Karen Moore (left), Annetta Holmes, Ronnie McLane and Kathy Oliver recently met with Ohio First Lady Fran Dewine (center) to announce $5 million has been included in the state's two-year budget to fund the Ohio Governor's Imagination Library.

MONDAY, JULY 22 Shelter From the Storm (bipolar and depression group) – 6 p.m. at We Care Center, 775 E. Eliza St., Kenton.

Boots and Buckles 4-H Club met on July 15 where Alli Underwood led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance and Makayla Strawser led the club in the 4-H pledge. President Chloe Anderson made the following announcements:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 County Livestock Interview Judging – 1-7 p.m. at Community Building, fairgrounds. Please register.

The Kenton High School class of 1945 met at the Elks on July 13 to celebrate its 74th year since graduating from high school. There were six classmates and three guests in attendance. Jean Pich welcomed everyone and read the minutes of the last meeting. Paul Hatcher gave grace, after which Jean read a memorial for the seven members lost during the year. They were Melvin Turner, Pat Mullady, Kathryn Rummery Scott, Betty Hare Hirneise, Barbara Brown Wood, Robert Davis and Elinor Nash Barrett.

Kenton firefighters Kyle Brammell, Grant Schroeder and Chris Koelsch assist with unloading food items for the July S.O.U.P. meals. Meals will be served July 22-26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall at St. John’s Evangelical Church.

Before taking a drive when at least one other person is involved, you have to make a decision. Who will drive, and who will be the passenger. For most trips the decision is a minor consequence. After all being a passenger has many advantages. You could take a nap, read something, listen to something, daydream or do many other activities. As the passenger however, you have no control of the speed of travel or what if any rules are followed. You are just going along for the ride.

FINDLAY – The Flag City BalloonFest will host its 20th hot air balloon festival Aug. 9-11 at Emory Adams Park in Findlay. Spectators can look forward to a number of new events and enjoy returning favorites such as the car show, kids’ fair, craft show and fireworks.

Keep Hardin County Beautiful conducted the Community Appearance Index on July 12, a tool designed by Keep America Beautiful to visually assess the overall appearance of communities by scoring the amount of litter. Program Manager Deb Oestreich said a committee from the Keep Hardin County Beautiful Commission conducted the visual analysis using a scoring system ranging from 1-4 with “1” being the best to “4” being the worst. The litter Index for Hardin County through all 5 school districts rated as a 1.16 – again “1” being the lowest (very little visible litter and “4” being the highest (a lot of visible litter). The scores ranged from 1.37 as the highest to 1.07 the lowest in the 5 areas assessed.

The Alzheimer’s Association Northwest Ohio Chapter will hold an educational program on The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s for interested community members. The hour-long event will be at 6:30 pm. on Monday, July 22 at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St. in Ada.