Kenton Police Officer Chad Fenwick (right), a member of the Hardin County Joint Special Response Team, accepts a $1,950 donation from the Kenton Rotary Club, presented by President Russell Blue (center).

ALGER — For the past 12 years on the first Saturday of the month, people from throughout the area went to the Alger Social Center for a breakfast complete with sausage gravy, baked apples and country hospitality.

ADA — Having coached multiple sports over the years, Ada athletic director Trent Temple believes those experiences have helped better prepare him to do his job to the best of his ability. Trent was hired on as the athletic director in Ada prior to the start of the 2018-19 school year.

Santa Claus talks with Zoey Williams, 4, during the fourth annual Charlie Brown Christmas celebration in Forest on Sunday. Looking on are Zoey's mom, Tamra and her sisters, Lilly and Emily.

Goshen Community Grange 578 donated dictionaries to all Kenton City Schools third grade classes in its “Word for Thirds” project. Pictured with their dictionaries are students in Mrs. Sprang’s class, along with Russ Blue (left) and Daryl Flowers from Goshen Community Grange.

Ben Logan used strong second and fourth quarters to pull away for a 58-48 victory over Kenton in a non-league girls basketball game on Saturday afternoon. The Raiders, who improved to 2-1 on the season, trailed 18-17 with five minutes left in the second quarter before closing the first half with a 9-2 run to take a six-point lead into the intermission.

Kenton controlled the game from start to finish on the way to a 90-39 victory over Waynesfield-Goshen on Saturday night. The Wildcats, who connected on 12 three-pointers for the second game in a row to start the season, jumped ahead 23-10 after one quarter and 42-26 at halftime before putting the game away with a 27-7 advantage in the third quarter.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Trailing by just one to Wynford after the first quarter, the Riverdale Falcons were outscored 17-9 in the second. Unable to make up the difference, the Falcons fell to the Royals 52-38 in Saturday’s non-conference girls basketball contest.

Kyle Camper had been on the job as deputy dog warden just over three months when he found himself in charge of the Hardin County Animal Shelter and the entire program. Warden Jamie Burchiel had resigned and Camper agreed to take his place.

LEWISTOWN — With the game tied two minutes into the second quarter, Kenton turned up the heat defensively on Indian Lake on Friday night. The result was the Wildcats created six turnovers in a 21-7 run to end the first half which gave them control of the game on the way to a 78-48 victory in season-opening high school basketball action.