Kendal R. Miller photo: Hillbilly Fashion show winners include, from left: Tripp and Amanda Harris, Patriot, family category; Carla Purvis, Smithfield, Ky., women’s category; and Tommy Purvis, Smithfield, Ky., men’s category.
No one’s blue at Blues & BBQ

For a first-time event, by all accounts Rising Sun’s Blues & BBQ was a success.

Submitted photos: The black bear was lured into her new insulated hutch with treats of watermelons left inside.
The Blast: Hutch provided for hot old bear

Red Wolf Sanctuary: After Pocahontas endured dangerously hot weather conditions, an urgent plea was sent out to raise the money to provide the sanctuary’s 35-year-old former pet a comfortable place to hide from the summer heat, says CEO Paul Strasser.

Flags, memorials, raise memories of fallen vets

As given at the Memorial Day program Monday, May 28, at the Ohio County Courthouse.

 

Amber DePrez peeks over the wall in the European-style courthouse her landlady Diana Dawson has fixed up behind the future Hygge Hus at 211 Main St., Rising Sun
Check your cell phone at the door

Do you ever get tired of responding to your cell phone’s insistent chime or song? Dislike overhearing other folks’ conversations with a device? Want to talk to somebody face to face?

Well, just wait until Amber DePrez opens Hygge Hus at 211 Main St., Rising Sun. The title is Danish, pronounced Hooga Haus, and means cozy.

Submitted photos: Tom and Lisa Heady pose with their granddaughter in a recent photo.
Sisters Act II: Non-native Tom Heady loves Rising Sun

When Tom Heady, 61, of Arlington, Ind., was a young child, one of his favorite things to do was visit the home of his grandparents, Walter and Esta Skidmore, where he enjoyed his grandmother’s Pink Cows: not a figment of his imagination, but the best dessert she ever made, and one as an adult he hasn’t been able to re-create.

Kendal R. Miller photo: Hillbilly Fashion show winners include, from left: Tripp and Amanda Harris, Patriot, family category; Carla Purvis, Smithfield, Ky., women’s category; and Tommy Purvis, Smithfield, Ky., men’s category.
Submitted photos: The black bear was lured into her new insulated hutch with treats of watermelons left inside.
Amber DePrez peeks over the wall in the European-style courthouse her landlady Diana Dawson has fixed up behind the future Hygge Hus at 211 Main St., Rising Sun
Submitted photos: Tom and Lisa Heady pose with their granddaughter in a recent photo.

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