MOUNT BLANCHARD — After building a 3-0 lead, Riverdale held off a late push from Pandora-Gilboa to earn the 4-3 Blanchard Valley Conference baseball win on Monday. The Falcons improve their record to 9-8 overall, 6-3 in the BVC.

BELLEFONTAINE — Springfield Northwestern plated three runs in the top of the eighth inning to pull out an 8-5 Central Buckeye Conference baseball victory over Ben Logan on Monday afternoon.

ADA — Rob Alexander views his responsibility at Ohio Northern University as being a “citizen factory.” Alexander is a professor of political science, history and geography, and he also serves as the chair of the Department of History, Political Science and Geography.

Ridgemont student Ethan Mouser (left) assists Special Deputy John Vermillion in accepting updated and unused prescription medication at Ridgemont Schools on Saturday during Medication Disposal Day.

ADA — The Ada Kiwanis Club presented its annual $500 donation to the Village of Ada for its annual tree-planting efforts at the Arbor Day celebration held on Friday at the Ada Schools. In presenting the check, Ada Kiwanis President Jack Jeffery said, “It has been our privilege to make this annual presentation for the past 38 years."

BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan senior Stevie Plikerd has been a leader on the track for the Lady Raiders the last three years, earning Central Buckeye Conference athlete of the year honors as a junior and qualifying for the Division II state meet in the long jump as a sophomore.

Four Kenton senior football players signed letters committing to play football at the collegiate level next fall. They are (front, from left) Alex Stephens (Trine University), Luke Baird (Ohio Northern University), Mahlik Diol (Otterbein) and Clint Kitchen (Capital).

The Ada Kiwanis held their weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 24 at the Eastgate Kewpee in Lima. President Jack Jeffery called the meeting to order at noon.

Few of her classmates in school would have picked Brooke Sousa to become a competitor in a strong woman contest. “I was a fat kid growing up,” she recalled. But as a young mother, Sousa set her sights on a goal and today is ranked as the third strongest woman in the U.S.A. and is fifth in the world.

The Village of Ada Tree Commission accepted the Tree City USA award for the 37th year in a ceremony hosted by the city of Upper Sandusky and its tree commission on April 18.