Old Penton Place open house to be held Sunday afternoon

 

I am back from my business trip and so happy to be home. I had Rodger go with me because my business was in Arlington, Virginia, and his mother, grandfather and grandmother, and great-grandfather are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, and I thought it would be nice for him to get a chance to visit their graves.

However, it seems the farm animals know when we are unavailable; they misbehave. We heard coyotes in our back acreage the night before we left so partially blame them. But we had a pig get out of our fenced-in property and explore the fire department. Then we had turkeys get out and explore the neighbors and had two ladies each try and get them back in the yard before they got into trouble. And as we returned it seems we have a new predator; we found some attacked birds and some missing, as well. Time to set the traps again.

I took a day off my day job because I had folks coming to help on the house, but they didn’t show up so I went back to work and opened the store, a bit disappointed that work on the house was stalled again. But I spent an hour putting up some trim with my daughter after the store closed on Saturday. Then Sunday afternoon I was able to get more trim up, but need help getting the crown molding up as I can’t do that by myself.

So I did get some done, but praying this entryway can be finished very soon so I can then move on to another room and pray that gets done much quicker than the front entry.

Events and activities in the area include:

The Equality Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) is still looking for more volunteers to support their efforts in keeping us all safe. They need as much involvement as they can get so again, please come and support your community by volunteering your time at a great organization.

Also, you are free to join the training on the first and third Mondays at 6:30 p.m. even if just to watch and find out more about what EVFD has going on.

Ruth and Dave’s open house to view The Old Penton Place on County Road 98 is November 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. If you have history or old photos, please bring copies to share with the new owners who have fallen in love with the house and the community. They look forward to meeting their neighbors.

Because of the upcoming holiday season Equality Neighborhood Watch for November and December are being combined to one meeting on December 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please join us for a community gathering with food, safety tips, sheriff’s updates, and socializing with our neighbors.

 

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