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Here is a list of events happening in Hancock County this weekend and beyond. If you know of an upcoming community event that you’d like to see featured here, email [email protected].

GREENFIELD – Renowned electric violinist Cathy Morris will headline Christmas at the Ricks this weekend, a fundraising talent show Dec. 16 that also features three local acts vying for prize money.

The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. Descriptions are provided by the publisher, unless otherwise noted. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.

GREENFIELD – New xylophones will be coming to Harris Elementary School, thanks to a recent grant to music teacher Mary Buckalew.

Ag cooperative paying back members

The following animals are available for adoption from the Hancock County Humane Society. Since the Greenfield building is under renovations, some cats can be viewed at the Smitten Kitten Cat Cafe, 7852 E. 96th St., Fishers, while others can be met in Greenfield. For more information, call (317) 462-5404 or visit hancockhumane.petfinder.com to verify where a cat is currently being housed.

Amelia Stone, a 17-year-old senior at New Palestine High School, showed Cheese Cake at a national show, who won two awards.

Christmas morning 2023 will be a big disappointment for me. Not one of my presents will be bacon related. I just know it. It’s hard to imagine how Mary Ellen could have perused the current merchandise catalogs thick with bacony items and not realized that there should have been something under the tree that had at least a whiff of this American food addiction.

FORTVILLE – Renee Oldham, executive director of the Mt. Vernon Education Foundation, was selected as the 2023 Outstanding Working Woman for Hancock County.

The pie contest from Thanksgiving would be completely forgotten by now were it not for the Heimlich incident. Nobody actually needed the Heimlich, but that is a minor detail.