Members of the Kenton Middle School robotics teams, Owen Styer, Garrett Thomas and Julius Tapia make adjustments to their robot between qualifying heats at the Ohio Northern University’s Polar Bear Classic VEX Robotics Competition on Friday.

After starting schools around the world, Heath McDowell said he has been sent to Hardin County to establish a Christian school. McDowell said he has the background and the desire.

Workers from KAPP Construction place the roof on one of the new buildings at the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative site on the west side of Kenton on Ohio 309. The mild weather has been an advantage to the construction work, one of the workers said Wednesday.

A pair of bald eagles were feeding in a cornfield off of County Road 175, south of the Veterans Memorial Park Golf Course east of Kenton late Wednesday afternoon. Sightings of bald eagles in the Hardin County area have increased in recent years.

Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Barrett (left) and Andrew Tudor, president of the Hardin County Bar Association, present two framed photographs of the Hardin County Courthouse to Commissioners Randy Rogers and Brice Beaman.

ADA — For more than 23 minutes of Monday’s nonconference girls basketball game, Lima Perry outscored Ada 35-31. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, they went on two runs that combined for a 23-0 advantage over 8:30 on the way to a 54-35 victory.

Last Thursday was the final day for Eloise Cramer to work at the only job she has known since graduating from high school. After 35 years in the municipal court system, Cramer retired from a job she said was never boring and now she is looking forward to spending more time with her three grandchildren.

McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley seemed to be in control Wednesday night in a match-up of one-loss girls basketball teams. The Rams led by 11 points with two minutes to play in the game, but Ben Logan scored the next nine points and had the ball back with 13 seconds to play.

When Lisa Newman’s family needs help, she does whatever is needed for them. Her grandchildren needed a home and she took them in and has raised them as if they were her own. A foster child in need of a place to stay had to look no farther than Newman’s home at Kenton Village Apartments for a new family.