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Big Valley Rural

Sadie Peachey Greetings to all this damp, cloudy morning. Not raining much yet, but it feels humid. Are you all ready to turn the page to September, which is tomorrow? How can it be? But time moves just like it always has. It's already been two years since our mommy Katie isn't here. I just came over from visiting Noah, Sylvia, and taking a look at the twins. Baby Elmer could go home from the hospital on Tuesday evening, the 25th. As far as I know, they are doing well. A blessing indeed. Another birth to report is daughter Hannah on Aug. 29 to Thomas and Mary Kanagy, joining 5 ...

Jackson, Ohio

Elizabeth Yoder Greetings to all readers this early morning. We're having nice sunny days these last few days. People are busy picking produce, going to the auction and/or to their own stands. Ben and Annie Peachey had the West youth group last evening to pick pumpkins and also their cousins from the East youth folks too. So, it seems everyone is staying busy. We're all glad for Noah and Fannie Peachey and family. They are now getting a new house. With a family of 11 children, ages ranging from almost 16 years old to a 10-week-old baby, Fannie. People helped them to move out on ...

Outdoors

OUTDOORS: Protected bats can carry and transmit a fatal virus by David Thompson One evening, when I was 13, my mother yelled for help in the kitchen. When I got there, she pointed to a bat that was clinging to the top of the door that led to the basement. Terrified, she wanted me to “do something.” Grabbing the straw broom that I used to sweep the sidewalk, I followed her instructions. Mother said it had been flying all around the kitchen, where it didn’t belong. That night I was her hero, as my dad was out of town. I had hunted small game with him since age ...

Birth Announcements

REBECCA F STOLTZFUS Rebecca F Stoltzfus was born at 4:42 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at home to Levi and Susie Stoltzfus of Loganton. Rebecca was 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 20 ½ inches. ESTHER JOY YODER Esther Joy Yoder was born at 7:32 a.m. on Friday, September 4, 2026, at home to Noah and Lydia Yoder of Lewistown. Esther was 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 20 ½ inches.

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