The Hardin County Board of Elections will be meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 in its office in the courthouse to perform a post-election audit. Following the audit, the board will hold its regular December meeting which will include hiring a director and deputy director.

MONDAY, DEC. 10 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers McGuffey council – 6 p.m., chambers Patterson council – 4:30 p.m., Forest-Jackson Public Library

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Symphony and Wind Orchestra will present a concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. The program begins as the ONU Wind Orchestra, conducted by Antoine Clark, pays homage to the ceremonial kindling of light during the holidays and the winter solstice through a beautiful and musically illuminating program titled “Season of Light.”

Santa Claus hears the wish list of Wyatt Linke, 7, at the annual Winterfest celebration Wednesday night in Dunkirk. Visitors to the event were serenaded by carolers, saw live reindeer and were offered a chili dinner.

ADA — Ohio Northern University faculty members Keith Durkin and Tristin Kilgallon, along with county court official Wade Melton, have authored a paper that examines the impact of the drug problem on Hardin County. The paper, “The perfect storm: The prevalence of co-occurring mental disorders in a sample of heroin users participating in a rural family drug court,” is scheduled for publication in the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences.

For most of his adult life, Brandon Scott has been a picture of health. A body builder, the Upper Scioto Valley alumnus had seldom had a sick day. That all changed drastically earlier this year and today, although he is considered in stable condition, Brandon, 44, has lost 100 pounds and fought back from death six times in a weekend.

Ada High School sophomore Megan Light serves Charles Luellen at the school’s annual Senior Citizens’ Luncheon on Wednesday. Seniors were treated to a meal of meatloaf, corn casserole and sweet potatoes, as well as entertainment by the students.

THURSDAY, DEC. 6 Jackson Township trustees – 6 p.m., Forest-Jackson Public Library; annual inservice meeting

Pioneers, innovators and those with long records of involvement in agriculture are the newest inductees into the Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame. Sanford and Paul McCurdy, Jan Layman, Gary and Carol Oates, and Gary Shick were celebrated for their contributions to agriculture in Hardin County during the annual banquet on Tuesday night in Kenton.

ADA — The Ada Village Council again heard from Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative’s Mike Augenstein during its regular meeting on Tuesday, stating the company’s reasoning for wanting an agreement to protect its service area near the village.