Area residents are invited to enjoy a free Thanksgiving Day meal at the Hardin County Armory. The 21st annual meal, coordinated by Helping Hands, will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday.

For almost 26 years, Brad Ealy has been ensuring the safety of all the bridges in Hardin County. Since January of 1991, the Mount Victory native has been serving as the county’s bridge inspector for the Hardin County Engineer’s Office.

With it being all but eliminated in the United States more than 60 years ago, malaria is not a disease most people here think about everyday. However, Dr. Issaka Sagara can speak first-hand of the death and destruction caused by this mosquito-transmitted disease.

Five Hardin County students received the OSU Honda Math Medal award at a breakfast ceremony on Nov. 3 at Honda of America. They are (from left) Griffin Cole from Riverdale, Meredith Marshall from Ada, Sarah Rish from Kenton, Taylor Cronley from Ridgemont, Cassie Miller from Hardin Northern and Keaton Cox from Upper Scioto Valley.

BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan senior Coreen Crosby likes to stay busy. She should stay that way next year when she joins the Youngstown State University track and field team to compete in the heptathlon.

Calvin and Patricia Waugh of Alger are celebrating their 60th anniversary. They were united in marriage on Dec. 29, 1956 at the First Baptist Church in Chariton, Iowa, by Pat’s father, Rev. Victor W. Parson.

ADA — It would be difficult to not notice Andrea Adams-Miller in a room full of people and she counts on that. It is part of the message she has delivered across the United States and around the world.

Area students will begin training for jobs in the near future which may not be fully developed today. Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Superintendent Rick Smith reported to the Hardin County Economic and Community Development Committee Friday morning that within two years his school will begin offering classes in smart technology.

Holding a poster promoting this year’s Window Wonderland in downtown Kenton are (from left) Judy Cross, Judi Bradley, Charlotte Hamm, Jacqualine Fitzgerald and Sue Bailey.