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37 members attend Town and Country Creators 4-H meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The following Town and Country Creators members participated in trash pick up for the club’s community service project on April 16. From left, back, Carah Deardorff, Sarah Thomas, Mason Bloom, Brandon Feltner, Olivia Brown, Alex Haushalter. Front,  Riley Hunt, Lucy Whitmer and Jack Whitmer. 

By Carah Deardorff, News Reporter

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Hootenannies meet twins Saint and Patrick

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 17, 2016

By Riley Fleece, reporter

The Hardin County Hootenannies met at Faith Holbrook's farm. 

President Faith opened the meeting asking Riley Fleece to lead the American Pledge and Levi Beiler to say the 4-H pledge.  Secretary Elisha Lowery took roll call and read the minutes from last meeting. 

Levi Beiler did his Health and Saftey report on Don't Text and Drive.  The next Health and Saftey Report will be done by Seth Davis on May 1st.  

Money will be due for our 4-H T-shirts and Hoodies on that date as well.  $8 for T's and $20 for hoodies.  

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Meet Otis, the Icon's Dog of the Week

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 15, 2016

Otis, 8 month old male pit mix, 45 pounds

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Liberty National awards two scholarships

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 15, 2016

Liberty National Bank recently awarded two area graduates scholarships towards their college education.

Mary E. Blake is a 2016 Benjamin Logan High School graduate. Mary will be a freshman at Kent State University this fall, majoring in Spanish Literature, Culture and Translation. She is the daughter of Gary and Angela Blake of Bellefontaine.

Braden Lewis is a 2016 Bellefontaine High School graduate. Braden will be a freshman at Ohio Northern University this fall, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is the son of Lisa Ballenger of Bellefontaine.

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Hardin County Herb Society has several activities planned this year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 15, 2016

The Hardin County Herb Society kicked off the 2016 growing season with a meeting at the Amherst Greenhouse near Harrod.  

Mary and Adin Horst gave a tour of "What's New" for 2016, which was preceded by a carry in meal.

We saw the marvels of modern planting techniques as demonstrated by Adin. With a large selection of plants we made plans to return April 15 for the opening of the 2016 year at the greenhouse.

The Herb Society will be featuring peppers-capsicum as the herb of the year with many special programs throughout April - December.

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Michael Hubbell replaces Donald Traxler as chair of Hardin Democrats

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Hardin County Democrat Central and Executive Committee reorganization meeting was held at Henry’s Restaurant on April 13.

The meeting was called to order by outgoing County Chair, Don Traxler.  Traxler then announced the resignation of Daryl Flowers as member of the Central Committee.

Traxler then appointed Kathy Flowers of Goshen Township to fill the newly open position on the Central Committee. 

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