Schools in Hardin County are seeing more racially diverse students, but no diversity in their teaching staffs. That was among the discussion points during the second Hardin County Talks program, held Tuesday night at Kenton High School.

The Hardin County Community Foundation has named a new president and acquired a future office. Matthew Jennings was elected as organization president at the Foundation’s annual meeting on Tuesday afternoon in Kenton.

Director Sandra Moore of the Helen Mabrey Shoe Fund receives a grant of $1,500 from Mid-Ohio Energy presented by Director Mike Augenstein in front of Kenton’s Shoe Sensation.

Winners of the annual Kenton Elks Lodge 157 annual soccer shoot held on Sunday were (from left, front row) Abby Schlegel (2nd-U8 Girls), Ellie Minter (1st – U10 Girls), Lucas Bayes (1st-U8 Boys), Owen Haudenschield (1st- U10 Boys), Avery Haudenschield (1st – U8 Girls), Gatlin Davis (2nd- U10 Boys);

The Trophy Bassmasters held their first club tournament of the of the fishing season on Indian Lake recently. After a few pleasant days the weather turned nasty again just in time for the event.

The Hardin Memorial Hospital Guild’s May Day Brunch will be held on Monday, May 7 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Mid-Ohio Energy Community Room in Kenton.

ADA — Through her many roles as the administrative assistant in Ada, Angela Polachek has gotten the opportunity to meet individuals not only from Ada and Hardin County, but from throughout Ohio. The role of administrative assistant carries with it several responsibilities in different areas, like working in the departments of personnel, safety and project management.

With Earth Day on Sunday kicking off Earth Week, students at Kenton Elementary School on Monday learned about the lifecycle of trees and cartons, and were given their own trees to plant at home. The program from Graphic Packaging International called TICCIT (pronounced “ticket”) – Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees – had employees of GPI of Kenton teaching students about the benefits of recycling, how paper is made and why trees are important to the Earth’s lifecycle.

Angie Ford, of the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District and Gottfried Nature Center in Upper Sandusky, uses a stream table to demonstrate erosion and watersheds during Earth Day activities at the Forest-Jackson Public Library on Monday.

ALGER — The fifth annual USV Alger EMS Spring Seminar was held on Saturday, April 21 at its station. Many area EMS providers attended the event, which was sponsored by a grant from the Hardin County Community Foundation.