The August board meeting of the Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton. Future meetings will resume on the regular schedule of the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m. at the district office.

Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers Alger council – 6 p.m., village offices

A new business is expected to be constructed this fall just south of the municipal limits of Kenton. Steve McCullough of McCullough Properties met with the members of the Kenton Enterprise Zone Committee on Thursday morning to request a tax abatement for the 25,000-square-foot building he is planning to build on U.S. 68, directly west of Letson Street, in Buck Township.

The oncology and hematology services of Farrukh Ashraf, MD, are now available at the Hardin Memorial Hospital Specialty Center in Kenton. Ashraf has five years of experience as a hematologist/oncologist and completed a residency in medical oncology at Wright State University in Dayton.

Brook Thacker is joining the team at Exclusive Hair Designs in Kenton. She will be working Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Thacker specializes in perms and hair color (including balayage highlighting), and will be offering $10 off any color service through the end of August.          

Kenton native Jeff Brindley, president and CEO of Roush Auto Group, Roush Honda and Roush Ford in the Columbus area, received the 2017 Star Award from Ohio Cancer Research. It was presented during the 26th Star Award Gala on July 20 at the Hilton Columbus at Easton.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5 Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board) – 7:30 p.m., fair office, fairgrounds

THURSDAY, AUG. 3 Hardin County Regional Planning Commission Executive Committee – 7 p.m., commissioners’ office, courthouse

TUESDAY, AUG. 1 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers

A Kenton native is returning home to work with pets and farm animals in the community. Dr. Natasha (Weaver) Dyer is the newest veterinarian to join the team at Oates Veterinary Clinic in Kenton.