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9/3 Local Briefs
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Greenbo Lake State Resort Park will have Camper Trade Days for campers Sept. 10 and 11. Those who wish to participate must be in a camping site to set up a trading or selling area.
There will be a free bean dinner for campers from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10. The campground will be open to the public for the sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 11.
Clean out your attics, basements, garages and even that mystery closet. Bring anything you want to get rid of (suitable for public viewing), or handcrafts that you want to sell. No food, drinks or firearms may be sold.
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is on Ky. 1, 18 miles north of I-64 from Grayson exit or eight miles south of U.S. 23 on Ky. 1.
Call (800) 325-0083 for more information.
Bake sale is Saturday
The Beaver Heritage Society will have a bake sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Old Beaver Elementary School in Beaver. All proceeds from the Bake Sale will go to the building fund.
The Beaver Heritage Society is a non-profit organization. If you have any questions, you may call (740) 395-1112.
Senior Olympics is Sept. 16
Linda Slone, Olympic adviser, along with the Pleasant Hill Manor administration and department heads of Piketon are working to coordinate the logistics of this mega event. The Senior Olympics will be conducted Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Scioto County Fairgrounds, Fairgrounds Road, Lucasville.
At this time, 60 nursing home have joined to participate in the 2010 Olympics. Residents of these homes will register to compete in six events in a one-day Olympics.
The public is invited to stop by and share in this event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11.
Volunteers are still need, and if you would like to volunteer, call Linda Slone at (740) 222-3337.
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9/3 Calendar/Meetings
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• Minford Board of Education, special meeting to hire personnel, etc., Minford High School Media Center, 491 Bond Road, Minford, 4:30 p.m.
• Scioto County Health Department, walk-in childhood immunizations, $10 per immunization, Ohio Medicaid accepted, none refused for inability to pay, Room 211, Scioto County Courthouse, 602 Seventh St., 9-11 a.m.
• Accepting Angel Food orders, cash, money orders or food stamps only, Potter’s House Ministries, 5409 Winchester Ave., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Consumers Helping Consumers Thrift Shop, pen, 725 Fifth St., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Veterans Helping Veterans and Others Thrift Shop, open, 1525 Harrisonville Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, As Bill Sees It, closed discussion, Findlay Street United Methodist Church, 13th and Findlay streets, noon.
• Stop the Insanity Group of Narcotics Anonymous, meeting, New Boston Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave., New Boston, noon.
• Elks City Club, KENO, games, socializing, Fourth Street, 5 p.m. until closing.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, open discussion Wheelersburg Hope Group, Wheelersburg Medical Center, Ohio River Road, behind Little Caesar’s Pizza, Wheelersburg, 6 p.m.
• Bingo, sponsored by 14th Street Community Center, 17th Street Armory, 17th Street, 6:30 p.m.; doors open, 4:30 p.m.
• Narcotics Anonymous, the Win the Battle group, meeting, 1301 Findlay St., 7 p.m.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, Bellefonte Behavioral Health Center, St. Christopher Drive, Russell, Ky., 7 p.m.
• Reformers Unanimous, Christ-centered addictions program, Franklin Furnace Independent Baptist Church, 100 Seneak Ave., Franklin Furnace, 7-9 p.m.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12&12 Group, open lead, All Saints Episcopal Church, Fourth and Court streets, 8 p.m.
• Narcotics Anonymous, open, step and tradition, nonsmoking, Stop the Insanity Group, in right front room, New Boston Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave., New Boston, 8 p.m.
• Russell D. Williams Post American Legion, karaoke and drawing, 950 Gallia St., 9 p.m.
• Campbell Sisters Late Nite Band, Ironton Eagles, Third Street, Ironton, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
• James Dickey Post American Legion. Donna C Band, 705 Court St., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; drawing, 10 p.m.
To submit items, mail at least a week in advance of meeting to Calendar, Daily Times, 637 Sixth St., Portsmouth, OH 45662-0581. Items can be e-mailed to pdtnews@portsmouth-dailytimes.com. Include in writing the names of the club or sponsoring organization, time, day, date and complete address of event planned. For an item to be repeated in the Calendar, a new notice must be mailed in for each meeting date. The Times will not hold items for repeated use. Please do not call in items.
Virginia Ratcliff, 81
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She was born Jan. 10, 1929, in New Boston, Ohio, a daughter of the late Randall and Mabel Martin Fultz. She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Ratcliff, in May 1998. She was also preceded in death by a son, Gary L. Ratcliff, in December 2003; two brothers and one sister.
She is survived by four sons, Dan (Debbie) Ratcliff of Portsmouth, Dave (Retha) Ratcliff of Snellville, Ga., Larry (Carolyn) Ratcliff of Jackson, Ohio, and William Jr. (Patty) Ratcliff of Cincinnati, Ohio; two daughters, Debbie (Butch) Keene of Portsmouth and Pamela (Al) Wyatt of Athens, Ga.; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Ratcliff of Coal Grove, Ohio; 20 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Joyce Imes of New Boston and Genevieve Fultz of Portsmouth.
Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Morton Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., with Gary Heimbach II officiating. Burial will be in Scioto Burial Park in McDermott, Ohio. Visitation will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. until the time of services.
Edna Moore, 84
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Edna was born in Otway, Ohio, to Izora and Oscar Allen on June 27, 1926.
She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Otis Moore. Also surviving are her daughter, Karen (Albert) Fundaburk of Pennsylvania; and two sons, David (Sharon) Moore of Willow Spring, NC, and Paul (Saundra) Moore of Lucasville, OH. Edna is also survived by seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and one brother. Edgar (Ruby Jean) Allen of Minford, OH.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Nelson Allen.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at noon at the Harrison Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg, with interment to follow at the Memorial Burial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home two hours before the service.
In lieu of flowers the family is requesting that donations be made in Edna’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633.
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