MOUNT BLANCHARD — Heading into his freshman year of college, Riverdale High School graduate Jack Kelly hadn’t heard of the sport of ultimate frisbee. Six years later, before the start of the 2017 season, sitting in the O’Hare International Airport waiting to board a flight to San Antonio, Kelly noticed an email on his phone from the coach of the Madison Radicals, a professional ultimate frisbee team that competes in the Midwest Division of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL).

Through her role as adult programming coordinator at the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library in Kenton, Kristin Wallace learns something new every day from patrons. Born and raised in Kenton, Kristin recognizes some of the people who come in to the library or participate in the programs she puts on. But there are still new faces she sees each day.

ADA — When Ohio Northern University began looking for an artist to create a sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they turned to a friend of the university. Ten years ago, Tad McKillop developed a statue of ONU Founder Dr. Henry Solomon Lehr which is found on the campus.

The Father Daughter Dance continues to be among the most popular events at the Hardin County Family YMCA. Close to 500 fathers and daughters filled the Kenton facility during separate events on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Russell Blue, Kenton Rotary president-elect for the 2018-2019 Rotary year, recently attended a two-day training session in Columbus. Attendees received training in many different sessions learning and reinforcing the meaning of being a Rotarian.

ADA — When Dr. Bernard LaFayette takes part in the dedication of a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Tuesday, he will not only rely on his memories of the struggles of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, but recall the struggle’s leader whom he called his friend. The life-size statue is being placed on the campus in Ada in recognition of Dr. King’s address to ONU students and faculty in one of his last college speeches 50 years ago.

Upper Scioto Valley’s Jayvin Castle slides home as Ada catcher Colton Shafer awaits the throw home on Friday. The game between the county rivals was suspended due to darkness after six innings with Ada leading 20-15. Times photo/Kendrick Jesionowski

Ben Logan girls basketball standout Nikki Current (second from left) recently signed a letter of intent to continue her education and play basketball at Urbana University.

On a cold brisk windy afternoon on April 6, ten Hardin Northern Garden Club members gathered in the large warm cozy barn of Jenny Good on Ohio 701. Jenny’s mother, Mary Burgbacher, is a garden club member and invited members to this location.

The Ada Kiwanis Club held its weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 10 in the Dean’s Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada, President Jack Jeffery called the meeting to order at noon.