ADA — The Ada Village Council was paid a visit by Georgian government officials at its meeting on Tuesday, but not those in the U.S. state. Council was visited by the chair and deputy chair of the city council of Rustavi, Georgia, a city located in the Eurasian country bordered by Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Black Sea.

Kenton City Council’s Finance Committee is recommending additional appropriations for repaving of the alley behind the municipal building. During a short meeting Tuesday afternoon, the committee agreed to ask council to adopt the plan to take $7,131 from the general fund for the project.

ALGER — With open fires common and people living in campers within the village, one council member asked Monday evening if Alger had become a campground. Councilman Don Hensley named several homes in the village which have campers in their yards and apparently people living inside, he said.

At times, Kenton firefighters must feel their job is for the ducks. At least on Saturday it was as firefighters saved a family of ducklings that were trapped in a storm drain in front for the Fillin’ Station.

The man in charge of the annual Independence Day fireworks show at the Hardin County Fairgrounds enjoys thrilling the crowd with the display. Mike Comstock, a licensed pyrotechnician, is marking his 20th year as head of the show and his 34th year of involvement in the display.

After a mostly dry month of June, parts of Hardin County received nearly five inches of precipitation in two separate rainfall events last week. And while they would have preferred the rainfall to be spread out over a longer amount of time, the needed precipitation was good for the corn and soybean crops, several area farmers noted at the Hardin County Ag Council on Friday morning.

An Ada manufacturer of plastics for a variety of industries – including automotive, electronics and food – soon will be expanding. The Hardin County Commissioners on Thursday approved an enterprise zone agreement with Associated Plastics to give the company a 75 percent tax abatement over the next 10 years as it expands its production with five new machines and 15 more employees.

UPPER SANDUSKY — Rural Upper Sandusky resident Marie Frey had an extra reason to celebrate on her 86th birthday Sunday – or rather, 86 reasons. As Frey turned 86 years old, she also welcomed her 86th great-grandchild into the world. Frey and her husband, the late Gerald R. Frey, had 15 children of their own.

When the U.S. House returns to session on Tuesday, Republicans have a big meeting on their agenda, according to Fifth District Congressman Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green. They will be meeting with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.