The Flora Volunteer Fire Department took over Airport Road Monday evening, where they unraveled hundreds of feet of hose for an annual test of the equipment.
“That’s a yearly thing,” said Fire Chief Bruce Dickey, “The hoses on all of the trucks have to be laid out and tested.”
It was good times, fried fish, pageants, arenacross and more this Saturday in Xenia, where the annual Xenia Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry event was held.
The event raises money for the volunteer fire department, enabling them to have more discretionary funding, as well as money to be able to upgrade some of their essentials.
There were two pageants held as part of the event, the Little Miss and Mr. pageant and the Junior Miss Xenia Fish Fry pageant.
During late July and early August, some of the Boy Scouts of Clay County Troop 282 took a backpacking trip to Philmont Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, N.M. After the troop's last trip, in the summer of 2008, Scout Leader Tom Barbre gave us his journal, which the Advocate-Press presented excerpts from. This year, we will run all of Barbre's journal from the trip, divided into two parts. For the full journal, and more pictures, please visit www.advocatepress.com
As an aside, Troop 282's Scoutmaster, George Dickinson has been visiting area schools, trying to recruit new boys to become Scouts. Trips to Philmont are only one of the options for adventure that await young men in the Boy Scouts. For those who would like to join, meetings are open and are held on Tuesday night at the Scout building on south Main Street, at 7 p.m. Boys must be at least 11 years old, or entering into sixth grade in order to join.
Cancer is a hard battle for anyone to fight. Getting a little help could literally be a lifesaver. The Clay County Cancer Support Group is there to give those suffering from cancer that help...and hopefully, some hope too.
On Wednesday though, the CCCSG got some help of their own in the form of a $1,000 donation from Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
The Flora Chamber of Commerce welcomed Ken and Robin Jackson’s latest venture in Flora, Robin’s Corner.
Chamber members gathered Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. for a ribbon cutting at the new store on the corner of South Main and West North Avenue in Flora.
It’s one of our community’s most anticipated events, Appleknocker. It is a full day of entertainment, hands-on activities, displays, exhibits and great food that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. This annual event, Appleknocker ’10, is scheduled to take place on Sat., Sept. 25th from 9:45 AM to 4 PM in-and-around Flora High School and Washington School.
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