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The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame inducted the following new honorees on Saturday, September 10 during a banquet at Upper Scioto Valley High School.

Pictured from (L to R):

Melissa Stair Gossard (HN Class 1991)

Bob Walden (HN Class of 1972)

D. Ray Baum (Forest High School)  was represented by his daughter Carolyn Baum Schweibert

Derek Kinnear (Kenton Class 1999)

Russ Miller (Kenton Class 1961)

Billy Young (Kenton Class 1923)

1972 HARDIN NORTHERN BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

Front row, L-R) Donny Paugh, Duane Heacock, Curt King; 

Back row) Tom Gossard, Dick Delong, Tom Matson, Randy Casper, Ardie Good and Bob Walden. 

By Paula Scott
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A large decorative black bench now sits in front of the Beatitudes Community Center at 210 N. Main St., as an invitation to sit and watch the world go by, to stop and chat with someone you meet or to simply pause and take a moment of needed rest.

The bench is the gift of Penny Keller-Clark, known in the community as Officer Penney of the Ada Police Department. Keller-Clark made the gift as a memorial to her husband Patrick, who passed away in 2020 at age 92. A plaque is inscribed with his name, Patrick Joseph Clark, and The Irish Blessing (May the road rise up to meet you…).