Danny L. Risner (left) puts the finishing touches on the barber’s pole at Espy Barbers as Lewis Meddles looks on. Risner, who has been a lifelong customer at Espy Barbers, said he volunteered to paint the pole out of a spirit of community pride.

Shaffer’s Auto Body and Paint has donated two colorful afghans to be raffled off to raise money for Not By Choice Outreach. The purple Survivor Afghans will be on display at the NBC office on the square in Kenton and the pink afghan can be seen at Shaffer’s offices on Harris Street in Kenton.

Davis Bowers improved a lot in his first season as a member of the Tiffin track and field team. But the 2015 Ben Logan graduate knows he can do a lot better.

UPPER SANDUSKY — The team of Mark Ruggles, Steve Ruggles, Andre Miller and Austin Miller posted a 59 to take first place in the Riverdale Community Lions Golf Scramble on Saturday at Lincoln Hills Golf Course. There were 16 teams that competed.

“Duke” Rapp was born to be a farmer. He was born on a farm in Hale Township and has spent nearly every one of his 100 summers farming including working on this year’s wheat harvest at the age of 99.

Kenton High School’s Top Twenty will be in a “glass house” for everyone to see during this season’s performances. “The Glass House” is the theme for the show choir’s competition performance, where “someone’s always watching.” “It’s kind of like ‘Big Brother,’” Director Todd Daquino said.

The last day of the Kenton youth tennis camp was Tuesday, ending eight weeks of tennis instruction for area youth.

The Kenton Area Swim Team scored 1,094 points at the Western Ohio Aquatic League championship swim meet earlier this month to place sixth overall. Kenton also won the sportsmanship award.