The Kenton Board of Education approved the purchase of interior turf for the district’s new athletic building at its meeting Tuesday night. Maumee Bay Turf of Oregon, Ohio, was selected to supply the turf at a cost of $124,000.

ADA — The Ada Village Council heard about proposed plans for a $600,000 renovation project for village’s municipal building and police station on Tuesday night. During the council’s regular meeting, Tony Hovest, project manager for Techicon Design Group of Ottawa, went over the proposed design of the building, which will reconfigure the offices of the police station and put an ADA accessible elevator and restrooms in the building.

Kenton’s downtown capital improvement project will be getting a $500,000 state grant. Aaron Domini, project manager with OHM Advisors of Columbus, informed Kenton officials of the award.

Kenton Mayor Randy Manns requested $45,000 in new appropriations to demolish up to six nuisance properties in the city. However, City Council’s Finance Committee, during its meeting Tuesday evening, voted to recommend appropriating $15,000 for nuisance abatements.

Kenton City Schools welcomed two more teachers for the 2018-2019 school year at the school board meeting Tuesday night. Samantha Gomez was hired as fifth grade teacher at Kenton Elementary School.

Kenton High School senior Chase Fleece arrived at Buckeye Boys State last weekend confident. He announced right away he was a candidate for governor.

ALGER — After several months of contemplating the concrete bases of the town’s water tower, Alger officials are divided on the completed results. It was reported at Monday’s meeting that Pittsburgh Tank, which was awarded the contract to make $73,350 improvements to the tower, had subcontracted the work on the bases to another company.

From a young age, Branden Shape knew he wanted to set roots in Kenton and do something to help the community thrive. Branden has been busy doing just that through serving as manager at Ace Hardware for 10 years, helping take care of 16 rental properties in town and organizing and running the Kenton Adult Softball League.

A large crowd played on a slight breeze Saturday afternoon with kites, bubbles and parachutes at the second annual Go Fly A Kite Day at the YMCA Corner Kick Soccer Complex south of Kenton. At its peak, the skies over the field were teaming with large kites in the shape of a scuba diver with a shark in close pursuit, a menacing octopus and stunt kites souring in formations.

Seventy-five years ago during a World War II battle in the jungle of the Solomon Islands, nine Hardin County soldiers lost their lives. Marie Sprang, whose uncle LeRoy Bernard was killed, remembers his family reflecting on the Battle of Munda and Hardin County’s casualties.