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Leonard, Harshaw off November ballot BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Board of Elections removed eight individuals from the November 5 ballot for various political races at its August 29 meeting. The meeting was conducted to hear appeals of preliminary decisions by the board on August 13 to
disallow17 individuals and one issue from the ballot for a variety of paperwork and petition signature issues. Four individuals removed from the ballot on August 13 did not file requests for reconsideration by the BOE and are therefore off the ballot. They are Tyrone Pack for Sar-
dinia Village Council, Robert Ramey for Aberdeen Village Mayor, Paul Riley, Sr. for Scott Township Trustee and Rickey Steele for Russellville Village Council. Four others were disallowed from the ballot after making their case to the BOE. They are Danny Harshaw for Ripley Village
Council, Tom Leonard for Ripley Village Mayor, Wayne Ferguson for Lewis Township Trustee and Jim Ferguson for the Brown County ESC Board. Hanshaw’s petition circulator statement was not filled out and Leonard had the county name and date of election missing on his petition. Ferguson and
Johnson did not have enough valid signatures on their petitions to qualify for the ballot. The following individuals provided additional documentation to the BOE for their appeal and were approved for the ballot: Tina Townes for Sardinia Mayor, David Poole for Ripley Council, Tiffany
Regenstein for Ripley Council, John Corboy for Washington Twp. Trustee, Alan Brubeck for Aberdeen Council, Gary Gray for Pleasant Twp. Trustee, Nancy Montgomery for Georgetown Council, Tammie Ogle for Clark Twp. Fiscal Officer and Brian Rhodes for Western Brown School Board.
Ripley Women’s Club to hold ‘Meet the Candidates Night’ The GFWC Ripley Women’s Club would like to invite the public to a “Meet the Candidates Night” for candidates running for the office of Ripley Mayor. The event will be held on Tuesday October 15, 2019 beginning at 7 p.m. at Union Township Public Library Annex, 19 Main Street, Ripley, Ohio.
The “Meet the Candidates Night” is sponsored by the Ripley Women’s Club. The club neither supports nor opposes candidates for the office of Ripley Mayor. All five have been invited to participate. Each candidate will be given time to address the public to share information about their vision, plans and
what they hope to accomplish if elected mayor. After all candidates have been given the opportunity to address the audience there will be a question and answer period. Punch and cookies will be served following and all are invited to stay and meet and talk further with the candidates.
Community Coaches needed Submitted Interested in being trained to help your community better manage their chronic disease conditions? The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) is looking for community leaders to assist with facilitating its Chronic Disease and Diabetes Self-Management Programs. Community leaders/coaches will continue to support the classes in their individual communities after they complete training through the AAA7. An upcoming training is scheduled in Chillicothe (Ross County) starting on September 24th for those individuals who are interested. The AAA7 covers ten counties in southern Ohio, including Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton. Self-management programs for people with chronic conditions are designed to help those with chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, asthma, arthritis and diabetes, learn to manage their conditions and take control of their health. The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) and Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) was created at Stanford University and are proven community initiatives that provide health benefits and promote disease prevention. CDSMP and DSMP are six-session workshops that meet once a week where participants learn how to minimize symptoms such as fatigue, pain, stress and depression. The programs teach skills for communication, managing medications, better breathing, and how to design your own self-man-
agement program. The programs focus on the participants' role in managing their illnesses and building their confidence so that they can be successful in adopting healthier behaviors. Workshops are highly interactive, where workshop leaders, as well as group members, provide support while learning new techniques for dealing with symptoms. To expand this evidencebased program, the AAA7 is looking for individuals to become trained community coaches. These community leaders are volunteers who typically have chronic conditions themselves and conduct workshops using the prepared curriculum. They complete a training program where they are mentored by master trainers. An essential element to these six-session workshops is that they are held in community-based settings, such as senior centers, faith-based organizations and libraries, with most led by certified and trained community coaches rather than medical professionals. The upcoming Community Coaches Training will take place in Chillicothe on September 24, 25 and 26, and October 2 and 3. The training will take place from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm each day at the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library, located at 550 Buckeye Street in Chillicothe. Those who are interested must attend all five days in order to be certified to lead the programs. Attendees will be provided with in-depth information needed to conduct the workshops and receive the materials at no cost. As all workshops are designed to be facilitated by two trainers, it is strongly suggested that you bring
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someone with you that you prefer to lead the classes with you. A pre-screening is required of all applicants who express an interest in serving as a community coach. For more information about registering for the training, please call Carla Cox at 1800-582-7277, extension 284. Your local Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. provides services on a nondiscriminatory basis. These services are available to help older adults and those with disabilities live safely and independently in their own homes through services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, other federal and state resources, as well as private pay. The AAA7’s Resource Center is also available to anyone in the community looking for information or assistance with long-term care options. Available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, the Resource Center is a valuable contact for learning more about options and what programs and services are available for assistance. Those interested in learning more can call toll-free at 1-800-582-7277 (TTY: 711). Here, individuals can speak directly with a specially-trained Resource Specialist who will assist them with information surrounding the programs and services that are available to best serve their needs. The Agency also offers an inhome assessment at no cost for those who are interested in learning more. Information is also available on www.aaa7.org, or the Agency can be contacted through e-mail at info@aaa7.org. The Agency also has a Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/AreaAgencyOnAgingDistrict7.
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The Brown County Chamber of Commerce and ABCAP’s Business Department is partnering with several organizations to offer a State Certification and Business Resources Workshop. This workshop will be held in Georgetown on September 10, 2019 at ABCAP’s office from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Join us and learn how to obtain certifications for your small business, marketing assistance, loans, business plan writing and more. Please contact Lisa at 1-800553-7393 ext. 238 or ltumbleson@abcap.net for more information or to register for the workshop.
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Kindergarten students learn respect and kindness at RULH Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) is an essential part of RipleyUnion-Lewis-Huntington Local Elementary School is thriving. The kindergarten teachers have been actively teaching and demonstrating good behavior skills to students. The students are already mastering the “Jay Rules” and being kind and respectful to one another as Blue Jays are supposed to do! Shown are kindergarten teachers Mrs. Regina Smith, Mrs. Doreen Vaughn and Mrs. Kirsten Schweickart, model Jays Expectations!
Three sentenced in Brown County Court of Common Pleas Three people were recently sentenced in Brown County Common Pleas Court, Aaron Jetter On June 24, 2019, an One Count indictment was filed against Aaron Jetter, in Case No. 2019-2150. The indictment charged Count 1, Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the 5th degree. On August 23, 2019, Defendant entered a plea of guilty to Count 1, before Brown Common Pleas Judge, Scott T. Gusweiler. On that same date, Judge Gusweiler sentenced Mr. Jetter, to 2 year of community control sanctions subject to general supervision and control of the Adult Probation Department. Tommy Richmond On December 14, 2017, a Three Count indictment was filed against Tommy D. Richmond, in Case No. 2017-2258. The indictment charged
Count 1, Felonious Assault, a felony of the 2nd degree, Count 2, Abduction, and Count 3, Domestic Violence, both felonies of the 3rd degree. On August 23, 2019, Defendant entered a plea of guilty to Count 3, (as amended), Domestic Violence, a 4th degree felony, before Brown County Common Pleas Judge, Scott T. Gusweiler. On that same date, Judge Gusweiler sentenced Mr. Richmond, confinement of 12 months in the Ohio Department of Corrections. Counts 1 and 2 are dismissed. The Defendant has been notified that post release control is optional for 3 years. Anthony Shaffer On October 4, 2018, a Twelve Count indictment was filed against Anthony C. Shaffer, in Case No. 2018-2306. The indictment charged Counts 5, 6, 11, and 12, Gross Sexual Imposition,
a felony of the 3rd degree, and Counts 1-4 and 7-10, Rape, a felony of the 1st degree. On August 23, 2019, Defendant entered a plea of guilty to Count 1, (as amended), Rape, with force or threat of force, before Brown County Common Pleas Court Judge, Scott T. Gusweiler. On that same date, Judge Gusweiler sentenced Mr. Shaffer, Count 1: Mandatory confinement of Life in prison, with parole eligibility after 25 years, in the Ohio Department of Corrections. The Defendant was advised of the reporting requirements of a Tier III Sex Offender, subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 2950 of the Ohio Revised Code. Further, the Defendant was advised that he could not live within 1,000 feet of a school, preschool, or day care center. Counts 2-12 are dismissed.
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Humans have a natural urge to plant in the spring, and spring is the best time to sow garden seeds and plant annual bedding plants. Since time began, man planted as soon as the days got longer and the soil warmed, aiming to harvest before the frosts killed his crop. You might say that spring is the best time to plant a garden, but fall is the best time to landscape. If you’ve been putting off some much-needed landscaping, consider sprucing up your yard during the season between late September and early December. Plants installed in early fall are very vigorous by spring. Homeowners who landscape in the fall are in for a real treat when spring arrives! In springtime plants need lots of energy to create leaves and bloom. They push stored energy up from the root system, building new foliage and adding thickness to roots and stems. The leaves gather energy from the sun, storing it in the fruit, trunk and roots. By early fall they have finished the growing cycle and replenished their stored energy. This is when plants are at peak strength. They harden off new growth and drop their leaves, protecting themselves from the moisture loss caused by winter winds. When a plant’s leaves
and bloom are fading it can handle stress better and get by with less water. This is why the best time of the year to transplant woody plants is when they’re dormant. Their demand for water and nutrients drops dramatically but the root system continues to build as long as the soil is still warm. Fall weather tends to be cool and moist, an ideal climate for newly planted gardens, and regular rainfall can help with watering duties. Another plus is that weed competition is minimal in fall. In late summer and early fall plants enter a “dormant” period. We like to say that they’re going to sleep. Woody plants and perennials tolerate transplanting best during this period. Even containergrown plants tend to adjust better in the landscape after summer stress is over. Plant roots are often left behind during transplanting, and this can shock the plant during growth or bloom but doesn’t matter as much when it’s dormant. Dormant plants can be dug and perennials divided with very little stress. If roots are damaged a plant can replace them during the fall because it has a lot of stored energy. It has many months to adjust before it must produce new leaves, blooms and fruit. This is why nurseries do
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When trees and shrubs start to turn color in fall, they are easier to plant successfully.
their digging in the fall and winter, and stop digging in spring. Trees and shrubs dug during the dormant season can be stored above ground for long periods of time, and planted successfully. When they leaf out in spring, they automatically adjust their leaf size to compensate for the loss of
‘Cutie Pie’ and ‘Cutie Pet’ contest at Brown County Fair SATH (Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped) will be sponsoring a “Cutie Pie” baby and “Cutie Pet” contest again this year during the Brown County Fair (September 23rd – 28th). If you would like to enter your little “Cutie Pie” or your favorite “Cutie Pet”, all you need to do is submit a photograph of your child or pet along with a $2.00 registration fee to “Cutie Pie & Pet Contest” att: Linda Allen, 325 West State Street, Suite 1 Georgetown, Ohio 45121. Please include the child’s name, birth date, address and phone number with your entry. You can also bring your photo and register at the Cutie Pie Booth in the Merchants building during the fair. The registration fee will
be credited with 200 votes. Contestants must be 1 day to 6 years old. Contestants must submit photo no larger than a 4X6. Contestants name, birth date, parent’s name, address and phone number and $2.00 registration fee must be attached. Photographs can be picked up on Saturday, September 28th at 7:00 at the Fair or we will mail back. Cutie Pet Contestants name, owners name, address and phone number must be attached. Each contestant’s picture will be on display in the “Cutie Pie”& Cutie Pet Booth in the Goslin Merchant Building at the Brown County Fair. Anyone wanting to vote for there favorite “Cutie Pie
or Pet can stop by the SATH Booth. All proceeds will go to SATH, a non-profit organization that assists in providing funds for programs designed to assist children with disabilities in achieving their full potential. The contestants who receive the most votes by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday evening will be awarded trophies. Prizes will be given to the top three (3) boys and girls and the top 3 pets on Saturday evening at the fair. Every entry will receive a certificate and ribbon for entering. All photographs will be returned after the fair. For more information you can contact Linda Allen, SATH Executive Director at (937) 366-6657.
It’s time to get out your calendars and mark the dates for the garden seminars being hosted by the OSUE Brown County Master Gardener Volunteers! Seminars are held on the third Thursday of the month at the Mt. Orab campus of Southern State Community College in Room 208 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All seminars are free and open to the public. September 19, 2019 – Deb Garner, OSUE Clermont County Master Gardener Volunteer, will talk about Winter Gardening. October 17, 2019 – Ron Powell will talk about Paw-
paw grafting. November 21, 2019 – James Morris, OSUE Brown County Agriculture Educator, will talk about Herbicides and Pesticides. No seminar in December 2019 January 16, 2020 – Faye Mahaffey, OSUE Brown County Master Gardener Volunteer, will talk about Raised Bed Gardening. February 20, 2020 – Christine Tailer will talk about Starting Seeds with Float Beds. March 19, 2020 – Bill Pettit will talk about Growing Big Pumpkins Part Two.
April 16, 2020 – Susan Givler, OSUE Clermont County Master Gardener Volunteer, will talk about Straw Bale Gardening. May 21, 2020 – James Morris, OSUE Brown County Agriculture Educator, will talk about Integrated Pest Management. *The location of this seminar will be announced at a later date. Remember that these garden seminars are free and open to the public. We are excited to offer these education opportunities to you and we hope that you will plan to attend one or all of the garden seminars!
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roots while digging. Once re-planted, they will take a few years to rebuild their root systems before they resume normal growth and bloom. There’s an old saying, about newly transplanted trees, that sums this up well: “First year sleep, second year creep, and third year LEAP!”
Well-planned landscapes get better with time, and yours should look really good right now. Does it? If not, perhaps it’s time for a “makeover”. This is the best time of year to do it.
Steve Boehme is a landscape designer/installer specializing in landscape
“makeovers”. “Let’s Grow” is published weekly; column archives are on the “Garden Advice” page at www.goodseedfarm.com. For more information is available at www.goodseedfarm.com or call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at (937) 5877021.
Merry Christmas everyone! Just kidding BUT it is time to start planning for RVC 2019. The weekend is Friday Dec. 6 thru Sunday Dec. 8, so let’s get organized.
Check with your groups – think about what you would like to do. Come to our meetings and join the fun. They are set for Sept. 5 at 6:30pm at the Ripley Library meeting room and
Sept. 19 at 6:30pm, also in the Ripley Library meeting room. If you can’t make the meeting but have news or ideas please email fredd@mikal.com or call the hotline at 937-392-4576.
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Birthdays
Community Announcements
SEPTEMBER 5 TO SEPTEMBER 11
• Thursday, Sept. 5 - Sophia Titus, Jason Lucas and Blake Spiller • Friday, Sept. 6 - Trent Gerard • Saturday, Sept. 7 - Aubrey Paige Cline, Joe Huff, Jr., Bill Lawson, Cutter Mangiafico, Jamie Oberschlake and Shalon Pillow • Sunday, Sept. 8 - Kirkland Swanger, Brianna Webb, Annah Elizabeth Oberschlake, Monique Gnanartnam and Katelyn Plummer • Monday, Sept. 9 - David White, Myles Siegel, Ella Mae Bolender, Adam Butler and Lynette Wheeler • Tuesday, Sept. 10 - Charlie Lynch and Frank Germann • Wednesday, Sept. 11 - Ruby Schmidt and Betty Schuler
Anniversaries
• Thursday, Sept. 5 - John & Monique Ghanartnam, Richard & Roberta Platt and Harold & Anna Pryor • Wednesday, Sept. 11 - Tim & Susan Caproni
Upcoming Events
• Thursday, Sept. 5 - Ripley Heritage, Inc. • Sunday, Sept 8 - Pisgah Homecoming • Monday, Sept. 9 - Centenary UMW, 6:30 p.m., Ripley Fire Department and Presbyterian Women • Tuesday, Sept. 10 - Lions Club business meeting, K.C. Auxiliary and Ripley Village Council
In Memory
• Sunday, Sept. 8 -Ebony “The Dog” Dalmaster Jackson • Monday, Sept. 9 - Robert “Tom” Jackson • Tuesday, Sept. 10 - Harry Germann
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Yoder’s fostering a joyful journey Ripley Bee
BY Gloria Yoder The Amish Cook
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Hey, good news! The way it looks the adoption is going to happen before long!! The adoption worker contacted us today wondering if she could come next Wednesday, (which happens to be on Daniel’s birthday), and bring out a bunch of paperwork, medical history, and the likes. Yippee! That news is enough to get everyone excited around here. I can’t quite imagine what it will be like to actually settle down and finally call the foster children our own (though they are really the Lord’s). What will it be like to not have any more paperwork, red tape, appointments, and most of all to not have the question lurking in the back of your mind of, “What if something were to turn up and turn plans inside out?” At any rate, by the time all is finalized I’m hoping to come out with bushels of patience and heaps of unconditional love and endurance. It’s like I told God, “I’m willing to wade through any waters you have for me to brave, it’s just that I long for your work in my heart through it all.” And you know, each day is a new beginning, if we fail we’re forgiven at the moment we repent. I never cease marveling how God keeps loving us and granting new beginnings as we trust in Him. As we think of the upcoming adoption, there are lots of things we’re eagerly planning for. Included in this is the celebration party
we want to have, which will hopefully be by the end of September. As I mentioned earlier, you are all invited to come and spend the evening with us as we fellowship together, have dinner, and praise God for making the adoption possible as well as his adoption to us, making us His very own. If you are interested in joining, please drop a note in the mail beforehand and I will send you more info as soon as plans are finalized. If you are not able to attend and would like an adoption announcement you may jot a note and send it our way, we will be more than happy to send you one. Our mailing address is 10510 E350th Ave, Flat Rock IL 62427. Rayni is all excited about the adoption even though she does not fully grasp it. She knows it involves her and that we are all super excited about it. As she heals from her traumatic past she is developing a very tender heart that is super sensitive to others, especially if they are sad or hurt. If I don’t miss my guess, she will someday be a tremendous asset in helping little children and babies. For Jesse, I have often laughingly said that I couldn’t wait to hear him preach someday. His strong voice carries like few others I’ve heard, and what he does is done seriously with his whole might. Julia has been a little gem in helping with the children, especially the foster children. When they just need some time to unwind,
it’s not uncommon for her to take one of them downstairs and give them rides on one of the hammocks until they have calmed down. She also enjoys putting them to sleep on the hammocks. Since homeschooling started, she is occupied with that in the forenoon. We’ll be filling you in on more school details in a couple of weeks from now. There are few dishes the children enjoy more these Summer days than the re-
freshing fruit slush we made a couple of weeks ago. We peeled and sliced 1 3/4 bushels of peaches. Some of it was used for slush and the rest we lightly sweetened and added orange juice concentrate to keep them from turning brown and add some extra flavor, then stuck them in the freezer. Now I grab a container from the freezer and let it thaw until nice and slushy, then serve it to my family. Without fail, it is a treat for all of us.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is expanding its payment options to now accept debit cards and Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit. These paperless payment options enable FSA customers to pay farm loan payments, measurement service fees, farm program debt repayments and administrative service fees, as well as to purchase aerial maps. “Our customers have spoken, and we’ve listened,” said Bill Northey, USDA’s Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation. “Finding ways to improve customer service and efficiency is important for
our farmers, ranchers, producers, and forest landowners who work hard for our nation every day. Now, our customers can make electronic payments instantly by stopping in our offices or calling over the phone.” Previously, only cash, check, money orders and wires were accepted. By using debit cards and ACH debit, transactions are securely processed from the customer’s financial institution through Pay.gov, the U.S. Treasury’s online payment hub. While traditional collection methods like cash and paper checks will continue, offering the new alternatives
will improve effectiveness and convenience to customers while being more cost effective. In 2017, the average cost to manually process checks, a process that included navigating multiple systems, cost USDA more than $4.6 million. The expanded payment options will cut the time employees take processing payments by 75 percent. “At USDA, we’re focused on modernization to improve customer service,” said Northey. “If half of our customers use these new payment options, we’ll see a $1 million savings in one year. These new payment methods are one part of a much larger
effort to expand options for our customers, as well as to make our services more effective and efficient.” Today’s announcement marks the beginning of a multi-phased roll-out of new payment options for USDA customers. Ultimately, payment option flexibility will be extended to allow farmers and producers to use debit
• The joys of ‘fall’—we see the start up of meetings, gatherings and events with a vengeance this time of year. Our fall storytimes start this week for our 3-5 year olds (or even precocious 2+ year olds). September is a little bit of an odd month with Labor Day and the Brown County Fair, but we will fit in several ‘episodes’ of reading and crafts for our little ones. Aberdeen Library storytimes are on Mondays at 12:30 p.m., Ripley Library holds their storytimes on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. and Russellville Library welcomes the tots for fun on Thursdays at 11 a.m. • Next week is really full of events and I hope you will join us. On Thursday, September 12th at 6;00 p.m. we will be welcoming the Newport Aquarium’s Shark Tank program that will be held in the Ripley Library Annex. See and touch real live sharks, learn about their habitat and importance in the ecosystem and more. This is a free program geared towards kids and families.
• Then…on Saturday, September 14th, several library related activities
Starting with the Russellville Branch, they will be having their annual ‘Book & Bargain’ sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This is held outside, so if it is storming, the raindate is the next Saturday Sept. 21st. Call 937377-2700 for more info. At 10 a.m. at the Ripley Library, we will be holding the first meeting of the Ripley Association of Rocketry. Earlier this year, Tom Zachman held a rocket ‘make and fly’ event with kids. The kids, using a kit, put together a small rocket and then went to the RULH field and launched them. Watching the kids concentrate on building the rockets (while not difficult, steps had to be followed closely) and then having the fun of seeing their creation zoom into the sky was magic. Why? Well, I think a few reasons. This is a very hands-on hobby— there was no staring at a computer screen while assembling! There was room for creativity, as each child decorated and named their own rocket, there was satisfaction in a job well done when the rocket launched and then landed safely, there were logical rules to follow, and there was a comradery in the group as each got to watch and root
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Gloria's Fruity Summer Slush is Refreshing.
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1-quart sliced peaches Six bananas, sliced 6 oz. orange juice concentrate 1 cup of water ½ cup sugar or to taste One teaspoon stevia (opt) Stir all together, refrigerate or freeze. If you like, try adding a handful of grapes, blueberries, raspberries, or some crushed pineapple for some extra flavor.
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for the other person’s rocket. So why have a nationally sanctioned club in Ripley? More information, more opportunities to expand the experience, better chance for an ongoing organization to meet regularly. This club is geared to attract older kids and adults. This meeting is more of an informational gathering—find out how much interest there is, when would be the best time to meet, what can be expected. To wrap up the 14th, the Ripley Friends will be having their Fish Fry and Silent Auction down at the Lions Club Shelter on the river in Ripley. Awesome fried fish, with coleslaw, beans, drinks and desserts. Then… there will be more than 20 items to bid on with the Getting to Know Ripley as a theme. The range of items is vast from paintings, weavings, woodwork, to a horseshoe wreath— keep an eye on our Facebook page or stop in the library to see the items— every year I am amazed at the talent that ‘lives’ here in Ripley—if you can’t make the Fish Fry, silent bidding is allowed and encouraged before the event. Fun, good food, beautiful setting, and helping out your local library friend’s group. Thanks!
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LOOKING BACK
Some things just can’t be avoided
When we get past the late caused them to look like spring and early summer they were entering the first and move onward toward grade. In those days there the end of summer we all was no such thing as long get a feeling. I really hair and during the don’t think we even burr haircut days have to look at a there was almost calendar to l know no chance of hair! you have reached a Period! different feeling Also in late Authan you had all gust the mailman spring and summer. (who was my We develop a feel it Uncle Charles) ever so slightly that would take longer everything is changto carry out his ing. I know that in route as he had the morning or as Rick Houser many packages for the sun sets in the the homes of folks The Good evening I feel difwith children that Old Days ferent. Not a bad were from Sears feeling or even a sad Roebuck and feeling. I kind of feel a sat- Montgomery Ward. I know isfied feeling that what I that I would get a couple have been doing all season pair of pants that would is nearing its end. need rolled up to start the Yup it is about time for year but by years end I had the harvesting season to grown enough that they didcome upon us. Before the n’t need rolling. A couple of end of tobacco being the shirts (two short sleeved and cash crop and raised on two long sleeved )and they nearly every farm the har- were also too large to begin vest began with it. Now Au- a year but I grew into them gust is in the dog days of and of course a new pair of summer and that I guess is shoes since the ones that I where also the harvests the ended last year with start. From mid-August were too small, I will let until the very first hard frost you all guess how they fit in a person could see the barns the beginning and ending of filling with tobacco hanging the year. from their rails and the less Then one early morning you saw in the fields the children were standing at more you saw of barns filled the side of the road by their with the crop that would homes waiting for the make or break a farmer. school bus. My dad liked to In my instance I was in drive up and down Fruit the patches and working as Ridge and stop and talk to hard as I knew how. (There the children he knew and might be some question to get their take on going back that but it is true.) We raised to school for a whole new a lot of the crop and when year. With his survey in tack we were done we got ask if he would spend the day or we would help those who even two retelling what he were not done yet and more had heard and laughing. times than not we did help. (Art Linkletter had said So I can say I had a first- “Kids Say the Darndest hand view of the harvests Things.” arrival. Even though I Let me jump right in here would be out in the fields as he never ask me just what nearly every day you could- I thought about it. He probn’t help but feel that slight ably already knew I wasn’t change changing just a little so anxious to climb on that more each day. I think I bus just yet. There still was knew it was happening but a lot happening on the farm now what can a feller do and I was very much more about a season changing interested in that than learnother than work a little ing. Sadly time has shown harder and beat Jack Frost that my desire to stay away to the finish. from learning won out and I From tobacco I moved should have tried harder. over to shoveling corn into Now my sister Peg and the cribs and filling the cribs brother Ben both finished so the livestock were ready top in their classes. I am not to endure what would hap- certain but I think I got it pen latter on. When the corn into my head that being was picked and cribbed we smart was inherited and would disc the ground and therefore I didn’t have to sow a wheat crop to stop the worry. (WRONG!) I was ground from erosion and to successful at socializing and give a crop to harvest in was and still am quite good mid-summer. I always at that. Sadly though that looked at drilling the wheat gift will only take a person as looking ahead in a posi- so far. “TRUE!) tive approach. I felt I was Like I said we began to sowing for a harvest when go to school around Labor all around me the harvests Day. These days my grandwere going on. A regular children are beginning Auoptimist you might say! gust 14th. To my way of Now of course after the looking at that is those boys wheat was in the ground we didn’t get much summer to would begin to empty those play in. But the other day I barns of tobacco and strip saw my daughter in law off the leaves and tie them load the boys up and take together to take to the ware- them for their back to house for the big cash re- school haircuts. I could tell ward that had been waited by the cuts as some things on all year long. So with just don’t change a whole those gradual changes in lot. They did look better late summer all of what I than mine did but I could just covered and more see what they were for. would take place and there You might be wonderjust was nothing even if you ing just why I put harvest wished it you could do to and school in the same change it. story. The point is that when Now the harvest is only the clock on summer starts one side to this last of sum- to wind down both of these mer event. At least this is events take place and at the way I see it. When I was about the same time in late a boy that was in the 50’s August. We harvest the and 60’s an event happened crops and send our children on or around Labor Day or to school so that the seeds of the first week of September. learning are sowed for a If you were under eighteen later harvest. I didn’t miss years of age this affected all of the schooling now did you. That of course was the I? beginning of a new school Rick Houser grew up on a year. All a person had to do farm near Moscow in Clerwas look in the local barber mont County and loves to shop and it was packed for share stories about his many days with school age youth and other topics. If boys getting that back to you would like to read more school haircut. I used to of his writings he has two laugh in my days because books for sale and he can be you could well tell who had contacted at gotten their back to school houser734@yahoo.com. Or cut. I thought each boy write him at P.O. Box 213 seemed to have a cut that Bethel, Ohio.
The joy inspired by little horses As I drove up the creek road, past the pasture, our little horses looked up from the dew wet grass, threw back their heads and ran along the fence line as if to follow me away. Their manes and tails flew out behind them. I looked into my rearview mirror as I passed over the small culvert at the end of the pasture. I could see the happy duo braking to their left and circling around to run back up the far side of the pasture. The cattle simply looked serenely on as the early mornings’ equine energy passed them by. I turned right at the end of the creek road to drive south, across the river. It was going to be a beautiful day for a drive. Corn still stood tall on either side of the two-lane road, the tops of the stalks were all tasseled and the ears were all turning down. I passed through soy fields that still
showed that green plumpness, just on the verge of turning yellow and dry. In time, as the miles rolled away behind me, the farm fields gave way to pastures and I saw stables, rather than barns, on either side of the road. I love this particular stretch of roadway. It is really not that far from our creek valley, and it is still a two-lane country road, but it passes through such a very different kind of county life. To either side of the roadway are lush, manicured pastures, lined with perfectly painted wooden fences. Tall, long legged horses graze peacefully across the rolling green expanses. I imagined my two frolicking horses running up
to join their distant cousins. My little mare can dance and skip, but her belly is quite round. When she grows her long winter coat, and snow accumulates in CHRISTINE the creek TAILER valley pasCOLUMNIST ture, her belly seems to brush the ground. I imagined her dancing under the sleek midsection of one of the tall horses. Our gelding is a wee bit taller than our mare, and is really quite perfectly proportioned, but he too could easily run between the legs of one of these sleek creatures. And then, as I drove, I imagined my two little horses standing at a race track gate, a bell sounding as the gate was drawn back, and their tall cousins stretching out to fly off down the smooth dirt track.
I imagined our two little creek valley horses dancing out of the gate, kicking up their hind legs, tossing back their manes, and happily frolicking down the track as only they can do. I would easily place a wager that the stands would be filled with countless smiles. It was a wonderful drive south, and a beautiful weekend, but it was also ever so wonderful to return home to the creek. As I passed over the culvert at the corner of the pasture, I could see our small herd contentedly grazing on the far side of the field. The little horses were standing right beside the cattle. All four looked up as I passed by. The day was almost over. The sun had already passed over the hill behind the cabin, and our little herd was content to stand still, gathering up their energy to dance and frolic with the sunrise.
Howdy folks—Last evening I attended a Lion’s Zone meeting at the Northeastern Lions Club along with a couple from the Bethel Lions club. The president and secretary of each club gave a report on what they are doing. The motto of the Lion’s is “We Serve.” The Lions Club is one of the biggest organizations in the world. There are 1.4 million members. Each Lions Club seems to be doing different things in their community including collection of used glasses to be sent to the third world countries and to be given out in this country. The Bethel Lions Club furnish a Thanksgiving meal for a family and give Christmas presents to seniors that have no family, plus raise money to buy uniforms for the school band and other things at the schools. The Bethel Lion’s Club general collects about 350 used
glasses each year. The by the Goshen Lion’s Club. Grange also collects used There will be food at each glasses. You can give them of the shows. Each of them to a Grange member or will have some fine crafts to Lion’s club member. see and buy. I am making Now mark your calendar bat houses, birdfeeders and for the other items. HomecomThe gardens ing at the are starting to Old Bethel get done for Methodist the season. I Church here hope it doesn’t GEORGE in East keep raining ROOKS Fork. It will so the farmers be October have trouble 6, at 2 PM. The Kinner Ex- getting their crops harpress will be playing old vested. That happened to gospel songs and John Hale me years ago when I was will be singing. The folks farming. The green houses sure like to hear him sing. have plenty of mums in difThe dates for some of the ferent sizes and different upcoming craft shows are: colors so visit one of them. The Shepherd’s Place here There is the Grants Farm in Bethel will be September Greenhouse on Bucktown 21 from 9 AM till 5 PM; Road, State Route 131 The one at Russellville will Greenhouse, the Milford be on Saturday, November Greenhouse and then the 2 from 9 AM till 3 PM; Ellis Greenhouse out of There will also be one at the Williamsburg. I talked to Goshen High School hosted the Jarman’s Greenhouse
out of Felicity and they will have mums on Wednesday. The lady said they will have pumpkins in a couple weeks and straw to decorate. To order their telephone number is 513–876-0200. The fishing is good so get your tackle ready. Cedar Lake said the big fish are biting good and also Sherry’s Lake has big fish biting. Mr. Chester as I write this is laying on my bed. The other day as I was watching the news he was laying on the floor and he jumped up and ran to the kitchen door. I looked at what he heard or saw – it was a small kitten. I tried to catch it, but it ran. Start your week by going to the house of worship of your choice and praising the good Lord.
The Lions Club does good work
God bless all . . . More later . . .
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Franklin Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5 and the meeting is open to the public.
Green Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5 and the meeting is open to the public.
Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will meet for a board meeting at 10 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month including Thursday, September 5, 2019. in room A of the Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Avenue in Chillicothe. For more information please call (740) 775-5030, ext. 103. Pike Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, and the public is welcome to attend. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
Mt. Orab UMC Food Pantry will operate weekly for those who qualify and live in the Western Brown School District, open on Friday, Sept. 6. The food pantry will be open on Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. Donations are accepted during food pantry hours or by calling (937) 444-1046 to arrange a time. Harmony Star Spaghetti Dinner will be held on the first Friday of each month including Friday, September 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 110 S. High Street in Mt. Orab. For details please call (937) 515-9815. Celebrate Recovery will meet every Friday beginning at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. including Friday, Sept. 6, at the Crosspoint Wesleyan Church, 300 West Main Street in Mt. Orab, in the fellowship room. This is a Christ-centered recovery program that will allow discussions on life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits. For more information call (937) 444-3370. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
Hamersville Village Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 and the meeting is open to the public.
The Brown County Sugar Helpers Group will meet at 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Monday of every month excluding January and February, including Monday, September 9 at the Georgetown Church of Christ. Everyone is invited to attend and learn more about diabetes. Different topics and discussion are offered at each meeting. For more information please call (937) 378-6892.
the public is welcome to attend this open meeting.
Higginsport Village Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 and the meeting is open to the public.
Kinship Care-Giver Support Group will meet each Monday including Monday, Sept. 9, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. noon at Child Focus, 710 N. High Street in Mt. Orab, sessions will cover the impact of trauma, trauma behaviors, difficult behaviors, etc. The group is sponsored by the Brown County Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. For more information call (937) 444-1613. Sardinia Village Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 and the meeting is open to the public. Perry Township Trustees will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9 and this meeting is open to the public.
TOPS Chapter Sardinia, will meet at 6 p.m. every Monday of the month including Monday, Sept. 9 at the Sardinia Nazarene Church located at 133 SardiniaMowrystown Road. For more information call (937) 690-9920. TUESDAY, SEPT. 10
Al-Anon Family Group Sessions will be held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. including Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Mt. Orab Methodist Church on Church Street, off N. High Street. This group can provide support and information to families and individuals who know someone who suffers from substance abuse. For more information call Jennifer at (513) 910-6263.
Ripley Village Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and the public is welcome to attend.
Byrd Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and the meeting is open to the public.
Kinship Care-Giver Support Group will meet each Tuesday including Tuesday, Sept. 10 , from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Child Focus, 710 N. High Street in Mt. Orab Sessions will cover the impact of trauma, trauma behaviors, difficult behaviors, etc. The group is sponsored by the Brown County Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. For more information call (937) 444-1613.
Russellville Village Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and the meeting is open to the public.
Jackson Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9
Huntington Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and the public is welcome to attend.
CIVIL Midland Funding LLC versus Wendy Rigby, case #20190613, filed 8-22-19, Action: other civil Virginia L. Frederick versus Galen L. Yoder, case #20190614, filed 8-23-19, Action: other civil Portfolio Recovery Associates versus William H. Hall, case #20190617, filed 8-2619, Action: other civil Portfolio Recovery Associates versus Jeremy Ingram, case #20190618, filed 8-2619, Action: other civil
TD Bank USA, NA versus Karin Hardman, case #20190619, filed 8-26-19, Action: other civil Mariner Finance LLC versus Kevin L. Forney, case #20190620, filed 8-26-19, Action: other civil JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA versus Thomas G. Thompson, case #20190621, filed 8-26-19, Action: foreclosures Midland Funding LLC versus Karen Covert, case #20190623, filed 8-28-19, Action: other civil
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TOPS Chapter in Bethel will meet on Tuesdays including Tuesday, Sept. 10 , with weigh-ins taking place between 6:30 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. and the meeting 7 to 8 p.m. at the Bethel Community Building, 135 North Union Street Further information is available by calling (513) 734-3812. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11
Yoga Classes will be offered on Wednesdays, including Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m at the Hospice Center located on Hughes Blvd. in Mt. Orab. For more information on this class please contact Jane Amiot at (513) 535-7507 to see if open. Fayetteville Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and the public is welcome to attend.
Al-Anon Family Group Sessions will be held every Wednesday at 6 p.m. including Wednesday, September 11 at the St. Martins Parish Hall in St. Martins/Fayetteville, on the corner of SR 251 and Anderson State Road. This group can provide support and information to family and individuals who know someone who suffers from substance abuse. For more information please call Erma at (513) 850-0063. UPCOMING EVENTS
SOLACE (Surviving Our Loss and Continuing Everyday) will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on every second Thursday of the month, including Thursday, September 12. The meeting location is at 85 Banting Drive in Georgetown. For more information please contact Debbie Otten at (937) 444-6127.
George A. Lambert American Legion Auxiliary’s Euchre Party will be held the 2nd Saturday of each month including Saturday, Sept. 14, starting at 6 p.m. Please come out and join the fun.
Georgetown Apple Street Christian Church will feature the ‘Singing Byrds’ on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. and everyone is invited to enjoy this group. The church is located at 300 N. Apple Street in Georgetown. For more information call (606) 407-0254. Gospel Music Concert, featuring Ken Meyers and the Voices for the King will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fairview Church, 10989 U.S. Rt. 68 in Georgetown. Please come join us and enjoy a gospel music celebration. For more information please call (937) 378-4116.
Catholic Charities “Food for All” Food Pantry will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month including Wednesday, September 18, at the
DOMESTIC Patrick Gilbert, Sardinia versus Quinn Moore, Cincinnati, case #20190610, filed 8-2219, Action: dissolution of marriage Mark Sanders, Mt. Orab versus Trisa Sanders, Mt. Orab, case #20190612, filed 8-22-19, Action: termination of marriage Christopher Kattine, Georgetown versus Christy Kattine, Georgetown, case #20190626, filed 8-28-19, Action: dissolution of marriage
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Centenary United Methodist Church, 110 N. 2nd Street in Ripley. For more information please contact Ruth Allen at (937) 3921335. Lake Waynoka Lake Committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month including September 18, at 4:30 p.m. at the Marina. Contact Prescilla Reddick (937) 446-9385 for details. “Winter Gardening” program at Southern State Community Collage, Mt. Orab Campus will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 in room 208. Public is welcome.
Brown County Singing Convention will take place on Friday September 20 at Sardinia Church of the Nazarene, 135 Mowrystown Road in Sardinia, beginning at 7 p.m. Anyone who would like to share a song, a poem or any other God-given talent, please come and enjoy a fun time of fellowship please come and join us on the third Friday of each month. For more information please call Larry Downing at (937) 446-3259. The White Oak Valley Grange in Mowrystown will hold a Card Party on the third Saturday of each month including Saturday, September 21, 6 p.m. at the grange building. For details please call (937) 442-4704.
The Lake Waynoka Civic Club will meet each 4th Tuesday of the month including Tuesday, September 24, at the Waynoka Lodge. Please contact Tony Tatman at (937) 446-9575 for more information.
Brown County Senior Citizens Club will meet every 4th Wednesday including Wednesday, September 25 at noon in the ABCAP building gymnasium (old Alverda Reed Elementary) located at 406 W. Plum Street in Georgetown. If you are at least 50 years old, please come join us for our monthly potluck luncheon. Bring a covered dish and be ready to have some fun. Agape Food Pantry will be open on the last Friday of each month including Friday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. , sponsored by the New Faith United Methodist Church on Rt. 50 in Marathon. For more information contact Richard Brown at (513) 513-9159 or (513) 3138159.
Power Over Parkinson’s Support Group meets the first Tuesday of each month, including Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8065 Dr. Faul Road in Georgetown. For more information please call (937) 378-4178. Knights of Columbus, FR. Sourd Council 2423, Fayetteville, will meet each first Wednesday of the month including Wednesday, Oc-
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Sardinia Historical Society will meet every 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month and everyone who is interested in making othe village the best it can be is encouraged to attend. Meetings are held in th Sardinia Town Office (Old Medical Clinic). Please use the side door. For more information please contact Patsy Albert at (937) 446-2129.
Drug/Alcohol Problem? Cincinnati Restoration Church believes total recovery is possible. For more information please call (513) 333-0212 or (513) 921-0333/
Miracles Happen Group, (Narcotics Anonymous) meets at 7 p.m. every Sunday at the Brown County Community Board of ADAMHS, 85 Banting Drive (around the back), in Georgetown. For more information on this group please call 800-587-4232.
Walk for Health, Walk for Fun, this in an ongoing free event to take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 5:15 p.m. at the Mt. Orab United Methodist Church. Everyone is invited to join us for this free event sponsored by Sue and Jim Wylie, Ideal Nutrition.
Narcotics Anonymous meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the Faith in God Fellowship Church, 7736 US Rt. 62 in Russellville. For more information please call Joe Rose at (937) 798-0329.
Helping Hands Please come shop with us any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m. until noon at 668 Camp Run Road in Georgetown.
Senior Bingo will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each Monday at the Georgetown Nutrition Center. Please bring a $1 wrapped gift. A nutritional meal will be offered. HIV/Hepatitis C Testing is offered free by the Brown County Health Department by appointment only. The HIV test results are available within 15 minutes. To schedule an appointment call (937) 378-6892.
Celebrate Recovery will meet every Friday at Crosspoint Wesleyan Church, 300 W. Main Street in Mt. Orab. The meetings will begin at 7:40 and go to about 8:30. This is a Christ-centered recovery program that will allow discussions on life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits. For more information call (937) 444-3370.
Chair Volleyball is held every Friday at 3 p.m. at the Lake Waynoka Health and Recreation Gym. Con-
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tact Dana at (937) 446-1778 for more information or to register. Free to all Waynoka Property Owners Association members, $5 per session for guests.
Tuesday Community Bingo will be held every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Community Building in Country Place Apartments, located across from the Country Inn in Georgetown. Please bring a $1 gift and join in the fun. This is a free event. For more information contact Joy Gelter at (937) 483-4614.
Adams/Brown County Alzheimer/s/Dementia Family Care giver Support Group will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Adams County Regional Medical Center in the second floor conference room. For more information (937) 386-3590.
Adams-Brown Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program available, anyone wishing to obtain further information or to schedule an appointment to discuss obtaining E-HEAP services may contact the Adams Brown Community Action Program Office in Georgetown at (937) 3786041 or 1-800-553-7393, Ext. 253 or 254. Walk-in hours are 8-11 a.m. daily at the ABCAP Office at 406 W. Plum St., Georgetown, and outreach is available for the very elderly or disabled.
‘We Can Help’ Food Bank at the corner of Decatur-Eckmansville Road and State Route 125 is open 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Fridays and is sponsored by private donations. Donations should be made when the Food Bank is not open, and all donations are appreciated.
The Brown County Senior Citizens Council, located at 505 N. Main Street in Georgetown offers transportation for medical appointments, shopping area, nutrition sites and other service providers. It also offers homemaker assistance, Respite Care, Passport which offers alternatives to nursing home placement and care giver support. To contact a representative, call (937) 3786603 or toll free at (877) 2598598.
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Obituaries Douglas Link
Douglas Peter Link, son of Milton Peter Link, Jr. and Elizabeth Cramer Link, and longtime Mt. Orab resident, departed this life on July 30, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Anthony and Christopher. He is survived by his wife, Jane Frowine; three children, Mona Ohmart (Bryon), Jenni Link (Mason Colby) and Peter Link (Anne Sawyer); six stepchildren, Melanie Taggert (Curtis), Eric Young, Josh Young, Laurel Berk (Michael), Emma Frowine, and Adam Frowine (Annie Lawson); and fourteen grandchildren and stepgrandchildren. He also leaves behind two beloved nephews, Marshall Link (Rebecca) and Tucker Link (Paige), and dear friends too numerous to list. Doug was a farmer, carpenter, musician, historian, and mentor. He was an avid reader and writer with an amazing mental catalog of song lyrics and a truly impressive shirt collection. In his lifetime, he remodeled dozens of homes around Southwestern Ohio, planted hundreds of trees, fed thousands of birds, and made his friends and family laugh millions of times. He contributed to the charity work of the Ursulines of Brown County for many years, serving on the Quilt Fair and Buildings and Grounds Committees, on the Chatfield College Board of Trustees, and as a volunteer for Hope Emergency Services. He earned his AA from Chatfield, his BA in History from the College of Mount Saint Joseph, and his MA in History from the University of Cincinnati before returning to Chatfield as Professor and Chair of the History Department. In 2014, he was awarded the Sr. Agatha Fitzgerald, OSU Excellence in Teaching Award, named for his longtime friend and mentor, who also survives him. A private memorial will be held with burial in Rest Haven Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions may be sent to Hope Emergency Services, P.O. Box 214, Fayetteville, OH 45118.
Terry Porter, 64
Terry L. Porter, age 64 of Winchester, Ohio, died Friday, August 30, 2019 at his residence. He was born May 29, 1955 in Vanceburg, Kentucky the son of the late Carl and Ruth (Lewis) Porter. He was also preceded in death by a son-in-law – John Swartz and a nephew – Barry Porter. Mr. Porter is survived by his loving wife – Shirl Porter; four children – Danyelle Swartz of Winchester, Ohio, Jermey Collett (Amanda Fetters) Seaman, Ohio, Carl Porter of Manchester, Ohio and Stacy Porter (Donaven Rhoden) of Winchester, Ohio; three grandchildren – Hannah, Alizia and Jayden; two sisters – Audrey Rose (Fred) of Hillsboro, Ohio and Jane Wilson (James) of Vanceburg, Kentucky; one brother – Ed Porter (Shirley) of Vanceburg, Kentucky; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at Cahall Funeral Home in Mt. Orab, Ohio. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday. Interment will be in Mt. Orab Cemetery.
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Facts about Fixed Annuties Between your 401(k) or pension, be subject to a market value adjustyour IRA and Social Security, you ment. However, to access a small hope to have enough to enjoy a percentage of your allocated funds, comfortable retirement lifestyle. you might not encounter any fees. And some annuity Yet, you may want, or contracts allow a 10 need, to find other fiEDWARD JONES percent withdrawal nancial resources – FINANCIAL with no penalty. one of which might ADVISOR “Annuities cost too be a fixed annuity, much.” Many annuwhich offers a guarJIM ities are actually low anteed interest rate HOLDEN in cost. Be sure to and can be structured compare the cost to provide a lifetime income stream. But you may be against the value of each additional nervous about investing in annuities guarantee, feature, and benefit—and because of some negative things only pay for what you need. “A deferred annuity isn’t worth you’ve heard about them. How conthe wait.” If you set up a deferred cerned should you be? To help answer that question, let’s annuity, it’s true that you won’t imconsider some common misconcep- mediately start receiving income. You will, however, be able to factor tions about fixed annuities: “I won’t be able to touch any of future expected payments into your my money if I need some of it be- retirement plan. “When I die, the insurance comfore I retire.” A fixed annuity is designed to provide you with income pany keeps my money.” If your payduring your retirement years. But if out plan includes a beneficiary you want to withdraw a significant agreement, your beneficiaries will amount of your money before you receive the remaining amount of retire – when your annuity is in money in the contract. Read the what’s called the “accumulation terms and conditions listed with an phase” – you’ll likely face a surren- annuity, as they will spell out where der charge, as well as a 10% federal the remaining money will go after tax penalty. Withdrawals may also you pass away.
Of course, even if the above concerns are simply misconceptions, it doesn’t mean there are no issues about which you must be aware when considering fixed annuities. For one thing, the safety of your lifetime income stream and guarantees will depend on the claims-paying ability of the insurer that issued the annuity, so you’ll want to choose a company that has demonstrated financial strength and stability. One other concern about fixed annuities: They typically don’t carry a cost of living adjustment, such as that found in Social Security. You can find annuities that do offer some inflation protection, but this feature can reduce early payments significantly. If it’s appropriate for your situation, a fixed annuity can be a valuable addition to your retirement income. Before purchasing one, though, you’ll need to weigh all the potential benefits and issues. But don’t be swayed by misconceptions – you’ll want to base your decision on facts, rather than fears. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
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lic Pool in Ripley or Prickett’s Pool ators via social media; bullying also near Russellville (our mother would through social media and mass sacrifice her lunch hour to run to the shootings in our schools to mention It is with great sadness that the family of Brandi Jade MurWhen I was a kid, I couldn’t wait house, pick us up and drop us off at just a few of their worries. ray anWe at the Pregnancy Resource for school to end in the spring. The the pool). Of course, being farm nounces her Friday before Memorial Day was al- kids we would have our share of Center want to be a haven, a “Place passing after ways the last day of school. I re- chores to do—both household, gar- of Hope” to the young people of our a tremenmember the bus driver would stop at den and farm chores (I didn’t mind community. We want them to know dous battle. the Dairy Yum-Yum and buy us all a those too much—it was sure better they can turn to us for the truth about On Wednestheir sexuality and why it is in their small ice cream cone—what a treat! than school!). day, August Life is so different for today’s best interest to maintain their sexual Then we would each be dropped off 14th, 2019, kids—in many ways they have more purity until marriage. at our own homes. Oh, what exciteBrandi Jade We want them to know that at the ment—the long, long summer had freedom than we did—in other M u r r a y, ways—not so much. Many don’t PRC they will be treated with rebegun—three months of endless mother, daughter, granddaughhave the responsibility of household spect and dignity as they work freedom to do whatever we wanted ter, and sister passed away suddenly at home. Leaving us (back then school didn’t resume chores and/or working on a farm or through the many issues they might behind at only the age of 22. until the day after Labor Day—kids growing a garden. But they also encounter as they go through puBrandi will be forever rememtoday start in mid-August if not don’t have the freedom of wander- berty and become young adults. ing the neighborhood with their We are here not only for expectant bered by her precious angel Arsooner). friends until they hear the call of moms and families with infants and ianna Jade Beamer, her parents Oh, how I loved summer, I would “supper time” like we did. toddlers—but also for teens who are Charles and Kelly Murray, by read into the wee hours of night Our biggest worries were being not yet sexually active—and want to her grandparents - Glenda Gab(with my head under a blanket using the last one picked to be on the team bard, Dennis and Linda Mayne, a flashlight to see of course) and (that was usually me!) and making it remain that way. If you are aware of and Charles and Edith Murray, young people struggling with any of sleep late the next morning. and by her sister Danielle home in time for supper (with four these issues, send them to the PRC, All the neighborhood kids would kids in the family, if you were too (Nathan) Guenther and her we can help. congregate at Wilson’s field down late, you might go hungry). brothers Charlie Murray and The Pregnancy Resource Center the road and have impromptu baseAndrew Messer. Brandi will Kids today have so much more to is located at 852 Mt. Orab Pike, ball games. We were really a motley worry about—peer pressure to use Suite B in Georgetown, Ohio. All also be forever remembered by her nephews Carter and Jaxtyn crew ranging in age from seven or so drugs and alcohol or to become sex- services are free. It is open MonGuenther and her niece Jazmyn up to 17 or 18. ually active at an earlier age ( a cou- days and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to Murray, and everyones life she We would spend endless after- ple of years ago we had a pregnant 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. touched. noons swimming in Germann’s Pubpre-teen come into to 2 p.m. God Bless! the Center for For more information about the help); sexual pred- PRC please call (937) 378-6853. HIGGINSPORT ABERDEEN UNITED ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH METHODIST CHURCH 1104 Second St. BILL ARNOLD, PASTOR REV. CAROL HARPER Sunday School, 10 A.M. Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. Sunday School, 10:30 A.M. Worship Service and Children’s Morning Worship, 10:30 A.M. Worship Service, 9:30 A.M. Church, 11 A.M. Sunday Evening Calling Program, Bible Study, Prayer and Praise 7 P.M. once monthly as FIRST SOUTHERN Wednesday at 7 P.M. announced BAPTIST CHURCH The annual special elec- throughout the year seekDOUG BROWN, PASTOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH tion for the Brown County ing candidates who are inSunday School, 10 A.M. ASH RIDGE REV. FRED B. PATTERSON in the Soil and Water Conserva- terested CHRISTIAN CHURCH Worship Service, 11 A.M. Sunday School, 10 A.M. conservation and protection District (Brown US 62, 1 Mi. N. of Ash Ridge Worship Service, 11 A.M. Discipleship Training, 6:30 P.M. SWCD) Board of Supervi- tion of natural resources Morning Worship, 9:30 A.M. Sunday Evening, 7:30 P.M. sors will be held on Mon- within the county. Sunday School, 10:30 A.M. Wednesday Prayer Service, 7 P.M. BEEBE CHAPEL C.M.E. In addition, forms for day, September 9, 2019. Wednesday Night CHURCH The District’s 75th Annual petition candidates may be Bible Study, 6:30 P.M.cv SHINKLES RIDGE JAMES SETTLES, PASTOR Meeting and Banquet will picked up at the Brown Sunday School, 10 A.M. CHRISTIAN CHURCH be held in collaboration SWCD office located at JOHN BENDER, PASTOR Sunday Worship, 11 A.M., 7 P.M. with the Brown County 706 South Main Street, Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study, 7 P.M. Farm Bureau Annual Georgetown, Ohio. PotenWorship Service, 10:30 A.M. Each Fifth Sunday, 2 P.M. at Meeting. Open to the pub- tial candidates must secure Ohio Valley Manor lic, the event will be held a minimum of ten signaBROWN COUNTY at Southern Hills Career tures from residents and/or ST. MICHAEL CHURCH OF CHRIST and Technical Center in landowners from the REV. DAVID HARPER CATHOLIC CHURCH Georgetown, Ohio. The county and submit the evening will begin with completed form to the 434 US Rt. 68, Ripley - 378-2269 DOHRMAN BYERS, PASTOR the Supervisor election Brown SWCD office by Radio Program. 8:05 A.M. Sunday Mass, 10 A.M. BRISTOW from 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 the close of business on Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. PHARMACY, INC. p.m. followed by the ban- August 5, 2019. CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday Worship, 10:30 A.M. Established 1912 Soil and water conservaquet and agency meetings. Sunday Evening, 6 P.M. JOHN NEU, PASTOR Prescription Service tion districts, located in all The Brown County Soil Wednesday Bible Study, 7 P.M. Bible School, 9:30 A.M. 937-392-1122 88 Ohio counties, are legal and Water Conservation Worship Hour, 10:20 A.M. 2nd & Main • Ripley District is seeking nomina- subdivisions of state govABERDEEN BAPTIST Gospel Hour, 7 P.M. tions for conservation- ernment that provide natuWednesday Service, 7 P.M. CHURCH minded individuals for two ral resource management PHILLIP HUFFMAN, PASTOR seats on the Board of Su- and education assistance to Sunday School, 9:45 A.M. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE pervisors. Volunteer Su- county landowners, youth Morning Worship, 10:45 A.M. CLARK CASTLE, PASTOR pervisors are elected to and other units of governSunday Evening, 7 P.M. Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. serve a three-year term ment. Brown SWCD is Wednesday Evening, 7 P.M. Morning Worship, 10:40 A.M. starting January 1, 2019. funded by the county com 1 0DLQ 6WUHHW *HRUJHWRZQ Evening Worship, 6 P.M. The Board of Supervisors missioners, and county 937-378-4124 or 1-800-232-1039 LIBERTY CHAPEL Children’s Church, 10:30 A.M. has the responsibility of funds are supplemented by CHURCH OF CHRIST Wednesday Service, 7 P.M. leadership in developing match funds from the Ohio St. Rt. 353 (Near Decatur) and implementing all short Department of Agriculand long-term goals for the ture. The District also utiPAUL HAKES, PASTOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Soil and Water Conserva- lizes grant funds for CHURCH Sunday School, 10 A.M. personnel and program tion District. Worship Hour, 10:50 A.M. WAYNE REVEAL Any resident 18 years of needs. Brown SWCD is Worship Service, 10:30 A.M. age or older who resides in governed by a five-memEBENEZER UNITED Brown County can seek ber board of county resiMETHODIST CHURCH RED OAK election to the Brown dents. Board members PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 9776 Ebenezer Rd., Aberdeen SWCD Board of Supervi- serve staggered three-year Worship Service, 10 A.M. KEN HARMON, PASTOR sors. Names can be placed terms with two terms exWorship Service, 9:30 A.M. on the ballot in one of two piring this year. Sunday School, 10:45 A.M. CENTENARY UNITED Additional information ways. Candidates can be METHODIST CHURCH nominated by the Brown about the election, banquet REV. DAVID HARPER SWCD nominating com- and meeting may be obSunday School, 9:45 A.M. mittee or by nomination tained by calling the Worship Service, 11 A.M. petition form. The nomi- Brown SWCD office at nating committee works 937-378-4424 ext. 4. BY Tamma Plymesser
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Squirrel hunting on the midway NEWS
Ripley Bee
BY Ned Lodwick
Thursday, September 5, 2019
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When you look out the South doors of the Floral Hall you see before you the large area that is now the Midway of the Brown County Fairgrounds. But it was not always the Midway we know during the fair that is covered with carnival rides, games, and food booths. When Floral hall was built in the 1880’s the area of the Midway was still part of the beech forest that covered most of the nine acres of the original grounds. This area was wooded and was used by fairgoers to layout blankets to enjoy their picnic lunches that they had packed and brought to the fair, usually in buggies. There were no food booths at the early fairs. When the fair was not in progress this area was a quiet area for citizens of Georgetown to walk and for children to play. It was also a prime place for squirrel hunters and their dogs. The local businesses had always played a part in the fair but each year a few more saw the advantage of having a stall at the fair. Most of the businesses wanted to have their stalls around the Midway. Everything from chicks from the Georgetown Hatchery to new stoves from Smith’s Hardware could be found. Carnival rides began to make their way onto the fairgrounds as early as the
1890’s. The first ones were powered by steam. The appeal of this new type of entertainment was embraced. In 1902, there were seventeen traveling carnivals in the US. The number grew to 46 in 1905; by 1937 there was an estimated 300 carnivals touring the country. Early favorites were “Galloping Horses” (Merry-Go-Round) and the “Ferris Wheel”. The early rides were mostly for adults. Stalls that featured games of chance and skill were favorites at the early fairs and remain favorites today. Early challenges were baseball throws, ring tosses, dart throws, and sledge hit to ring the bell. Many of those games have not changed but some of the prizes differ. No longer will you win a cigar as big as an ear of corn, a rabbit’s foot, or a goldfish. Side shows also made their way onto the Midway. They were very commonplace at the early fairs and were still seen into the 1970’s. Strongmen, bearded ladies, wild men from Borneo, tattooed men or women, exotic dancers were often on the banners. In the 1930’s a few food tents began to pop up on the fringes. Now people came to the fair looking forward to ‘exotic’ new foods like the hamburger, the hot dog, peanut butter, iced tea, the club sandwich, cotton candy, ice cream cones, and sugar waffles to
name just a few. The traditional chicken dinner was out, and the Dining Hall closed. The age of the walking carnival food was off to a fast start. In 1938, The Ohio State Department of Transportation asked the fair board if they could place a roadside rest stop on the area just
outside Floral Hall. A well was drilled, and a hand pump was installed. A small shelter was built, and weary travelers could stop, get a drink of cool water, maybe have a picnic, or just little rest before moving on with their travels. The roadside park was closed in the early 1970’s and the shelter
and pump were removed. The Midway has also hosted other events. The chug, chug, chug of old engines filled air during the early Antique Machinery Shows. Children searched, ran, laughed, and collected eggs at the annual Easter egg hunt on the Midway. Today the Midway rides
are all about lights, glitter, and shock and awe. The business and game stalls, and food booths have not changed to a great deal except now everything from pickles to snickers bars are deep fried. The Midway is still a place for friendship, challenge, excitement, romance, and of course food.
Fred Tackett to Mark and Ami Yelton, 5.20 acres, 5.27 acres, 5.10 acres and 5.10 acres of land in Clark Twp., filed 8-22-19 June Royalty to Estate of June Royalty, 13.53 acres of land in Clark Twp., filed 826-19 Michele L. Watson to Tina M. and Scott Hammons, .53 acres of land in Hamersville, Clark Twp., filed 8-27-19, $69,000 Southern Ohio JANA, LLC to Gregory S. and Amanda M. Neal, 24.32 acres of land in Eagle Twp., filed 8-22-19, $285,000 Betty J. Rice, etal trustee to Mark A. Hanmer, 93 acres of land in Eagle Twp., filed 8-22-19, $180,707 Kathleen Taylor etal to Kathleen Taylor, In-Lot 14 whole and In-Lot 20 whole in Macon Lots, Eagle Twp., filed 8-28-19 Robert F. Rickling to Jonathan R. and Ragene Kitchen, In-Lot 2352 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Franklin Twp., filed 8-23-19, $1,000 David B. Burnett to Keith Macmillian, Lot 9 in Green Twp., filed 8-28-19, $120,000 Billy Ray Dotson, Jr., to Tammy Frampton, Billy Dotson and Tabitha Angles, 6.60 acres of land in Green Twp., filed 8-22-19 Kyle King to Kyle and Rhianna King, 40.966 acres of land in Green Twp., filed 8-23-19 Rebecca and Dwayne Dillon to Dwayne Dillon, 1.04 acres of land in Green Twp., and .09 acres of land in Sterling Twp., and .007 acres of land in Sterling Twp., filed 8-28-19 Gloria and Mark L. Thompson to Alisha B. and Jeffery T. Boothe, 3 acres of land in Green Twp., filed 827-19, $135,000 Lauren Strunk to Robert Lingo, Lot 8 in Mt. Orab Estates, Green Twp., filed 827-19 Christina R. Chilelli, Summit Funding Inc., to Sandra Zoz, .29 acres of land in Mt. Orab, Green Twp., filed 826-19, $120,000 Jeri E. Brannen to Teri Adkins, 1.19 acres of land in Huntington Twp., filed 8-2819 Mary Elizabeth and Wayne F. Tolle to Ebenezer Meeting House, 128.66 acres of land in Huntington Twp., filed 8-28-19 Jason and Christia Truster to Lee Arent, Edward Theiss III and Donald Cox, 47.31 acres of land in Huntington Twp., filed 8-27-
19, $142,500 Joshua M. and Nova M. Young to Jerry Mursinna, InLot 1605, 1607 and 1606 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Jackson Twp., filed 8-23-19, $172,900 Mark and Susan R. Dotson to Adam and Kori Coleman, In-Lot 1991, 2002 and 2003 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Jackson Twp., filed 822-19, $245,000 Lucille O. Gelter, trustee to Nelson and Tammy Hubbard, Lot 76 in Russellville, Jefferson Twp., filed 8-2619, $67,000 Kent and Jennifer Cooper to Donelle L. Kirk, Lot 17 in Fair Grounds Sub., Russellville, filed 8-22-19, $4,000 Rick Carson to Freddie R. and Bridgid M. Carson, In-Lot 304, In-Lot 288 and In-Lot 289 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-2619 Charles T. Gossett to Danielle Klanderman and Neil Cox, In-Lot 627 and InLot 626 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-2319, $120,000 Kathryn A. Igo to The Bruce A. Simeone, In-Lot 1631 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-22-19, $100,000 Melissa M. Metzger to Melissa M. Metzger and Christopher M. Bolton, InLot 335 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-2219 Robert A. and Sandra E. Hufford to Angela F. and Richard L. Corbett, In-Lot 584 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-26-19, $393,000 MATA Lorelei LLC to Steven C. and Susan R. Wessel, In-Lot 875, In-Lot 875 and In-Lot 876 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-22-19, $4,000 Glenda Mae Marcum to Sandra Jo Campbell, In-Lot 1187 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Twp., filed 8-28-19, $115,000 The Glassmeyer Living trust to William P. and Maria A. Cornett, 33.79 acres and 10 acres of land in Perry Twp., filed 8-22-19, $312,500 SWS to Timothy and Amanda Frazier, 1.09 acres of land in Perry Twp., filed 8-28-19, $213,000 Roxanna and Jeffery D. Wells to Brandon Bo Grubb, 2 acres of land in Perry Twp., filed 8-28-19, $140,000 Donald E. and Jeanette Gragg to Gregory Sears and Marsha R. Arnold, 1
acre of land in Perry Twp., filed 8-28-19, $49,900 Christopher T. Colvin to Chad King, .72 acres and .31 acres of land in Pike Twp., filed 8-23-19, $19,500 Shannon Pryor to Darin Viel, 2.23 acres of land in Pike Twp., filed 8-27-19, $12,500 Charlotte Snider to Rebecca M. Debord and Caden A. Piatt, .12 acres, .07 acres, 1.11 acres and .64 acres of land in Pike Twp., filed 8-26-19, $170,000 Michael O. Griffith to The Griffith Preservation Trust, Lot 8 in Erin Acres Sub., Mt. Orab, filed 8-28-19 Tom W. Fite trustee to James E. and Lynda D. Hemeon, 8.99 acres of land in Pleasant Twp., filed 8-2719, $165,000 Nancy Purdy etal to Larry O. and Judy Marie Walker, 1.27 acres of land in Pleasant Twp., filed 8-23-19 Ethel Goecke to Larry O. and Judy Marie Walker, 95.78 acres of land in Pleasant Twp., and 108.46 acres and 1.71 acres of land in Union Twp., filed 823-19 Tina Tarter to Ethan Shane Clark, 2.49 acres of land in Pleasant Twp., filed 8-23-19, $73,434 Shirley A. Lucas to Gregory E. Lucas, etal, 13.54 acres of land in Pleasant Twp., filed 8-27-19 Beatrice Bradley to Beatrice Bradley and Tara Bradley, In-Lot 145 whole, In-Lot 146 whole, In-Lot 147 whole and In-Lot 148 in Northland Sub., Georgetown, Pleasant Twp., filed 828-19 Sigrid A. Johnson to Kathleen A. and Darryl L. Rupert Jr., In-Lot 90R whole in Georgetown, Pleasant Twp., filed 8-28-19, $60,000 Harold R. and Becky J. McKinzie to Ian R. McKinzie, 2 acres and 2.23 acres of land in Scott Twp., filed 8-22-19, $118,750 Ava and Glen Pope to Danny Lee and Deborah L. Hamblin, 1.87 acres of land in Sterling Twp., filed 8-2619, $55,000 Ann Winemiller and Douglas Auxier to Todd Winemiller, Douglas Auxier, 234.81 acres, 10.30 acres, 5 acres and 9.21 acres of land in Sterling Twp., filed 826-19 Zebulon Jones and Patricia A. Jones to Zebulon Burton Jones, 42.34 acres of land in Union Twp., filed 828-19, $66,000 Michael J. Klump to
William C. and Jeanne M. Lawson, 16.58 acres of land in Union Twp., filed 8-28-19, $67,200 Edgar Construction LLC, trustee to Ripley Development Fund LLC, In-Lot 1 in Ripley, Union Twp., filed 8-
23-19 Donald C. Dick, trustee, etal to Eileen M. and Steven R. Ossenbeck, In-Lot 25 whole in Ripley, Union Twp., filed 8-28-19, $137,500 Anthony and Luann Henderson and Equity Re-
sources, Inc., to Michael D. Dryden and Tonya L. Henderson-Dryden, Lot 15 in Village at Wills Point, Mt. Orab, filed 8-27-19, $165,000
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A squirrel hunter in the 1880’s patrols the area of the current Brown County Fair Midway.
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RULH hosts annual cross country invite High school boys begin their journey along the 5K course during the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Cross Country Invitational held Aug. 31,
Joseph Castle leads Blue Jays to the finish line BY Wade Linville The Ripley Bee
High school cross country teams of nine different
schools gathered at Blue Jay Stadium at RipleyUnion-Lewis-Huntington School to compete in this year's RULH Cross Country
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Ripley’s Rachel Shepherd reacfhes the finish line while competing in the RULH Cross Country Invitational on Aug. 31.
Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 31. There were a total of 84 runners tackling the hilly 5K course in the high school boys' race, and leading the way to the finish line to win this year's RULH Invite was Eastern Brown junior Owen Young. Young posted a finish time of 16:44 in a winning effort, 11 seconds ahead of the second place finisher Will Stewart of Miami Valley Christian Academy. Posting a finish time of 17:38 to place third overall was Eastern Brown senior Cy Young. Eastern senior Dustin Jimison ran for an 11th place overall finish with a time of 19:42. Leading the home standing RULH Blue Jays to the finish line was sophomore Joseph Castle, who placed 15th overall with a finish time of 19:55. RULH senior Clinton Bartley placed among the top 20, running for a 19th place finish with a time of 20:12. Junior Alex Brueggeman was the third Blue Jay to reach the finish line, posting a time of 21:41 to place 33rd overall. Ripley junior Daniel Morgan wasn't far behind, finishing 35th overall with a time of 22:00. The Georgetown G-Men were led to the finish line by junior Ethan Thomas, who placed 21st overall with a time of 20:33. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Friday night lights shining bright on the SB Warriors Rockets win at Manchester in season opener BY Wade Linville The Ripley Bee
The Friday night lights have been shining bright on the Southern Buckeye Warriors in the early season of fall football. The Warriors rose to a 2-0 overall record with their Aug. 30 44-0 win over the visiting Georgetown Titans, their second win over the Titans this season. It was a rainy night at the Warriors' Koehler Field in their second home game of the season against Georgetown, a night in which the Southern Buckeye defense gave up only one first down the entire game. Southern Buckeye's John Hurley rushed for a total of 135 yards with two touchdowns on offense. Southern Buckeye head coach Chris Tomlin said it was “a very good defensive effort from the whole unit.” The Fayetteville-Perry Rockets were at Manchester High School for a nonleague contest in their first game of the season Aug. 30, coming away with a 39-10 victory to start off 1-0. The Rockets started off
strong, heading into halftime with a 27-2 lead. The Rockets went on to outscore the Manchester Greyhounds 12-8 in the second half to seal the victory. The Rockets will host their first game at home on Sept. 6 against Jefferson Township.
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Sophomore Joseph Castle leads the Ripley Blue Jays to the finish line during the RULH Cross Country Invitational held Aug. 31.
The Western Brown Broncos suffered a narrow 16-14 non-league loss at Hillsboro in their season opener on Aug. 30 and are looking to claim their first win of the season while hosting Little Miami for a non-league game on Sept. 6.
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Eastern Lady Warriors face tough competition in volleyball tri-match Eastern’s Hailey Hampton delivers a serve during the Aug. 31 tri-match.
Lady Broncos claim two match victories Wade Linville/THE RIPLEY BEE
Southern Buckeye’s John Hurley rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns in the Warriors’ Aug. 30 win over Georgetown.
BY Wade Linville The Ripley Bee
The Western Brown Lady Broncos made their way to Eastern Brown High School to come away with two match victories in the week-
end volleyball tri-match held Saturday, Aug. 31. The Lady Broncos defeated the Clermont Northeastern Lady Rockets two sets out of three to win the match (25-20, 18-25, 2523). When asked how the Lady Broncos were able to come away with the match
victory over Clermont Northeastern, Western Brown head volleyball coach Carla Fite said, “Teamwork, playing together. Not giving up. Making sure we were getting to our positions and anticipating the ball coming to you CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Eastern hosts volleyball tri-match CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
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Eastern junior Owen Young reaches the finish line to win this year’s Ripley Cross Country Invitational high school boys’ 5K race.
every single time. CNE's a very scrappy, sound team. We had to make sure we were on our game. I'm super proud with how they pulled that one out.” “Overall, our serving was pretty good. That entire match, we only had four serving errors. We served well at pressure points, that last game she called two timeouts back to back and we didn't miss a serve. Being able to serve under pressure is key in rally scoring,” Fite added. The Lady Broncos also defeated the Lady Warriors two sets out of three to claim another match victory (26-28, 25-9, 25-11). In the match between Clermont Northeastern and the Eastern Brown Lady Warriors, it was the visiting Lady Rockets winning two straight sets to win the “best of three” match (2518, 25-17). Eastern head volleyball coach Kayla Gauche was pleased with her Lady Warriors' performance for the day while facing some tough competition in Saturday's tri-match. “I think, overall, we played really good,” said Gauche. “We still need to keep working on our teamwork and not getting down on one bad set up or a missed dig or something like that. We get a little too
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Western Brown’s Sophia Ernst comes through with a dig during the Aug. 31 tri-match at Eastern High School.
focused on that when we could get the next point, and it starts going down from there.” “They played hard and they played strong. I threw some girls in that don't play those spots normally and
they played really well,” Gauche added. “I was really proud of the first set against Western Brown. If I could get that every time, we'd be doing good. It's still a good season, though.”
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Georgetown sophomore Logan Owens placed 24th with a time of 20:46, and the third G-Man to cross the finish line was freshman Aiden McGinnis who placed 29th with a time of 21:18.
In the high school girls' 5K race, Eastern Brown senior Camryn Pickerill was the first Brown County runner to cross the finish line, placing fourth overall with a time of 21:42. The first three runners to cross the finish line were of Mason County High School in Kentucky. Mason County freshman Paige Decker posted an impressive finish time of 19:13 to win the high school girls' race. Georgetown sophomore Savannah Faught led the Lady G-Men to the finish line, placing seventh overall on the field of just over 50 runners with a time of 22:30.
HS BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. MVCA 2. Mason County 3. Clermont NE 4. West Union 5. Ripley 6. Georgetown 7. St. Bernard 8. Felicity
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Eastern freshman Taylor Smith placed eighth overall with a finish time of 22:33, and Eastern senior Emily Fannin placed 19th overall with a finish time of 24:20. Ripley sophomore Rachel Shepherd placed 23rd overall with a finish time of 25:35. Leading the FayettevillePerry Lady Rockets to the finish line was junior Alison Whitley, who placed 29th overall with a time of 26:43.
HS GIRLS TEAM RESULTS 1. Mason County 2. Georgetown 3. West Union
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Eastern’s Tara Burns hammers down a spike during the Aug. 31 tri-match.
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Eastern’s Camryn Pickerill heads to the finish line while competing in this year’s RULH Cross Country Invitational on Aug. 31.
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Ripley’s Jacob Castle reaches the top of the final hill while tackling the 5K course during the Aug. 31 cross country invite at Ripley.
Western Brown’s Emma Sams gets set to deliver a serve during the Aug. 31 tri-match at Eastern High School.