McGUFFEY — The Village of McGuffey will be flushing fire hydrants today and Friday.

A report was received of a burglary at 398 E. Forest Road Apt. B19 by a known suspect. An officer was dispatched to 630 S. Wayne St. in reference to trespassing.

Above, Pookee, the honeybear, hangs by its tail from the arm of trainer Javon Stacks of the Exotic Zoo as it enjoys a banana and entertains the young people at the Hardin Northern Public Library’s Summer Reading Program in Dunkirk.

Bob and Audrey Wood play the didgeridoo and rain stick to a steady beat for children attending the Forest-Jackson Public Library’s Summer Reading Program event in the pavilion at Gormley Park.

ADA — The success of the Ada pool renovation project has been the talk of the village, according to Mayor Dave Retterer. During his comments to council at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Retterer said he has heard from several residents complimenting the new-look pool and its staff.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board) – 7 p.m., fair office, fairgrounds

Extra patrol was requested on E. Pattison Avenue due to open burns. An overdose was reported at 310 E. Ohio St.

There was plenty of activity at Forest’s Gormley Park on Monday afternoon. At left, Lorne Missey of Ohio Tree Carvings sands the surface of the large eagle he and his father, Matt, crafted from a tree at the park.

No one was seriously injured when two trucks collided this morning at the intersection of Ohio 292 and County Road 180, just south of Kenton. According to a deputy at the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, a box truck operated by Bruce LeVan of Lima was traveling eastbound on CR 180 and failed to yield.

ALGER — For a while at Monday’s Alger Village Council meeting, it appeared a difference of words could delay the repair of the town’s water tower. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the village to address concerns with the concrete bases which support the tower.