Another busy afternoon is coming to a close. In an hour from now my family will be gathering to the dinner table expecting a hot meal. A big thanks to my cousin Owen who stays at our house and simplified things for me tonight. He purchased a chicken for a quick meal. Owen does outstanding in blending in with our family brimming with action and happy chaos.

The Hardin County Humane Society is once again planning a pet photo contest and coloring contest at its booth at the Hardin County Fair. For the photo contest the entry fee is $10 per photo with no limit on the number of entries. Entry deadline is Aug. 31.

ADA — The congregation of the New Birth Living Word Ministries has seen many changes in recent years, but it has a home now and its leaders believe God was with them every step of the journey. The church was founded in Alger by Wayne Vaughn. The Kenton resident had found a vacant church building in the village and made arrangements for his new church to be housed there. After much remodeling, the congregation grew. But after six years, a disagreement with the owner of the church forced Pastor Vaughn and his followers to seek another home.

I love coffee. My love affair with coffee is probably bordering on inappropriate. I am nerdy about my coffee. I buy green coffee beans and roast them myself. I grind them myself and make coffee fresh every morning, either in a pour over machine, a specialty French press, or a coffee maker named “The Connoisseur.” If money and time/energy were not limiting factors, I would open my own coffee roaster and use the profits to fund charitable causes around the world. I love coffee.

The Lynn Valley Farmers 4-H club held their annual family picnic at Wilcox Woods Sunday, Aug. 11. Pictured are members of the club with two wheelbarrows they purchased. The wheel-barrows will be donated to the Hardin County Fair.

The process of pollination has evolved over millions of years to benefit both flowering plants and pollinators. These pollinators are bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, animals such as deer and bats and wind and water. When pollinators visit flowers, pollen rubs off or drops onto their bodies. The pollen is transferred to another plant blossom which starts the process of seed or fruit production.

Lawrence Valley Grange gathered for a luncheon meeting at Woodys Restaurant at Russells Point on Aug. 13. An appeal for aid was answered. Some business matters were taken care of.

SATURDAY, AUG. 17 Summer garden program on “Monarch Butterflies” – 9 a.m. at Friendship Gardens of Hardin County, 960 W. Kohler St., Kenton, behind Harco Industries. Weight Watchers – 9:15 a.m., Hi-Point Church of Christ, 1815 Ohio 540, Bellefontaine. Weigh-in starts 1/2 hour earlier.

Tiffany (Myers) and Jeremy Nelson of Kenton are parents of a 7-pound, 20-inch boy, Tristram Thaddeus, born at 6:39 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. The infant is joined at home by a brother, Thaiyer Joe, age 7, and a sister, Trinity Raelyn, 4.

The Amvets met on Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. with the president calling the meeting to order. Invocation by Chaplain Sgt-At-Arms who then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. 1st Vice l read the Preamble and Americanism officer read the Americanism. Roll call of officers by secretary with all officer’s present. July minutes were read by secretary and finance report by treasurer.