McGUFFEY — School has been out of session for several weeks at Upper Scioto Valley, but 30 high school students have spent the past week in classes. Students entering the eighth through twelfth grades at USV returned to school after being encouraged to participate in the school’s first Innovation Camp.

The Hardin County YMCA has made a real splash with the community this month, thanks to its discounted summer swim lessons. With the help of a $1,000 grant from the Hardin County Community Foundation, the YMCA is offering summer swimming lessons through June and July for just $12.

Members of The Cadets drum and bugle corps practice at Ohio Northern University’s Dial-Roberson Stadium Wednesday evening in preparation for their summer series. The Cadets consists of 150 members between the ages of 16 and 22 will travel 14,000 miles this summer to entertain their fans.

nternational Paper is nearing completion on the 250,000 square foot expansion at its Kenton manufacturing facility. As final construction continues and new equipment installation begins, International Paper officials credit community organizations for being advocates behind growth for the company and 125 jobs that will be created in the Kenton community.

Jacob Diller (right) shows the imaginary alphabet letter card he chose to the audience during Jeff Wawrzaszek’s magic show at the Hardin Northern Public Library in Dunkirk on Tuesday.

Saulisberry Park Manager Todd Manns releases some of the 300 fish which were put in France Lake on Tuesday afternoon.

For Alicia Kleinfelter and Mary Ramge, one of the biggest challenges of retiring from the middle school will be to figure out who they are away from school.

The Family Fun Day is an annual fundraiser for the Children’s Tumor Foundation and is sponsored by the family of Bryce Gossard, who a victim of neurofibromatosis.

COLUMBUS — Kyle Evans, Josh Hunter, Joe Lauck and Chad Pever got the first day of the Division III state track and field meet off to a good start for Riverdale on Friday. The Falcon 3,200-meter relay quartet raced to a third-place finish in a time of 8:02.35.

Teaching had become a way of life for Kenton Elementary School teachers Annette Ansley and Jodine Scott, who now find themselves as part of the first group of retiring teachers from the new elementary building. Ansley is retiring as a second grade teacher after 35 years in education, seven in Findlay and 28 in Kenton, nearly all of them at Hardin Central Elementary.