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* This weekend, Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24, marks the 16th anniversary of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Museum. As always the museum will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There is no charge for admission.

* We hope that you, our faithful readers will come to join in our celebration. Bring your family and friends or spend your own time. Stay a few minutes or a few hours.

ANDERSON/CUMMINS

The annual Anderson/Cummins family reunion will be on Aug. 1 at Antioch Mills Christian Church. A potluck dinner will be served around 12:30 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited. Bring your favorite covered dish and/or dessert.

CLASS OF 1995

The Harrison County High School Class of 1995 will host its 15-year reunion at the Cynthiana Country Club on Aug. 14, 2010 from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Tickets purchased in advance are $15 for a single and $30 for a couple.

Potatoes, garlic and onions:  these tree vegetables are staples worldwide partly because of their versatility and partly because of their storage-ability. Late July and August is when our spring planted onions, garlic and potatoes reach maturity and are ready for harvest. If you want to harvest some new potatoes, onions or garlic before they reach maturity enjoy them at the table in short order but if you want to store them it is important to harvest them at the correct time.

•Evan David Melcher Beam was born to Erin Melcher Beam and Matt Beam on July 1, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He weighed 6 lbs. 15.6 oz.

Celebrity chefs say people eat with their eyes first.  Then, they serve up a deliciously crafted work of art on a plate.  It may be true, but most of us use our senses of smell and taste to satisfy hunger.

We have all asked the question “why hasn’t my plant bloomed?”

Sometimes the answer is as simple as not enough sunlight, not old enough, not cold enough or hot enough, etc. 

In fact, it could be as simple as a little digging and dividing for some renewed blooming attitude.

For most of my herbaceous perennials I wait until early fall to do a good portion of my digging and dividing.

*Cynthiana Democrat, Aug. 3, 1933 - “President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Thursday appointed Mac Swinford of Cynthiana, Ky. as district attorney for the eastern district of Kentucky.” (There is a display at the museum to honor Judge Mac. Are you familiar with his writings?)

*Cynthiana Democrat, Oct. 30, 1969 - “A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the maintenance building belonging to Bluegrass Plant Foods, Inc. last Thursday.”

The insect world has countless sucking and chewing pests. One of the most difficult questions to answer, and I get asked it often, is “what’s eating my plant?”

It could be a chewing beetle, or caterpillar; or it could be a sucking spider mite, bug or aphid, among many, many others. 

Our early heat wave this summer added an additional component to the problem…many insects love this sort of disagreeable weather and can multiply more rapidly as a result.

10 years ago . . .

Births announced this week are: Charles Nathaniel Lee Bowling, April 12, son of Cecil Lee Jr. and Sabrina Bowling; Dennis Wayne "Trey" Russell III, May 24, son of Heather and Dennis Russell II; Jessica Nicole Steven, May 22, gaughter of Amy Quesenberry and Harold E. Steven Jr.; Daniel Scott Faulconer, May 25, son of Brian and Amanda Faulconer; Maxwell Royce Ferguson, May 14, son of Dr. David and Jolleen Ferguson; Grace Louise Street, May 17, daughter of the Rev. John and Lori Street Jr.