You may know Jim Rice who's always ready to lend a helping hand around Rabbit Hash. Unfortunately his son, Tommy, has been diagnosed with cancer. To help out with the expenses, there will be a Benefit for Tommy on Saturday, May 17th at McCarthy's Union Station from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm featuring:

"Good morning shoppers.......and welcome to FloodMart! Today's specials are clearly displayed and conveniently located for your shopping pleasure. Remember, if you can't find it at FloodMart, then you don't really need it."

Have you totally lost it?  Not really! Just putting a different spin on the unbelievable harvest of trash and litter recently recovered along the Ohio River from the Rabbit Hash General store and down along about three miles of Lower River Road. The staunch, dedicated volunteer force showed up for the Great American Clean-Up on Saturday morning, April 26th, armed with gloves, garbage bags, and a unified determination to actually "DO SOMETHING" about the litter along our county roads and river bank, instead of waiting for someone else to do it.

Rabbit Hash received a special treat on Sunday, April 26th, when the band, CORE, decided to forgo their usual rehearsal and set up on the General Store's riverbank to play for us. It was a nice warm day and there was a good mix of bikers, tourists and locals enjoying the music. There was plenty of cheering as the band let loose with a lot of people's favorite hits.

Volunteers roll rusty drum up the bank

Saturday, April 26th, dawned cloudy, wet and chilly, and to be perfectly honest the last thing I wanted to do was wear myself out picking up trash along the Ohio riverbank. But a promise is a promise, so I packed up my son (Ivan) and we headed on down to the Rabbit Hash General Store.

The town was almost empty. Because of the previous night's rain, Mary Shinkle (our area's Boone County Solid Waste Management organizer) wasn't sure the scheduled manpower and volunteers were going to show up.  We had a cup of Bob Feldhaus' delicious coffee while we waited.  

Cincinnati's authentic Cajun-Zydeco band, Lagniappe, recently played the April barn dance on the 11th and boy was it fun! That easy cajun beat brought lots of folks out for dancing, listening, and enjoying the Rabbit Hash sunset over the Ohio river. Thankfully, the weather cooperated which allowed the party to spill-over outside. Even the band wandered out onto the porch and into the street! This made for an "upclose and personal" kind of dance with Lagniappe right out there hanging out with us.