the Musical" (based on the works of Dr. Seuss) Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington.
