Union Church Bell tolls again

After being silent for several weeks, the Union Church bell is again ringing in Hardy.

Members of the congregation are not certain when the bell was installed on top of the frame church located across the street from the community hall, but it was a longtime ago and may date to the early days of Hardy.

The bell was silenced earlier this year by a broken rope. In August, Jason Gillilan had a large telehandler in town to help with a roofing project, After the owner of the machine agreed it could be used to reach the bell and replace the rope, Gillilan took it to the church to see about fixing th...