MIKE ELWOOD Elwood enjoys working
with area land owners By CHRISTINA HOY
Times staff writer
Growing up with a farming
background, one Hardin Northern graduate knew he
wanted to stay in some aspect of agriculture.
The opportunity to farm
wasn't available, said Mike Elwood, but
his father was a parttime farmer and his grandfather a full-time farmer, so
Elwood knew agriculture was in his blood.
Elwood also knew he
wanted to stay in Hardin County, so after graduating high school he went off
earn a two-year degree from the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical
Institute branch in Wooster, then came back to the county and soon found a job
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service assoil conservation technician.
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HN asks residents for suggestions on building renovation By DAN ROBINSON
Times staff writer
DOLA - Residents of the Hardin Northern School District will have a rare opportunityto help shape the future
their school at a meetingThursday night.
Voters in the district
approved the renovation of the
12 building. The total cost the renovation is expected run $13,802,625, including locally funded junior high school gymnasium. The Ohio
School Facilities Commission paying for 73 percent of the building project.
A plan, which was made public last year, was a sketch, said Treasurer Wes Potter. Its function was to prove to the
state the renovation process could take place on the site. "It was only an exercise to show we could fit the requirementsinto the existing building,"
said Potter.
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Lima man killed in car crash By the Times staff
A Lima man was killed in one-car accident early Saturday morning west of
Kenton at the intersection of County Road 135 and Ohio 309.
The victim was identified as Mark A. Karagianis, 50. According to a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by Nathan J. Ritchie, 23, was traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on County Road 135, when he failed to negotiate a turn in the road
and then failed to stop for astop sign at Ohio 309 at 1:49 a.m.
As the 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass crossed the statehighway, it went airborne and
overturned in a field. Karagianis, a passenger in the car, was ejected and suffered fatal injuries.
Times photo/Kendrick Jesionowski
Path to the basket
Upper Scioto Valley's Kayla Mullins cutsthrough the the key and a pair of Miller City
defenders on her way to the basket during the
Rams 58-38 win on Saturday.
Rams overcome slow start to get past Miller City, remain unbeaten By KENDRICK
JESIONOWSKI
Times sports editor
McGUFFEY - After going
two weeks without a game,
the signs of rust were all over
the floor for the Upper Scioto
Valley girls basketball team
on Saturday.
Fortunately for USV, after
a slow start in which two-win
Miller City jumped out to an
eight-point first quarter lead,
the Ram defense came alive
as they were able to outscore
the visitors 30-6 over the
middle two quarters on the
way to a 58-38 win.
The Rams improve to 17-0
on the season, while Miller
City is now 2-17.
Times photo/John Blake Trapped
Hardin Northern's T.J. Ratliff (24) is surrounded by Ada's Kyle Baker (21) and Mitchell Faine
(25) during the Bulldogs' 97-45 home win overthe Polar Bears Saturday night.
Ada blows past Hardin Northern By CORT REYNOLDS
Times correspondent
ADA - For the opening four minutes, Hardin Northern looked as if it might compete Saturday night at 10th-ranked Ada, but then reality set in.
Trailing 10-7, the Bulldog
boys upped the pressure,
went on a 13-0 run and never
looked back as they blew out
the Polar Bears 97-45 in a
lopsided Hardin County rivalry
bout.
Balance was key as six Bulldogs tallied between 12 and 17 points. Zac Dysert and Kyle Baker each scored 17 points to top the victors.
"Our kids are unselfish
and play well together," said
Ada coach Chris Sautter,
whose team improved to 15-
2. (Refer to page 6 of today's Kenton Times.)
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