A 16-year-old male for failure to control, court ordered: carteens, 45-day license suspension school privileges and fined $35.

This year is one of those rare occasions when Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. And so the day known for the celebration of romantic love when we give chocolates and strawberries to our valentines collides with a day when we mark our foreheads with ashes and give up chocolate to mark the beginning of a season of repentance.

Pastor Anita VanBuskirk of Kenton Full Gospel Church will be preaching in Lima at the Full Gospel Temple of Love, 713 Edsel Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. For any questions, call her at 567-674-4228.

The 2018 Conservation Tillage Club breakfast program series will conclude on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Plaza Inn Restaurant in Mouint Victory. The session will start at 7:30 a.m. with a complimentary buffet breakfast followed by the program at 8 a.m.

The third annual Hardin County Horse Banquet will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kenton Moose Lodge. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a silent auction to raise funds for a scholarship.

COLUMBUS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer a new opportunity for Ohio agricultural producers to improve water quality in the Indian Lake watershed. The watershed encompasses parts of Auglaize, Hardin and Logan Counties.

Hardin County law enforcement officials are leading an effort to honor a deputy sheriff killed in the line of duty 119 years ago. Hardin County Deputy Frank Morrison was shot and killed by Ike Bird of Mount Victory as the deputy attempted to serve a warrant for Bird’s arrest on May 6, 1899.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The hallways outside the Riverdale gymnasium were filled with items up for sale during a pair of recent basketball games last weekend. Restaurant meals, hand tools and wooden shelves all were set out on tables for the highest bidder to consider in a silent auction.

One of the largest solar arrays in Ohio, the Hardin Solar Center planned in western Hardin County, was approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board on Thursday. The 150 megawatt solar-powered generating and battery storage facility is planned on 1,115 acres in parts of Marion, Roundhead and McDonald townships.

ADA — Thursday night’s Ada Board of Education meeting was filled with Ada High School students from Kristin Salyer’s government class and Ohio Northern students of Christy Beaschler who were there to observe the workings of a board meeting.