The Hillsboro Tea Party Group announces that plans are under way for a Tax Day Rally on April 15 at the Highland County Courthouse at 5 p.m.

The Hillsboro Tea Party Group announces that plans are under way for a Tax Day Rally on April 15 at the Highland County Courthouse at 5 p.m.

The Clinton County Direct Sales Network announces a monthly quarter auction.

The Highland Soil and Water Conservation Districts tree seedling orders will be ready for pick-up on Thursday, April 1 (noon –6 p.m.) and Friday, April 2 (7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

Baseball and softball tryouts at Richard Shaffer Park will be held Sunday, April 11, 2010. Ages are as of May 1.

Robert R. Hern, 92, of Clearwater, Florida (formerly of Hillsboro) died Monday March 22, 2010 at his home.

David A. Watts, 71, of Greenfield, Ohio died March 22, 2010 at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.

In the future as we all stand in line, fearfully and impatiently awaiting a bureaucrat’s decision about what health care the government is or is not willing to provide, we may well remember this week as a pivotal time in history, when we collectively decided to be neither Free nor Brave.

Thank you to Bill Horne for his timely address of food stamps and public assistance in his March 13 HCP column.