Two outstanding water gardens in Greater Harrison are featured in the Meyer Aquascapes’ Pondarama Water Garden Tour, which marks its 12th anniversary this month.

The two-day, self-guided tour features eco-system friendly ponds of various sizes and shapes, and low-maintenance poodles waterfalls and streams. All water features are custom built exclusively for homeowners.

The man who slashed his throat at the Harrison Kmart last week told police he wanted to end his life over financial issues.

The man, 54, whose name is being withheld at the request of Harrison police, was spotted cutting himself several times on the neck by Starla Hunter, who made the 911 call, said Sgt.Terry Lowry in his police report.

Blood spotted

If you have a beef about the condition of your road or street in the incorporated areas of Harrison, then get ready to voice your complaint, said City Councilman Randy Shank, chairman of the streets committee.

Shank will conduct special street meetings Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, at the Harrison Community Center at the end of George Street off Broadway. The meetings start at 7 p.m.

“You can come in and talk about what’s wrong with your street, anywhere from traffic to parking, whatever you want. … We are open for business those two nights at 7 p.m,” said Shank.

The meetings will be attended by Mayor Joel McGuire and Jim Leslie, who heads the city’s public works and streets departments.

The meetings help the streets department, city administration, and council determine where money and attention will be directed, said Shank.

Kiley Rudisell, 19, Okeana, returned home on May 21 from Morocco, where she discovered a whole new world that most Americans do not associate with Africa.

People think all of Africa is hot, but it snowed a lot. In some cities, it didn’t snow at all, but the school was in the mountains, she said.

She suffered a little culture shock, but the experience turned out to be easier then she anticipated.

The Land Conservancy of Hamilton County will hold its summer meeting on Friday, June 21, at 7 p.m. in the Shaker Meeting House, 11813 Oxford Road, Crosby Township.

The meeting, hosted by Friends of White Water Shaker Village, is open to the public.

The meeting features a review of the Conservancy’s land preservation activities.

This includes the announcement of a Conservation Easement that protects 50-acres of Chanyata Farm in rural north Colerain Township, assuring that this family land always will be used for farming, forestry and preservation of wildlife habitats.

The Land Conservancy of Hamilton County, a nonprofit organization with membership open to all, helps families preserve their lands, and works to protect land and water resources to benefit the quality of life of all citizens.

White Water Shaker Village architecture reveals the past. Learn all about Crosby Township’s amazing Shaker history from Kathy Luhn, executive director of Friends of White Water Shaker Village.

Luhn will share the Friends’ ongoing efforts to restore the Shaker buildings inside and out, attending to the details of Shaker craftsmanship.

Take a guided tour to explore the adjacent Dwelling House, and a smoke house, woodshed, milk house, horse barn, gardens and more.

The Friends are in the midst of an effort to bring new life to the Shaker community that thrived in Crosby Township between 1824 and 1916.

Their goal is to open the site to the public in the near future.  Efforts to reclaim the Shaker heritage started in earnest when the Hamilton County Park District acquired 22 remaining structures and safeguarded them amid their agricultural setting.