Volunteers Norm Smiley and Vicki Phillips perform gospel music for residents at the Kenton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on the first Thursday and third Tuesday evenings of each month.

Ohio Northern University mechanical engineering student Max Harnett demonstrates the effects of kinetic and potential energy by showing Kenton Elementary third graders (from left) Kloee Zofein, Abram Fultz and Tiffany Kalb what the force of a car going down a ramp can do to a block.

Hardin Northern student Branson Grindell not only learned about kinetic and potential energy in Joel Dye’s fifth grade science class recently, but felt it firsthand.

LIMA — After seeing an 11-point second-half lead turn into a two-point deficit with just under four minutes to play, the Kenton boys basketball season seemed to be on the brink of coming to an end. The Wildcats found the burst of energy they needed to regain command of the game in the final minutes, however, outscoring Shawnee 16-4 over the final 3:40 to pull away for a 71-61 Division II sectional victory at Lima Senior High School on Tuesday night.

HARROD — Ridgemont gave up several good inside looks to Hardin Northern in the first half in Tuesday’s Division IV sectional semifinal boys basketball contest, and led by just a point going into the half. A defensive adjustment by the Gophers on Hardin Northern’s Bradlee Watts kept the Polar Bears from getting good looks in the paint, and the Gophers were able to make an offensive push to take the 64-45 win.

ELIDA — In a year of “firsts in many years,” this one was emphatic. Parkway picked up its first tournament victory in nine years, running away from Riverdale, 70-40, in a Division III sectional semifinal game Tuesday night at Elida.

BELLEFONTAINE — Art-work from five Benjamin Logan Middle School students has been accepted into the Central Ohio Art Education Association’s Regional K-8 Art Exhibition 2017 in Columbus.

Kenton had three lifters compete at the Bradford High School powerlifting meet this past weekend and all three lifted the largest amount in their respective weight classes.

Workers from Brian Shook Electric (background) string a wire across the intersection of North Wayne and East Columbus streets Monday morning. The traffic devices had needed replaced, said Kenton Safety Service Director Jim Hites.

MOUNT VICTORY — Beccy Ramsey will be starting her 28th year at the Ridgemont Public Library – her second as director – in May. Even with 27 years on the job, Ramsey said she is still learning, and with her, the library is adapting to technology. Much of her 27 years with the Ridgemont Public Library was spent as the children’s librarian, only taking over as director last May. For the first six months of her career, Ramsey served as a fill-in at the library in Ridgeway.