‘My Blossom’ continues Best-Beall’s characters

By Ed Banks Harrison News-Herald Staff Writer

CADIZ — It wasn’t long ago that Michelle Best-Beall published her first book.

Now, almost exactly a year later, she will be offering her follow-up second work. The new book entitled “My Blossom,” will be available on Amazon July 27, the same day the first book hit the market 365 days ago. Following her first work

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Holloway

By Susan Adams

The community of Holloway and the surrounding area extends sympathy to the family of Glendean Piper Stackhouse who passed away June 29. A full obituary is on the Borkoski Funeral Home and Harrison News Herald website. Glendean is survived by her husband Vance Stackhouse, daughter Emily (George) Freese, grandchildren Ava Jade and Nicholas Jacobs, sisters Juanita Powers and Karen (Brad) Hinkle of Holloway and several nieces and nephew. Her parents were Lawrence and Agnes Dunlap Piper.

The Holloway Church is still holding services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Donations are always welcome. Send to: Holloway Church, P.O. Box 173, Holloway OH 43985. The church has two rooms available to rent for wedding-baby showers or meetings. Call Ruth Robertson for entitled “My Little Butterfly,” the “My Blossom” characters Cassandra and Astro continue their relationship through this book, and beyond.

Best-Beall says, “This book is full of friendships, love, sarcasm, and a lot of steam!”

“The characters harbor secrets from each other, and when the secrets are finally revealed, change becomes the order of the day,” she shared. “If you have read the first book, it more information at 740968-4264.

Saturday, Aug. 5, 3-8 a.m., will be the Holloway Community Fun Day, sponsored by the Holloway Church, Holloway Volunteer Fire Department, and Old Timers. They will be providing a lunch and a sweet treat, water slides and sprinklers. The Avengers and princesses will be joining the festivities, a fire safety class with Smoky the Bear and a school supply giveaway! Each organization will have a fundraiser to support them and donation jars.

Items needed: cash (mail to Holloway Church, P.O. Box 173, Holloway OH 43985), pens, pencils, notebooks, loose-leaf paper, folders, composition books, colored pencils, crayons, glue sticks, highlighters, scissors, rulers, backpacks, and lunchboxes. They can’t do this without community support! Thank you in advance.

The Holloway Church is selling tickets for $5 each for a chance to win an outside firepit filled with lots of goodies. Think s’mores! Tickets will be available, and the winner will be drawn at the Aug. 5 Holloway Community Day. This is a summer fundraiser sponsored by the Holloway Church. Any questions contact Ruth Rob - will be enticing to find out just how everyone fills their days following. With both books holding the same release date, it will be interesting to compare the success of the two works!”

In addition to the books, Best-Beall makes customized planners. The planners are hand drawn and made to order in your fashion. The content could include weekly or monthly pages, budget sheets, or whatever fits your need. They are ertson or Amanda Spano.

The Old Timers facilities are available for your birthday parties, weddings or receptions, family reunions etc. To inquire or to book your event, contact Anita Schaeffer at 740-4335074, Lori Sharp at 740510-0841, Kelli Baker at 740-685-2750, or Linda Nester at 740-541-5401. Dates are filling up, so if you need the building, please call to get your date reserved. This is a very nice venue with lots of parking.

The Holloway VFD Activities Committee is still having the “Shop Rada Cutlery Fundraising Store Shop for Cutlery and Gifts” fundraiser. There is a link on their Facebook page. Rada also has some great soup kits and dips besides cutlery. These products make great gifts.

Donations are needed.

Holloway Old Timers Baseball Association is planning the 75th annual Old Timers Festival. Please look on the Facebook page for a list of items that can be purchased before the festival. If you can help out by donating, please contact Anita Schaeffer, Kenny Staten, Ronnie Stewart, Linda Nester or any member of the Old Timers. The phone number is 740-968-1900. You can also message via Face - made digitally and in paperback form. The planners can also coincide with the book, life, and business in general. book. They will not be able to have this festival without your generosity. Money donations are always appreciated. The mailing address is Holloway Old Timers, 421 E. Main St., Flushing OH 43977. All donations are greatly appreciated.

The cost for the planners starts at $15, with the basic planner holding the content of monthly sheets, budget, mood trackers, and hobby trackers.

If you are interested in the planners, contact Best-Beall at Michelle.best.1997@gmail. com, or at 330-407-5028.

More Old Timers events in coming papers. Save the dates for Friday-Sunday, Sept. 1-3 for a car and bike show, old-time baseball game, parade, food and more!

On Saturday, Oct. 14, save the date for a chicken barbecue. A big thank you to Ronnie Stewart for being able to cook the chickens. Thank you, Ronnie Stewart, Troy Fletcher and Kevin Luyster, for donating the chickens. You are all very much appreciated. Holloway Church.

If anyone has any item, they would like listed, please call me at 740-942-3137. If I am not home, please leave a message and I will get back to you. Thank you.

Hopedale

By John Wilson

Hi everybody, hope you had a good week.

Save the date for July 16, that is National Ice Cream Day! Or, if you are like me, it could be every day!

Remember, the Hopedale Community Yard sale is coming up on Aug. 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Terri at the city building 740937-2355 to be placed on the map.

The Hopedale Church of Christ will be hosting a back-to-school bash on Aug. 12, 1-3 p.m. You can enjoy fun and games, food school supplies and more!

The Jewett Open Air Market will be held at 308 E. Main St. in Jewett from 3-7 p.m. on the following dates: July 30, and Aug. 13 and 27, as well as Sept. 10 and 24. There will be a junk in the trunk sale at Sally Buffalo Park on Aug. 5 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Set up is at 8 a.m. Cost to set up is $10 per spot. For questions, call 740-942-1102.

I am getting really excited about my 4-H club car show. It will be held on Sunday, July 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is open to cars, trucks motorcycle and tractors. 57 chevy? Rat Rod? Rough Truck? Big old Harley? Farmall H? You are all welcome to come out. Dash plaques will be given to the first 100 entrants. Awards include top 20, best in show and 4-H club pick. This will be a participant judged show. Goodie bags for entrants, door prizes and a silent auction. K and V burgers and more will be there with breakfast and lunch goodies. Best of all, Scio’s own DJ Spike - man will be spinning the tunes, so a good time will be had by all. Please join as the parking lot of Ferguson House of Furniture in Wintersville.

Did you know that there was once a grain candle factory in the older part of the Blackburn Funeral home? According to Hopedale Then 1849 and Now 1976, it was located in the oldest part of the funeral home which was built before the civil war. The home was bought by O. H. Masters in 1912. Dr. Wallace and then Dr. Goll both had offices in this building, and Dr, Wallace had his own tennis court down in the back yard. It was later sold to Ralph Backburn and used a s funeral home. In 1950, a chapel was added. And office joined the funeral home, which belonged to Roy Blackburn. The home was built in the early 1900s, by a Mr. Harriman. It was later owned by Mrs. West, wife of Dr. West, and bought from her estate by Ralph Blackburn. The property below the garage was once the site of a brick factory. And did you know that at one time Hopedale had three banks?

If you have news and would like me to include it, please email hopedalenews@yahoo.com before noon on Mondays. Thanks, and hope you have a great week!