Volunteers from Helping Hands Outreach handed out 30 turkeys and 10 hams which will be prepared for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. John’s Evangelical Church in Kenton.

Participants in Mary Lou’s Garden at the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library in Kenton gathered to celebrate a successful initial year. They included (from left, front) Head of Youth Services Susan White, Mandy Deshazo, Alexander Deshazo, Autumn Kinzer

Logan Albert rolled his second 300 game at Hillcrest Lanes recently while bowling in the Wednesday Night Independent league.

The end of 2017 will mark a full 30 years for Mike Ault as a Cessna Township trustee, after which time he’ll be stepping aside to allow someone else the same opportunity he once had to learn about local government. Mike is a fourth-generation Cessna Township trustee, following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather George, grandfather Frank and father Virden.

Tanner Schinness, 5, assists his grandmother, Becky Black, in packing items in a box for the Blue Star Mothers to send to service men and women stationed overseas during the holidays.

The home of Melissa and Heath Blevins, 301 N. Main Street in Kenton will be among the locations featured in the Candy Cane Tour of Homes on Dec. 3 from 1 to 6 p.m., sponsored by Keep Hardin County Beautiful. In 1840, Edward Smith used this lot to open a tannery.

McGUFFEY — As young Bradon Zapp looked around his classroom and waited in line at the cafeteria, the Upper Scioto Valley fourth-grader noticed there were students his age who didn’t have all the things in life he had. Maybe they didn’t have money for their lunches or their clothes were showing wear.

According to the calendar, Arbor Day was for April 28 this year, but the Kenton Tree Commission celebrated it Friday by planting two burr oak trees at the Water Works Park.

FOREST — A new program is hoping to reduce the stress young people feel when they find themselves interacting with law enforcement. Jessica Alger presented the Pages of Hope program this week to members of the Forest CIC.

MOUNT VICTORY — Dillon Beiler has been involved in Scouting since he was in the first grade and when it came time for the Ridgemont senior to select a project for his Eagle Scout award, he saw a need which would benefit a friend and his community.