Russ Blue didn’t grow up with visions of becoming a firefighter. His father fought fires before he was killed in a motorcycle accident when Blue was a child. “I just never gave it a thought,” he said.

ADA — In 1952, the Ada Kiwanis decided to raise some funds for the club by sponsoring a sausage and pancake breakfast. Those members could have hardly imagined members of the organization would still be feeding the community at the annual event 64 years later.

Kenton band director Travis Wissman was anxious about the reaction of high school band students to the new design for band uniforms. The Kenton Band Boosters and Wissman had been working with Stanbury Uniforms on the design for many weeks for the first new band uniforms in 20 years.

Kenton won its fifth straight powerlifting state title on Saturday. The Wildcats lifted 13,830 pounds as a team for the top total at the Division IV, V, VI, VII state powerlifting meet.

While the animals are what veterinarian Dr. Earnie Kearns works with on a daily basis, he takes the most pleasure in working with the people who take care of those animals. Kearns has been with Diamond M Veterinary Clinic in Kenton for nearly 17 years.

Sarah Thomas was crowned 2016 Hardin County Pork Industry Queen at the organization’s banquet Saturday night in Kenton. She also served as the 2015 queen.

Meadow Cromer (right) was crowned the 2016 Hardin County Dairy Princess at Saturday’s Dairy Banquet at the Plaza Inn Restaurant. She is a sophomore at Ridgemont High School, and is the daughter of Amanda and Nathan Cromer.

Brandon Feltner (bottom right) recently won the 2016 Youth Bowling Invitational at Hillcrest Lanes.