The Boots and Buckles 4-H club donated two new wheelbarrows and a manure fork for the show arena at the Hardin County Fairgrounds.

The Benjamin Logan varsity cheerleading team won the Mad River Division at the ninth annual Central Buckeye Conference competition at Bellefontaine on Saturday.

Alex McCullough (center), highway technician for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 1, assists ODOT District 1 mechanics Kevin Wildermuth (left) and Jeff Watt during the annual inspection of the truck fleet

Hardin Northern senior Shelby Alloway (center) signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her volleyball career and education at Division II California University of Pennsylvania.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The staff and students of Riverdale know how to make their veterans feel appreciated. At an assembly for veterans in front of the middle and high school students on Friday morning, the band played a melody of patriotic songs. The high school choir serenaded the veterans with “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

When Don Bailey was graduating from Kenton High School in 1950, the Korean War was at its height. He discussed with his friend, John Ralston, the choices they were facing and what their best options would be. The lifelong friends agreed to join the Air Force instead of waiting to be drafted into the Army.

Kevin Miller of Oakridge Realty and Auction Co. cuts the ribbon to officially open the company’s new Kenton office at 825 E. Columbus St.

With the help of 15 volunteer rainfall reporters, the Hardin County Extension office has collected unofficial township rainfall data for the past 25 consecutive years. The 2017 growing season began with a wet April as rainfall started to accumulate after farmers began planting corn.

The Hardin County Homemakers will be holding their annual Christmas program on Dec. 5. It will be held at Kenton First Methodist Church, with the ladies of the church furnishing the lunch. Lunch will be chicken casserole, green bean almondine, cranberry slice, Jell-O, roll and drinks.

ADA — As a young man, Roger Guyton didn’t realize he was watching history, but the Alger native was standing on the deck of the Newport News when Russian freighter ships turned away from Cuba. As a junior at Upper Scioto Valley High School, Guyton decided to join the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1961.