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Enjoy a free outdoor movie this evening, courtesy of Deerfield Township.

The township will screen the family-friendly movie “Journey 2” at Fleckenstein park, 3834 Mason-Montgomery Road.  The follow-up adventure to the 2008 hit “Journey to the Center of the Earth” features Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Vanessa Hudgens. The film is rated PG.

The movie begins at dark.  Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs.  For more information, call the township at 513-701-6958.

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Christmas tree and brush pickup begins in Mason on Monday.

Discarded Christmas trees should have all decorations removed and be placed at the curb with the cut end toward the street.

In Deerfield Township, trees can be recycled from dawn to dusk at three different locations through Jan. 15:

• Cottell park, 5847 Irwin Simpson Road
• Fleckenstein Park, 3834 Mason-Montgomery Road
• Landen-Deerfield Park, 2258 W US Hwy 22 & 3

Signs will be posted at each park for designated discard areas. Christmas trees may also be set outside at the curb for pickup.

For more information, call the city of Mason at 513-229-8500 or Deerfield Township at 513-701-6968.

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Mason artist Denny Means' quilt square was added to the barn at Fleckenstein Park in Deerfield Township. The Enquirer/Cara Owsley

The Enquirer’s Paul McKibben recently reported on the new “quilt barn trails” trend in Mason and Warren County.

The Mason-Deerfield Arts Alliance has already created one and is working on more, giving road-trippers a second reason to explore the countryside this spring.

Barn quilts trails are quickly catching on across the Midwest.  Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky have over 250 in each state, and the grassroots art project continues to spread.

The Florence Woman’s Club started a barn quilt trail project in Boone County in 2006. Today, there are 51 barn quilts in the Northern Kentucky county on the official trail and five more are planned. The barn quilts are throughout the county and a web site was created about the project, boonebarnquilts.com.

“Barn quilts are the most unique public art form in that they celebrate a county’s history. They celebrate a county’s people,” said Meredith Raffel, executive director of the Mason-Deerfield Arts Alliance. “They celebrate art.”

The arts alliance (then known as the Mason Area Arts Council) unveiled its first barn quilt on the group’s trail last October at Deerfield Township’s Fleckenstein Park.

Mason artist Denny Means painted that quilt and will paint the next one on an existing barn at the Ahimaaz King House and Carriage House at Carter Park in King’s Mills.

The design will be a reflection of something associated with the King family, said Raffel.  The Kings, she said, were quilters and made “crazy quilts during the 1800s.”

The unveiling of the King property quilt will happen Aug. 27 before the alliance’s the Powder Keg 5K Trail Race race fundraiser at the mansion.

The first two barn quilts are on public property, but some of the future ones will be on private property, said Raffel.  The alliance will be working on a secondary program for people who want a barn quilt but not necessarily on the trail, she added.

Those interested in the Warren County barn quilt project can call the alliance at 513-309-8585 or e-mail masonarts@gmail.com.

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