Winners of the fifth annual Child Abuse Prevention Month poster concert will be announced next week in Kenton. An art presentation and an awards ceremony will be held at the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office Community Room, 1025 S. Main St., Kenton, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26.

Memorial Day will be observed on May 25 this year. There will be an initial meeting on April 1 to select the General Committee for the Memorial Day Parade.

MONDAY, MARCH 23 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers

MARION — The a cappella singing group NINE will present a special Easter celebration at the Marion Palace Theatre on Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a guest vocal recital titled “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Celebration of Paul Lawrence Dunbar” in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Friday, March 20 at 8 p.m.

Tarina D. Mouser, 426 N. Main St., reported that she was recently denied a loan at her bank because of an outstanding bill.

The Hardin County Board of Elections office will be closed Wednesday, March 25 for staff to attend a district meeting.

Work continues on the construction of the new sanitary sewer plant in Ada. Construction on the $15 million facility began in November and it is expected to take two years to complete.

An Ada woman was sent to prison for two years after pleading guilty to a charge of trafficking in heroin in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Angela Nicole Cheek, 330 Grandview Ave., Ada, was also fined $5,000 by Judge Scott Barrett for the offense.