The Kenton Parks and Recreation Board hopes to get a head start on preparing the city’s swimming pool for the 2020 season. Jesse Purcell, a member of the board, made the case to City Council's Finance Committee on Monday night for an appropriation of $2,250 to get the task underway. The committee agreed to include the amount in an ordinance to be before council at its meeting on Aug. 26.

DUNKIRK — With a new map provided by the property owner, an issue surrounding the ownership of an alley on S. Buckeye Street in Dunkirk has been resolved. At Monday’s regular meeting, Dunkirk council members heard from Karen White, mother of Clayborn White, who is owner of the property in the 100 block of S. Buckeye Street.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Class of ’55, Mount Victory-Dudley School, is launching a fundraiser in memory of classmate Bill Martin (1937-2019), son of the late Henry and Mabel Martin, lifetime residents and owners of Martin’s Supermarket in Mount Victory.

As technology trainer at the area libraries, Chloe Noel has formed connections with those she helps, learning a little bit about them each time. Chloe is in her fourth year as technology trainer, which is a position originally funded by AmeriCorps for her first two years and is now funded by a grant through the state library.

ADA — Ohio Northern University will put active learning and community involvement into practice with the annual Ada Community Engagement (ACE) event from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24. The program is designed to engage incoming students with their college home and provide opportunities for ONU’s first-year students to contribute to the village and surrounding communities.

For more than a century, the stone chapel at Grove Cemetery in Kenton has been a central icon. But today it is a storage building and the price tag for repairing the aged chapel has exceeded its worth, the board of trustees has determined. As they look for ways to remove it, the board members are seeking someone who can keep the stained glass windows and concrete gargoyles away from the wrecking ball.

ADA — Patrolman Penny Clark must have been thinking about the remodeling project in the Ada Police Department when she fell asleep one night recently because she recalls suddenly waking up with an idea involving the renovated office.

ADA — Focus 3, a program that teaches discipline driven behavioral skills, is set to be a part of Ada Schools’ professional development in 2019. Robin VanBuskirk, director of teaching and learning at Ada, reported to the board at its regular meeting on Thursday that an administrative retreat was taken on Aug. 1 and 2 in Columbus.

ADA — Ada Schools’ administrators thanked Mike Lenhart, transportation and maintenance supervisor, and his crew for preparing the building for another school year.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has provided its weekly update on road projects in Hardin County. Ohio 81 and Ohio 235 within the village of Ada will be restricted to one lane at times through the work zone for installation of curb ramps and concrete sidewalks.