A new program helps Kenton Elementary School students in need of additional academic support get the help they need. Club ROAR is designed to “enhance academics” and “target youth development,” said coordinator Andrea Schneider.

The Hardin County Board of Elections will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 15 (Election Day) at 6 a.m. There will be no regular meeting on Thursday, March 10.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Ridgemont Board of Education met in special meeting Monday night to consider personnel issues. The board first acted to hire Christine Payne and Matthew VanScoy as non-certified substitutes for bus driver positions.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers Jackson Township trustees – 7:30 p.m., township hall Ridgemont Public Library Board – 7 p.m., Mount Victory branch     SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board) – 7:30 p.m., fair office, fairgrounds Taylor Creek Township trustees – 8 a.m., township hall     MONDAY, MARCH 7 Dunkirk …

The Hardin County Engineers Office has announced it will be closing the intersection where Ohio 195 turns into County Road 65 for three to five days beginning on March 7 for surface work.

Jeffrey S. McCloud, 915 Cooper St., reported that sometime after 8 p.m. on Friday, an unknown person cut four tires on his truck which was parked in his driveway. The unknown person also entered the unlocked truck and took an undetermined amount of loose change.

For 30 years, Daryl Flowers’ days were filled with his construction job, which took him away from home as much as a week at a time. But since his retirement in 2010, Flowers has devoted endless hours to local organization, has served in an elected office and continues with his favorite job of all – watching his grandkids.

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office has received a report of a young black man in his 20s approaching individuals stating that he is representing the Upward Sports Program and is soliciting donations by selling candy. Purportedly, proceeds from the candy sales are to be used for the purchase of uniforms and to pay tournament expenses.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers

Evelyn Adams was not the most popular girl in her class when she graduated from Kenton High School in 1978, but when her classmates learned she needed help, they came to her aide. Evelyn is homeless and living in Tampa, Florida, in a tent pitched in a woods.