A large part of George and Barb Wyndham’s holiday season is usually spent at Lake of Lights at Kenton’s Saulisberry Park, but it’s not just to look at the displays. For the past eight years, the Wyndhams have served as committee members for Lake of Lights, helping to plan, set up and run the show each holiday season.

Using a steady dose of the three-ball, the Kenton Lady Wildcats converted on three of them in the first quarter and trailed Bluffton by just a point. But in the second quarter of Saturday’s non-league girls basketball contest, Kenton went cold, hitting just two shots and getting outscored 16-4.

ALGER — When Bob Downing was named the driver of the year at his job at Garner Trucking in Findlay, he was presented with several gifts. He got a coat and a bonus in his paycheck for having the best safety record and keeping his books updated, but it was the grand prize that he and his son, Robert, will remember for the rest of their lives.

Susan White, Head of Youth Services at the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library, stands with several donations of winter wear collected at the library to be donated to Helping Hands for Christmas and beyond.

The Christmas lighting display at the Hardin County courthouse has become an icon for the county during the holidays. The late John Jester designed the display which turns the corner of the courthouse into a curtain of 8,000 white lights, said Courthouse Maintenance Director Richard Lawson.

Members of the McGuffey Freewill Baptist Church recently went Christmas caroling, visiting Vancrest nursing facility in Ada and giving blankets to each of the residents.

RAWSON — If there’s one person that the Riverdale girls basketball team has relied on this season, it’s senior forward Bry Vanden Bosch. In the midst of another slow start, a start in which the Falcons were trailing by 11 points early in the first quarter, the Falcons closed the half on a 14-point run, a run in which Vanden Bosch scored 11 of the Falcons’ 19 points the rest of the half.

RIDGEWAY — Ridgemont took an early lead and cruised from there on the way to a 64-39 victory over Upper Scioto Valley in a Northwest Central Conference girls basketball game on Thursday. The Gophers, who led 16-3 after eight minutes and 30-12 at halftime, stretched their lead to 48-24 going into the fourth quarter.

Santa reads to children to conclude the Cookies With Santa event on Dec. 15 at the Hardin County Family YMCA. About 80 people attended the program that was free for anyone in the community.

McGUFFEY — The McGuffey community is a treasure chest of history. Once the "Onion King" of the world and the scene of labor confrontation, it is also the home of countless transplanted families from Kentucky.