Area students will be given an opportunity to earn money while they learn about careers in the mental health field. Prevention Awareness Support Services (PASS) has partnered with the Family Resource Center and the Mental Health Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties are sponsoring the event, which will last five weeks. Participants will focus on mental health and social work careers. The program is available for youth entering the 9th through 12th grades and wishing to learn more about the demands in that field.

Members of the Ohio State Alumni Club of Hardin County were treated to music from the Beatles at their annual dinner on Tuesday night in Kenton. William Ballenger, director of the OSU School of Music, and assistant Pete Tender, sang and played a selection of Beatles’ songs. The “Musical Magical Mystery Tour,” Ballenger said, was inspired by a study abroad to London a year ago in which they visited various Beatles landmarks.

Tommy Dodge of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium holds a small alligator as students ask questions and feel the reptile’s skin during Family Fun Night at Kenton Elementary School on Tuesday evening. In addition to learning more about a variety of zoo creatures, the young students with their parents took part in a variety of activities at the event.

ADA — The Ada Village Council is in the midst of deciding the best course of action in how to handle the renting of the village park to a church wishing to use it for a service. Village Administrator Jamie Hall informed council at its regular meeting on Tuesday that he had been approached by Liberty Baptist Church, located just outside of Ada on County Road 20, requesting to use the Railroad Park for an outside service on Aug. 3.

Hardin County posted a 3.0 unemployment rate in April, according to information released Tuesday by the Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information. That is a lower unemployment figure than both the national and Ohio rates of 3.3 percent.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Hardin Northern Board of Education – 7 p.m., computer lab

An officer was dispatched to 356 Kuert Ave. for a report of a runaway juvenile. A stolen vehicle out of Findlay was located in a parking lot at the corner of N. Barron and Summit streets. The vehicle was taken to the city garage for inside storage.

DUNKIRK — There wasn't a seat available at Mr. Cheezy's Pizza in Dunkirk Monday night as guests feasted on free slices and soft drinks and listened to updates on state issues with State Rep. Jon Cross, R-Kenton. With Cross was a production crew making a video presentation on a day in the life of a state representative, he told those who attended the town hall meeting.

The ambulance service operated by the Kenton Fire Department will be taking a more prominent role in handling emergency calls in the city starting next month. Effective at 8 a.m. on June 1, Hardin County 9-1-1 dispatchers will be directed to assign emergency runs in Kenton on an alternating basis between the KFD squad and BKP Ambulance Service, Kenton Mayor Randy Manns confirmed to the Times on Monday night.

Kenton City Council’s Finance Committee is recommending the city move ahead with an engineering study to fix a problem at the city’s water plant. The panel, at its meeting Monday evening, voted to request that council be asked to allocate $43,850 from the water fund to hire OHM Advisors for the engineering work. It will be included in legislation to be voted on at Tuesday’s council session.