Karen Moore (left), Annetta Holmes, Ronnie McLane and Kathy Oliver recently met with Ohio First Lady Fran Dewine (center) to announce $5 million has been included in the state's two-year budget to fund the Ohio Governor's Imagination Library.

Rowyn Horn, 8, (above) dives into a stick of cotton candy and holds a second one for her dad during Kenton’s Kids Day at Wharton Park on Saturday.

The weather conditions were hot and humid for Saturday’s Eats on the Streets, but that didn’t discourage a large crowd from attending the annual even on the square in Kenton.

The Kenton High School class of 1945 met at the Elks on July 13 to celebrate its 74th year since graduating from high school. There were six classmates and three guests in attendance. Jean Pich welcomed everyone and read the minutes of the last meeting. Paul Hatcher gave grace, after which Jean read a memorial for the seven members lost during the year. They were Melvin Turner, Pat Mullady, Kathryn Rummery Scott, Betty Hare Hirneise, Barbara Brown Wood, Robert Davis and Elinor Nash Barrett.

Kenton firefighters Kyle Brammell, Grant Schroeder and Chris Koelsch assist with unloading food items for the July S.O.U.P. meals. Meals will be served July 22-26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall at St. John’s Evangelical Church.

The survivor lap is welcomed by the roar of motorcycles on the first lap of the 2019 Hardin County Relay For Life at the Hardin County Courthouse on Friday evening.

Kenton Elks Lodge 157 PER Elisa Umbaugh (left) presents an Elks National Foundation Gratitude Grant check for $2,000 to Amanda Raines, Extension Educator and 4-H Youth Development coordinator.

FOREST — The Tree Town Trot was held Saturday, July 13 at 8 a.m. It was sponsored by the Hardin County Family YMCA in conjunction with the Tree Town Festival Committee. Beautiful weather accompanied the 39 participants as they completed the course through the streets of Forest and on rural roads.

What’s blooming in the Friendship Gardens? The past few weeks the Daylily Garden has had exceptionally exuberant colors of red, pink and purple.

RIDGEWAY — When Darrell Corwin moved with his new bride into the village of Ridgeway 50 years ago, he was invited to attend a meeting of the Ridgeway Fire Department. Out of curiosity, Corwin went to check out what was going on and five decades later, the assistant chief is being honored by his fellow firefighters with an open house on Sunday at 2 p.m.