Hocking Hills Messengerfree publication 10th edition March 2015How to submit information:Betty Shaw, Sales & Marketing blshockinghillsmessenger@yahoo.com 740-380-3744

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AG DAYSCabin Fever? Join us April 11th - 12th, 2015 Hocking County Fairgrounds - 150 N. Homer Ave. Logan, OH. Free Admission For the Largest Agriculture

Show in Hocking County. Featuring Events for all ages.

Visit the Displays & Vendors in the Extension Bldg, and information on times for all events and seminars.

Opening Ceremony, Saturday at 9AM at the Flag Pole.Flag Raising by The Boy Scouts Special presentation to the families in memory of Neil Shaw. You can smell the aroma of Kettle Corn, Soup Beans over the fire, Homemade Cracklings, Homemade Ice Cream made with a running Hit & Miss Engine and more. Food available by 4-H and Junior Leaders. Learn how to spin wool, learn how honey is made to visiting the Blacksmiths and go back in time of farming with Antique Tractors, Threshing Machine & Hit Miss Engines Tractor Parade Saturday at 4:00pm. line up at 3:30pm., Sunday at 3:00pm. line up at 2:30pm. Displays and Vendors visit in the Extension Building. Saw Mill sawing logs ran by Steam Engines, you might just see Smokey The Bear on Sunday afternoon. Rope making, shelling corn the old fashion way, Broom Making to Demostrating cutting out Rolling Pins.Garden Tractor Pull to Horseshoe Tournaments, Childrens Area featuring COSI, Pony Rides to Train Rides and a Livestock area with small to large animals. 4-H Food Booth with FFA at Work in the different areas. Childrens Coin Toss Find will be Saturday & Sunday at 1:00 PM.Hocking Valley Blue Grass Boys band will perform Saturday & Sunday at 12:00pm. Saturday At 3:00pm Persuaded Awaken will peform in the Shelter House.Sunday morning April 12th Sunday Worship Service with Iris Conrad in the Soil & Water Conservation Building. We will be having baby pigs, calves, sheep, llamas, and milk goats and many more.

Be sure to check out our list of Sponsors & Times of events at the BIG WHITE TENT.

Come see us at AG Days in the Big White Tent!

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Recommended by Ohio Magazine & Columbus DispatchHam, Fried Chicken, with all the trimmings 11:00 AM. - 3:00 PM. Reservations Suggested.

Easter Buffet:

Wind Chime Shop, Christmas Treasures, & Hocking Hills Candle Works

Opening April 1st, 2015Monday - Saturday 10am to 5pm

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26th Annual Spring Farm Consignment Auction

Saturday April 18th Sale Time: 10 AMPlease go to our website www.foltzag.com to see our full line of equipment and services available.

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Fine China Portraits By Bud Schrader photographyCards & Stationary Oil Paintings By Nancy HuntsbergerFair Trade Item Gifts

Fine Hand Crafted Jewelry Unique Leather Jewelry Blue Diamond Glassworks JewelryWind Chimes Candies Other Fine Items & Gifts

Now taking orders for Easter Candy.

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Enjoy a leisurely ride on an old-time passenger train traveling along the Hocking River through Southeast Ohio

Easter Train Rides : Saturday April, 4 - 10: AM. - 1: PM. Children under 3 years old free. Order Tickets on line or at the Depot.

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Two $5.00 each Breakfast Specials:

3 Pancakes, choice of Meat & CoffeeTwo Eggs, choice of Meat, Toast & Coffee

Full Breakfast Menu

Ralphs Ice Cream will be moving their food service to the diner, their $6.50 menu consist of your choice, Hamburger, All Beef Hot Dog, Beef Bar-B-Q, BLT, Johnsonville Brats, All Beef Hebrew Bologna, Includes French Fries, Pickle Spear & Drink.

Large Menu of of other Sandwiches, Wraps, Club Sandwiches, & Reuben Sandwich. Plate Lunches, Homemade Meat Loaf, Bake Steak, Beef & Noodles, Homemade Mashed Potatoes, & Vegetables.

Foot Long Hot Dogs with Special Sauce. Root Beer Floats, Milk Shakes, & Malts

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Happy Easter!

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Thank you to all of our customer for helping our business grow.

Happy Easter!!

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CuSTom mix FeedSAll types of animal feeds available

We support AG DAYs.Carroll

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For those that are non horse people this event is open to all Friends, Family, Bicyclist & Hikers. You can attend any or all of the functions, there are cabins in the area at Lake Hope and also camping if you would like to stay.

This event is a fundraiser to help put the Bridge in across Raccoon Creek to the Moonville Tunnel, The Bridge will be dedicated in Neil Shaws Name. This was very dear to him!!We will be accepting donated items for the Auction, even Baked Items! We are also selling T-Shirts with Neils picture in front of the Tunnel, Early Bird Special, $14.00 XX will be a slight higher. There will be Youth, Small, Medium, Large, & Extra Large, in colors of Blue & Black.

For orders or Auction Items please call: Betty Shaw, 740-385-5306 or Bob Williams, 740-385-1989.

If you would like we can tour the Moonville Tunnel or visit Hope School with history of the Moonville Town and Tunnel, please call Betty for Tour, 740-385-5306.

We will be selling Advance Ticket Sales for the Bands, $15.00 or can be purchase at gate, Children 12 & under free, 12 & over $5.00.

Saturday May 14, we will be having a Auction starting at 6PM. Food available for purchase. Two Big Bands start-ing right after the Auction, The Famous The Band Keesey & Ben Davis Band Uncle Bucks has a riding Stable if you would like to book a ride, Please contact Uncle Bucks you can pull their information up on the web or contact Betty Shaw for more info, 740-385-5306

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Tell Them Before it is Too Lateby Rick Schneider

I received an invitation to my Aunt Ruths 90th birthday party. No presents, just your presence, please. It read. The only thing that my Aunt Ruth wanted for her birthday was for people to show up and enjoy themselves. She was always a great conversationalist and all she wanted for her birthday was to talk to family and friends. She got her wish.

My Aunt, Ruth Loftus, was a very proper woman who knew how things should be. She never corrected any of her nieces or nephews directly but would say, I dont know about that. If we mentioned that we wanted to do something that she didnt approve of. Of all of my aunts, Aunt Ruth stood outabovetherest.AndasIwassoontofindout,allofmycousins felt the same way.

I have to admit that Ive been to a lot of birthday parties. This one was one of the best and by far the most memorable. It was held in the Community Center in the Village of Greenhills. Both the location and the weather were perfect. In attendance were not only a nice percentage of her nieces and nephews, but also the people with whom she worked with many years ago. I was surprised to see so many people she knew in her working life attending since by this time Aunt Ruth had been retired for over 25 years. It was great for me to visit with so many of my cousins at one time on a happy occasion. So many times I only get to see them during someones Calling Hours. This was a nice, unhurried, time to visit with everyone.

After the fellowship and dinner, it was about time to leave. My Aunt Ruths only child, Patty, stood up and thanked everyone for coming to wish her mom a happy birthday. Then she mentioned that since there was such a wide variety of people present who knew her mom from different areas of her life that, Why dont we start at my right and just mention a favorite short story about Mom, a pleasant memory, or just simply how you knew her.

That simple little request turned into two hours of joy as people who worked with Aunt Ruth, neighbors from the old neighborhood and all of us cousins told short stories of my aunt. One of my cousins mentioned how they werent allowed in the Living Room because it was for Company. Aunt Ruth didnt want that room tore up. We all roared with laughter, because each cousin could relate to that. Another cousin added how, when they would visit Aunt Ruth, their dad would pull over about a block away and remind them tostayoutoftheLivingRoom.PastofficematestoldhowAuntRuth,asanaccountingfirmsofficemanager,wasverystrict and didnt let even the slightest error slide by. But she corrected an employee in such a way that it was almost like a compliment. The stories kept coming as at least sixty people told their own stories of Aunt Ruth.

We were so involved in what was going on I dont think anyone realized that the Community Center staff had cleaned off the tables, put everything away and many had left for the evening. We had overextended our welcome by quite a bit. As we all left the conversation continued in the parking lot. That event had stirred everyones memories of growing up. It was a unifying event not only with my family but everyone who knew Ruth Loftus. And I think it overwhelmed her daughter Patty. She never expected that everyone would have something to

say and that it would have such a positive effect on everyone present. One of the nice things about telling someone how much they mean to you, especially during a birthday party, is that it is a happy occasion, Someone always remembers a funny story about the person. I noticed that as everyone shared stories about my aunt; no one mentioned anything about her possessions or beautiful house. Well, except for maybe her Living Room that was saved for Company. For the most part, the stories were about her and her positive affect on people. She loved it and so did her daughter. On the way home I got to thinking why do we wait until the Calling Hours to reminisce about someones life. Why dont we do it while they can hear it and enjoy it like we did for Aunt Ruth? Maybe at the next birthday party you attend for someone in your family, or a life-long friend, why not ask everyone to share a short story, a brief memory, or simply say how they met the person? It will be a joy to all present, especially the guest of honor and their family.

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