Two newly appointed members of Kenton City Council were sworn into office at Monday’s council meeting. John McEntee is the new councilman for the First Ward serving southeast Kenton, while Tim Leffler will represent the Fourth Ward on the city’s southwest side.

Jessica Alger presents more than 300 books to Forest Police Chief Donnie Southward as part of the Pages of Hope program.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Michelle Courtad was selected to lead the Riverdale Board of Education for 2018. Courtad was chosen as president and board member Derek Dailey as vice president during the Riverdale Board of Education’s re-organizational meeting on Monday.

Kenton-Hardin County Soroptimist International met on Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. at Henry’s Restaurant in Kenton. President Hope Myers welcomed 18 members and guests June Boose, Cam Hemmerly, Jennifer Grant, and Danny Holbrook.

Nearing her seventh year as a deputy clerk at the Hardin County Municipal Court, Heather Sheldon regularly works with individuals of the community who are not always happy to be in the situation in which they find themselves.

Ray Davis of Kenton was inducted into the Ohio Fair Managers Hall of Fame on Sunday in Columbus. Davis has been a member of the Hardin County Agricultural Society for 37 years, where he has served as president and been active in several committees.

ADA — After struggling to click on the offensive end of the floor in losses to Bluffton and Defiance in two games since a two-week Christmas break, the Kenton girls basketball team came into Saturday’s contest against Ada with thoughts of getting things back on track.

McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley hit nine three-pointers against Benjamin Logan on Saturday night with six of them coming in the first quarter to put the visiting Raiders in an early hole they could never quite dig out of. The Rams went on to earn their fifth-straight win, taking down Ben Logan 60-51 to improve their record to 8-2 on the season.

Delphos Jefferson used its pressure to cut a 10-point Kenton advantage to two points with 1:30 left in Saturday’s boys basketball contest between the two opposing Wildcats. Kenton was finally able to beat the press and in the process get a couple baskets on layups and also get to the foul line as the host Wildcats pulled away for a 61-53 win in the non-league tilt.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — While his family and friends are shoveling snow back home in sub-zero weather, Tod Cornell is working his dream job in paradise. Gene Cornell of Kenton refers to his son as “the lighthouse keeper” of Anclote Key on the western coast of Florida.