A crew from Helms and Sons Excavating digs out an area which will become a concrete path at the new sports facility at Hardin Northern. The project is part of phase two of the plans for the facility.

The Trophy Bassmasters continued their 2019 fishing season with a trip southwest to Lake Loramie near Minster. Sixteen anglers competed for 8 1⁄2 hours each searching for the five biggest bass to bring to weigh in. A total of 36 keeper bass of at least 12” that weighed 57.78lbs were weighed and released. For the fifth tournament in a row, John Clark of Findlay claimed the top position. Clark had a five bass limit at 10.58 pounds for the win. Boyd Downey of Kenton finished 2nd with 9.36 pounds in five fish. Don Kraft from Alger brought in five bass totaling 7.87 pounds to finish third.

The Hardin County Community Foundation introduced its new office facility to the public on Tuesday with an open house. The building is called the Judge William D. Hart Community Foundation Building and is named in honor of the man who led it for several years, said Board President Matt Jennings.

About 30 employees of AEP assisted the Kenton Full Gospel Church in preparing to distribute food to area residents Tuesday. Full Gospel’s Bread of Life Food Pantry is discontinuing its monthly food distribution and instead will expand to be open each Thursday.

The Kenton High School football team won its final 7 on 7 tournament of the summer at Bucyrus on Tuesday and was second in the lineman challenge.

As the clerk for the BKP Ambulance District in Kenton, Peg Brown said it’s not a productive day unless she’s learned something on the job. Peg has spent 13 years with BKP, starting in June of 2006 part-time as assistant clerk, then taking on the full-time clerk position in December of 2011. As the clerk, Peg is responsible for keeping books, doing payroll and posting payments for BKP. She also sometimes works with insurance companies in situations when they would deny a claim.

UPPER SANDUSKY — The Riverdale Community Lions Golf Scramble was held July 20, at Lincoln Hills Golf Course in Upper Sandusky. This year 15 teams /60 golfers, playing in extreme heat conditions, split cash prizes and won individual contests.

COLUMBUS — Although the memories from 2014 weren’t far from many of the players’ thoughts, members of Carmen’s Crew didn’t view Sunday’s The Basketball Tournament regional championship game versus Red Scare as Buckeyes versus Flyers.

Rowyn Horn, 8, (above) dives into a stick of cotton candy and holds a second one for her dad during Kenton’s Kids Day at Wharton Park on Saturday.

The weather conditions were hot and humid for Saturday’s Eats on the Streets, but that didn’t discourage a large crowd from attending the annual even on the square in Kenton.