The Riverdale High School class of 1967 held its 50th class reunion at The Inn at Ohio Northern University on June 26 with 37 classmates from Mississippi, Colorado, Indiana, Arizona and Ohio in attendance. The afternoon started with greeting classmates and visiting as they arrived.

Beginning Monday, passport applications will be accepted on behalf of the U.S. Department of State at the Title Office of the Hardin County Clerk of Courts in Kenton. Clerk of Courts Carrie Haudenschield said U.S. citizens planning international travel may apply for their passports at the Title Office, 1021 W. Lima St., Suite 102, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

A group of Amish workers throw bundles of cut wheat onto a wagon which was taken to a thresher located in the field for processing Wednesday afternoon in Buck Township.

Ada High School senior Melina Woods was on the Elite VBTC 17 Black team that recently won the AAU 17 Premier Junior National Volleyball Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. Elite, based in Plain City, claimed the title from among the 104 teams in its division by defeating MVA (Michigan) 17 Black in three sets in the championship match.

Loretta Perkins and her crew of volunteer noodle makers have been working hard getting homemade noodles ready to cook for the Tree Town Festival Chicken and Noodles.

The Trophy Bassmasters went to Lake Erie for the eighth of 15 club tournaments scheduled for 2017. The results were very good as smallmouth bass finally made an appearance in many of the angler’s livewells even though conditions were a little rough for trips out on the big waters where the bronzebacks live.

Opening ceremonies for the Fourth of July celebration at the Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton began at noon Tuesday with the singing of the national anthem by Linda Kiser (back, left).

MARSEILLES — A Wyandot County house was a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon, according to a Wyandot County Sheriff’s report. Jenny M. Bosch was not home when her residence on Township Highway 103 was found engulfed in flames.

The lodge sponsored a picnic at Boy Scout Lake on June 26 for the clients of the organization’s “Bridges” program and their families

DUNKIRK — Caring for a special needs child of her own, Beth Bell is looking to provide a different kind of service to the special needs community. Bell is the owner of Not an Ordinary Place at 240 S. Walnut St. in Dunkirk, a location that serves as an adult day habilitation for those with special needs.