Kenton residents are invited to learn about the city’s downtown revitalization plan during an open house Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Hall in the Hardin County Courthouse. The program will be led by representatives from OHP, an architectural, engineering and planning firm which has been retained by the city for the downtown project.

Kenton may have to create a new contingency plan to deal with future water shutdowns due to water line breaks. Safety Service Director Jim Hites reported at Monday’s City Council session that the issue developed following the latest break on March 4. It forced water to be turned off throughout the city to allow workers to make repairs.

FOREST — The Hueston Cemetery, just west of Forest, is a quiet, attractive final resting place for many. But in recent years, the rules and regulations adopted by the Jackson Township trustees many decades ago are being ignored, resulting in safety concerns and a financial hardship to the community, said Sexton Jerry Moore.

ADA — After 31 years of teaching in the Ada School District, Tom Dearth said the Holy Spirit told him it would be his last year at the school, and that he’d be moving on to another type of teaching. In 2001, after serving for eight months as its interim pastor, Dearth took over full time at the County Line Church of the Brethren, located northwest of Ada.

MOUNT VICTORY — A professional body builder and trainer has joined with a Mount Victory manufacturer to create a piece of exercise equipment which is getting attention throughout the gym world. Matt Wenning’s belt squat machine is being built at JB Tubulars and in a short time has found its way into NFL weight rooms and has been sent to equipment rooms throughout America, Canada, Australia and Iceland.

A daycare provider in Kenton is ahead of state regulations in meeting the needs of the children in her care. Rhonda Marsh operates Our Little Sunshine Day Care at her home and cares for children age newborn to 12.

MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont Superintendent Emmy Beeson has been awarded the 2017 Betsy M. Cowles Leadership Award presented by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators at the BASA Women’s Conference on March 20 in Columbus.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Ridgemont Board of Education hired a second agriculture instructor for the district during its meeting Thursday night. Shelby Faulkner, a former state FFA president and graduate of The Ohio State University, will join the district for the 2017-2018 year as a grades 7-12 agriculture and environmental systems teacher. She has taught one year at Indian Lake.

ADA — There was recognition for Ada students all around at the district’s regular board meeting Thursday night. To recognize recent achievements by students in the district, the board approved resolutions of recognition and commendation for the following students:

MOUNT VICTORY — Hardin County Coroner Larry Kuk said the chances of parents keeping their children drug-free could be as simple as simply showing them love and telling them “don’t take drugs.” Kuk was part of a group consisting of Juvenile Court Judge Steve Christopher, Sheriff Keith Everhart and Deputy Christina Henderson, who talked with parents and staff at Ridgemont on Wednesday evening. “Anytime I deal with drugs, someone is dead,” said Kuk.