MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale High School senior Alec Porter challenged his peers to never forget the veterans who fought for the United States. Porter was the speaker at Riverdale’s 2015 Veterans Day Assembly presented by the National Honor Society on Wednesday morning. The local veterans in attendance were treated to the singing of “Thank You Soldier”...

Kenton, unable to secure a state grant to develop a recreation trail at Wharton Park, will take on the project itself at little extra cost to the city. Mayor Randy Manns told the Times that city workers can dig out the path for the trail, then use road grindings to create the surface.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 21th annual ONU Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 19 to Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.

LIMA — Multi-instru-mentalist, vocalist, songwriter and Grammy-award-winning performer Travis Tritt will perform at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2016 at 8 p.m.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Men’s and Women’s Choruses will perform their fall concert in the Snyder Recital Hall of Presser Hall on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

When Victor May joined the Kenton Elks lodge in 1909, he was given a package of gifts at his initiation, including a silk pocket flag. In the years to come, that small flag would be involved in two world wars, travel around the world and become lost at least twice before it made its way back to Kenton.

RIDGEWAY — Many railroad crossing around the village of Ridgeway are closed, but the crossing council said needs the most attention continues to be ignored by CSX. With the crossing closed on Hale Street and the crossing on Ohio 273 slated to be closed soon, the trip between Mount Victory and Ridgeway has become challenging.

ADA — Members of the Ada Village Council received an update on proposed renovations to the municipal swimming pool at a buildings and grounds committee meeting Tuesday night. Jamie Hall, assistant village administrator, outlined plans for the $1,450,000 project.

About 130 veterans and their guests gathered Tuesday evening at the Hardin County Council on Aging for a meal to celebrate Veterans Day.

ADA — As a result of a past water main break, Parkview Trailer Court on East Lincoln Avenue in Ada will be required to install a backflow preventer box. Ada Village Administrator Jim Meyer informed council at a utilities committee meeting Tuesday evening that, following a water main break in the area, a resident of the trailer court contacted the Environmental Protection Agency.