It was Christmas in July at the Hardin County Family YMCA on Tuesday. Packages started arriving in the morning and workers quickly began assembling several new pieces of exercising equipment for the facility's cardio and weights rooms.

The eighth annual “Tee Off for a Cure” ladies golf scramble was held at Memorial Park Golf Course on Sunday, July 28 with 68 ladies participating in the event. The course was decked out in pink including tees, flags, and ribbons painted on the front of the greens.

Sean Galvin credits "good timing" for his becoming the leader of the Hardin County Family YMCA in 1995. But after 24 years, during which the Y transformed from a storefront operation to having its own building, the Ireland native said it's time for him to pursue other opportunities.

Two Kenton girls were crowned champions at the Ohio Elks State Soccer Shoot, held July 27 at Kids America Sports Complex in Coshocton. Abby Schlegel took first place in girls Under 8 and Ruby Styer was first in the girls Under 14 brackets. Both earned the right to compete against youngsters from six states at the Elks Mid-Atlantic Regional Soccer Shoot in March, 2020 in York, Pennsylvania.

Pictured are participants in the Kids Day Fishing Tournament held at France Lake on Saturday. Each of the 30 kids received a prize of a fishing pole or a tackle box or candy bars, as well as a $1 per fish caught.

In returning to his alma mater, Brett Purcell hopes to share his positive experiences at Kenton High School with the current students so they too can have a positive and quality experience. On July 22, Brett began his first official day on the job as Kenton’s athletic director. For the previous eight years, he served the same position at Waynesfield-Goshen, making the commute each day from Kenton.

BELLEFONTAINE — As students from the Upper Scioto Valley, Ridgemont and Kenton districts prepare to return to classes at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center next month, their focus will be on their futures. The administration and staff will be looking to the future, also, as the work gets underway to make improvements to the buildings after the vocational school passed a levy to make those changes happen.

It was girls vs. boys when the students at the Abundant Life Real Kids Camp dived into a relay race through an obstacle course which included a dip in a murky mud pit.

Above, participants, along with current and former Kenton High School football players, the KHS coaching staff, cheerleaders and band members that took part in Friday night’s ‘Never Give Up’ football camp for people with disabilities.

MOUNT VICTORY — To Beth Ramsey, the term “hero” is far too much, as she says she was just “doing the right thing” in donating one of her kidneys to her friend from church, Pam Arnold. With Pam still recovering from a hip replacement in November of 2017, the ladies of the Mount Victory United Methodist Church social group paid a visit to their friend to play some Bunko at Vancrest nursing home in Ada.