Chairs are turned into pieces of art through the hands of Harco Industries clients at the Kudo Studio in Kenton. They become Chairs of Hope to raise funds for Not By Choice Outreach, a local support group for cancer victims.

Food and fun will come together Friday evening at the third Eats on the Street food truck festival in downtown Kenton. From 5 to 10 p.m., 14 food trucks will be on hand to serve area residents.

The Jon Cross for State Representative campaign committee has announced its county campaign chairs for Hancock, Hardin and Logan counties, as the campaign expands its leadership team.

UPPER SANDUSKY —Biking between 270 and 400 miles over seven days is not a something many families do together for fun one time, let alone on an annual basis. But for one Kenton family, Betty Joyce Collins and her sons, Rick, Rodney and Ryan, the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) has become an annual event and the number of family members participating continues to grow with 14 taking part in this year’s event.

ADA — The Ada Police Department will be moving forward with its K9 program after the untimely loss of its dog Jaeger, who died June 8 after being struck by a vehicle.

Hardin County will have many sightings of bicyclists as the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure travels from host town to host town during its week long bicycle tour that started Sunday.

ADA — The area behind the Ada Municipal Building may soon be seeing some additional paved parking spots. Village Administrator Jamie Hall, at council’s meeting Tuesday night, made council aware of the desired plans of Terry Hord and John Amburgy to improve drainage and add parking spaces behind the municipal building.

Kenton City Schools received an anticipated windfall of nearly $1.3 million at its meeting Monday night. The money represents the amount of over-funding the district provided toward the $30.8 million Kenton Elementary School building project.

ALGER — Relying on action taken 17 years ago, the Alger Village Council will be doing away with its Board of Public Affairs in favor of a village administrator. Mayor Von Summa said the move, announced at Monday night’s council meeting, followed an ordinance that was adopted in 2000, but never acted upon.

McGUFFEY — At its May meeting, the Upper Scioto Valley Board of Education heard from Treasurer Stacy Gratz about looming uncertainty about how much state aid the district may lose when Ohio finally passes its budget for the next two years.