Kenton Mayor Randy Manns has vetoed the 2019 city budget. In a letter to members of Kenton City Council released on Friday afternoon, the mayor wrote, “I am vetoing this legislation because I believe the 2019 budget does not adequately address the need for funding in parks and recreation, mowing or nuisance abatement.”

The Kenton Times will not publish a newspaper on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 so our employees can enjoy the New Year’s Day holiday with their families. Regular publication of the Times will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.

The Hardin County Agricultural Society met Wednesday, Dec. 26, for its January board meeting and holiday dinner at the Plaza Inn Restaurant in Mt. Victory. Eighteen directors were present and 25 guests were present. Corey Ledley, president, called the meeting to order.

The Hardin County Board of Elections will have the swearing in of the new director and deputy director at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 in the Common Pleas Courtroom. The regular meeting will immediately follow in the board office.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29 Lynn Township trustees – 9 a.m. at home of the fiscal officer (13458 TR115); year-end meeting followed by reorganizational meeting. Appropriations for 2019 will be presented to the trustees for review and approval.

I almost experienced my own version of the Christmas story in 2012. My seminary required that all students take a trip to experience Christianity in a different culture.

The 2019 Conservation Tillage Club breakfast program series will begin on Tuesday, January 8 at the Plaza Inn Restaurant in Mt. Victory. Each session will start at 7:30 a.m. with a complimentary buffet breakfast followed by the program at 8 a.m. Other sessions will be held on January 22, February 5 and 19.

Kenton Mayor Randy Manns (front, left) and City Council President Joel Althauser discuss the 2019 city budget at Thursday night’s council meeting. At rear is Jason Miller, city prosecutor.

The fate of Kenton’s $10.5 million budget for 2019 rests in the hands of Mayor Randy Manns. City Council, during its final meeting of 2018 on Thursday night, unanimously approved the spending plan.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29 Lynn Township trustees – 9 a.m. at home of the fiscal officer (13458 TR115); year-end meeting followed by reorganizational meeting. Appropriations for 2019 will be presented to the trustees for review and approval.