October 28 – Don’t forget to vote for your favorite Scarecrow using the QR code next to it or go on the Solstice and Ash Mystic Shoppe Facebook page to vote! Your votes will be tallied, and a winner announced this weekend!

Also, remember the First Presbyterian Church (located at 4907 St Rt 52, Jeffersonville) is having a Soup-To-Go & Chili Sale on Election Day, November 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donation is $3 per cup and also available in Pints for $5 and Quarts for $9. Proceeds to benefit The Women’s Association. Enjoy a delicious lunch while supporting them!

I hope to see you at Trunk R’ Treat in The Backyard Park (located at 21 Lovett Lane) on Halloween beginning at 4 p.m. Grab your family and friends for fun and enjoy music by DJ Jim too! Drive your vehicle in to the park and hand out candy/treats! If you get hungry you can get hot dogs, fresh popped popcorn, water/sodas, chips and frozen treats with each only 1.00! Then take a free ride on the wagon down to the Hughson Park for more fun!

Don’t forget to change your clocks on November 1st. Turn the hands back an hour (Fall Back).

Please don’t throw away your blankets, sheets, and bath towels. Take them, donating them to an animal shelter or ask your vet’s office if they could use them.

Donations for the Annual Holiday Book Sale are being accepted now and in November at the Jeffersonville (ONLY) branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library during library hours. Please no encyclopedias, magazines, dictionaries, textbooks, cassettes or VHS tapes. Your items must be in good condition and free of any damage or odors.

Visit Santa and His Elves on Saturday, November 28 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.at the Jeff Bank (located at 4864 State Rte. 52, Jeffersonville). Visit with Santa, enjoy hot cocoa and cookies, and take a goodie bag home. Jill C. Smith will be taking pictures that can be found online shortly after the event. A suggested donation of $5 per family with all proceeds donated to the local food pantry. Free horse and carriage rides through town courtesy of the Jeffersonville Area Chamber of Commerce.

The White Sulphur Springs United Methodist Church is hosting The Christmas Bazaar & Bake Sale on December 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UMC Social Hall (located on State Rte. 52 in White Sulphur Springs). Handmade crafts and treats for the holidays! Come out and have fun while you find some treasures.

Mating season for deer is making them more active and with shorter days the risk of collisions increases mostly around dawn and dusk. Slow down, stay alert and watch the ditches. I can’t count the number of times I almost clobbered a deer coming out of a ditch lately.