ADA — The Ada Board of Education is being asked to extend its contract with NexGen Energy for the repair of its turbine that was recently struck by lightning. Mike Lenhart, Ada’s head of maintenance and transportation, brought the board up to speed on the turbine, which was hit by lightning around the middle of June.

Work on the Letson Avenue reconstruction project in Kenton won’t begin until Sept. 12, the Monday after the Hardin County Fair. Officials from the project contractor, Shelly Company of Findlay, made the announcement during a pre-construction meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Kenton Municipal Building.

ADA — The Ada swimming pool improvement project has been pushed back a year and will not be completed this year for the 2017 pool season as first anticipated. At a buildings and grounds committee meeting following the regular council meeting Tuesday night, Administrator Jamie Hall updated council on where the project stands.

Hardin County residents are being asked to help school age children start school on the right foot by donating to the annual Stuff the Bus program. Stuff the Bus is sponsored by the United Way, Hardin Community Foundation and local churches, businesses and individual contributions.

Fun activities for kids are planned Saturday at the fifth annual Kenton Kids Day at Wharton Park. The free event will run from noon to 3 p.m. The park is located off South Leighton Street in Kenton.

McGUFFEY — The administration of the Upper Scioto Valley School District said Monday there is room for improvement on their latest state testing results. The annual assessments have not yet been released to the public, but were shared recently with the districts. High school principal Craig Hurley told the board of education the results were not good.

The Kenton Board of Education on Monday night approved a three-year contract with the district’s non-certified staff represented by the Ohio Association of Public School Employees. Identical to the teachers, the non-certified employees will receive a three percent raise the next two years, and a two percent increase in the final year.

Kenton City Schools completed the 2016 fiscal year with a cash balance of nearly $1.5 million. A report by Treasurer Tracy Hiller shows revenue totaled $21,105,763 with expenses of $19,619,390, leaving the cash total of $1,486,373.

The Kenton Board of Education is close to finalizing the contract for the sale of the former Hardin Central property on East Columbus Street. Finance Chairman David Haushalter said the contract with the Equity Investment Group of Fort Wayne, Ind., is almost in place.

ALGER — A lack of communications has stalled Alger’s plans to address its nuisance concerns this summer. Council members were assigned specific streets and sections of the village to review for junk cars, high weeds and solid waste issues in the spring.