MOUNT BLANCHARD — For the past month, Riverdale engineering and physics students have been working on a Christmas light and music display for downtown Forest. The public will get to see the fruits of the students’ labors when the display is unveiled Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in the lot at the intersection of Lima and Gormley streets as part of the village’s Charlie Brown Christmas, which will run from 3 to 6 p.m.

Students at Kenton Elementary are learning to become leaders this year and the leaders of those leaders were rewarded Friday. The school has established The Leader In Me program for students in preschool through sixth grade.

Starting two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior and having only three players on his roster with any significant varsity experience, Kenton boys basketball coach Matt McCullough was uncertain about what to expect from his young team heading into Friday’s season-opener against Indian Lake.

Luke Stauffer and Mary Kraft look over some of the items to be offered at Sunday’s 28th Annual Auction for Hardin County ARC at Simon Kenton School, 705 N. Ida St., Kenton. The doors open at noon for browsers with bidding to start at 1 p.m. Lunch will be available. The sale benefits the Hardin County ARC. Times photo/Dan Robinson

The Kenton Elks Lodge recognized 10 area students as Teenagers of the Month for November during a luncheon on Thursday. Ada Melina Jane Woods is the daughter of Dexter and Melanie Woods of Ada and a senior at Ada High School. Melina is planning on attending Canisius College in Buffalo, New York next fall on a volleyball scholarship with plans …

McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley was four seconds away from a regulation girls basketball win on Thursday night when Riverside’s Shelby Giles nailed a three-pointer to tie the game. It took double overtime, but the host Rams finally managed to outlast the Pirates, outscoring them 7-1 in the second OT period to claim a 47-41 Northwest Central Conference win.

FOREST — The village of Forest will celebrate the third annual Charlie Brown Christmas on Sunday, an event that has expanded from its humble beginnings. In 2014, recalled organizer Becky Taylor, the village’s Community Improvement Corporation was looking for ways to promote its downtown businesses for the Christmas holidays.

New Leaf Garden Center in Kenton (927 E Columbus Street), again will be featured on the Candy Cane Tour of Homes on Sunday, Dec. 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. There is no place like home for the holidays, and New Leaf Garden Center will be filled with beautiful items to decorate your home.

When his deputies approached Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart about growing facial hair during No-Shave November, he balked at the idea. But his wife, Tammy, suggested he not dismiss it quickly.

The 2018 Hardin County dog tags will go on sale beginning Friday at locations throughout the county. Every dog three months or older must have a dog license, said Dog Warden Jamie Burchiel.