The Silver Creek Sliders 4H club was well represented at the Ohio State Fair equine skillathon as Madisynn Gossard received 7th place in the 10-year-old division. Lauren Mullins received 7th place in the 11-year-old division and Weston Haudenschield received 8th place in the 8-9 year-old division.

BELLEFONTAINE — As students from the Upper Scioto Valley, Ridgemont and Kenton districts prepare to return to classes at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center next month, their focus will be on their futures. The administration and staff will be looking to the future, also, as the work gets underway to make improvements to the buildings after the vocational school passed a levy to make those changes happen.

It was girls vs. boys when the students at the Abundant Life Real Kids Camp dived into a relay race through an obstacle course which included a dip in a murky mud pit.

Above, participants, along with current and former Kenton High School football players, the KHS coaching staff, cheerleaders and band members that took part in Friday night’s ‘Never Give Up’ football camp for people with disabilities.

Sam Norris, Director of the Mary Lou Johnson Library accepts more than 75 children’s books on Monday from 4-H members Meredith Cameron, Lucca Wingfield, Nick Bash and Grant Bash.

MOUNT VICTORY — To Beth Ramsey, the term “hero” is far too much, as she says she was just “doing the right thing” in donating one of her kidneys to her friend from church, Pam Arnold. With Pam still recovering from a hip replacement in November of 2017, the ladies of the Mount Victory United Methodist Church social group paid a visit to their friend to play some Bunko at Vancrest nursing home in Ada.

MARYSVILLE — For anyone over the age of 40, there is a good chance the soundtrack of their youth includes a heavy dose of 38 Special. And that soundtrack staple is set to perform at this year’s All Ohio Balloon Fest at the Union County Fairgrounds on Thursday, Aug. 8.

A crew from Helms and Sons Excavating digs out an area which will become a concrete path at the new sports facility at Hardin Northern. The project is part of phase two of the plans for the facility.

The Trophy Bassmasters continued their 2019 fishing season with a trip southwest to Lake Loramie near Minster. Sixteen anglers competed for 8 1⁄2 hours each searching for the five biggest bass to bring to weigh in. A total of 36 keeper bass of at least 12” that weighed 57.78lbs were weighed and released. For the fifth tournament in a row, John Clark of Findlay claimed the top position. Clark had a five bass limit at 10.58 pounds for the win. Boyd Downey of Kenton finished 2nd with 9.36 pounds in five fish. Don Kraft from Alger brought in five bass totaling 7.87 pounds to finish third.

Above, Hardin Hills Health Center residents (from left) Carol Fulks, Mary Gurney, Mary McDaniel, Kathy Dickerson and Becky Parsell enjoyed a lunch out at Cheddar’s in Findlay on July 16. Below, Phil Burkholder and Terry Vermillion wait on their lunch order at Cheddar’s in Findlay when some Hardin Hills residents went out to lunch.