When guests order lunch at Table One in Kenton on Saturday, their waiter may have a badge.

The village of Alger was alive with activity this week.

Tammy Ludwig serves up lunches to area children at Wharton Park on Wednesday.

The Beech Grove Schoolhouse, located just east of the Hardin County Fairgrounds on Letson Avenue, Kenton, underwent a facelift this week.

THURSDAY, JULY 11 Ohio Hi-Point Board of Education – 6 p.m. in room 102A at Hi-Point in Bellefontaine; special meeting to discuss renovation construction plans and financing Mount Victory council – 7 p.m., chambers; preceded at 6 p.m. by a meeting of the Tree Committee Forest council – 7 p.m., chambers

Kenton police Officers were dispatched to the Walmart pharmacy in reference to forged prescription slips. The incident is under investigation by the KPD. An officer was requested at the Kenton pool for reported criminal damaging of an iPhone.

There’s still more than a month remaining in the 2019 outdoor swimming season, but the Kenton Parks and Recreation Board is beginning to shift its focus to next year. That’s because the Kenton swimming pool will be the host site for the 2020 Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Swim Champs, announced Emma Boutwell, parks and recreation director, during the board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

On the top floor of the Ada Municipal Building, Village Administrator Jamie Hall stands near the future elevator shaft that will house a lift to carry passengers, making the building, for the first time in its history, handicap accessible.

A crew of workers removes the rubble left after a burned out house was razed Tuesday in Alger. The house, located on Angle Street, has been an eyesore in the village for more than three years.

RIDGEWAY — Ridgeway officials discussed additional funding for the village with Hardin County Commissioner Tim Striker at Tuesday's monthly meeting. Striker was asked by Mayor Kevin Howland about the casino revenue and the possibility the county would share some of those funds with the county's villages. Howland said he was hoping the county's additional revenue from the Hog Creek Wind Farm would "loosen up the county's purse strings" and allow the commissioners to send on some of the casino funds to cover the cost of local needs.