At the age of 5, Jonathan Lewis remembers going to work with his dad, Jerry, owner of several McDonald’s restaurants in the Lima area. It was a path Jonathan knew he was destined to follow. “I always found myself going to work with dad and following in his footsteps,” he said.

The students at Kenton High School are getting training which may pay off for them long after graduation day. Jane Ensign is the instructor of the Kenton Kommunity Konnectors program at the school, which is in its first year and was established with a state grant received by the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance.

Volunteers prepare meals for guests at the Armory in Kenton during the 20th annual Helping Hands Outreach Thanksgiving Dinner. The meals were prepared and delivered by a small army of helpers to shut-ins and firefighters, medical personnel, policemen and deputies.

NEW ORLEANS – Shalie Logan, agricultural educator at Ohio Hi-Point Career Center at Kenton High School, is a recipient of a 2015 Teachers Turn the Key professional development scholarship.

Third grader Cailyn Hopkins places a strip of duct tape on Kenton Elementary School custodian Robert Ashbrook on Tuesday morning. As a reward for selling tickets for the school’s fall fundraiser, students were invited to place strips of duct tape on either Principal Angela Butterman or Ashbrook, sticking them to the brick columns in the school’s cafeteria.

When it comes to working with young people, things are not always what they seem. An innocent tube of lipstick or a bracelet may be a front for what is really a pot pipe. A pom-pom might be covering a flask of alcohol. A soft drink can may be slipped over a container of beer.

Members of the Longbeards delivered 30 frozen turkeys to the Helping Hands Outreach Monday evening. The organization is part of the National Wild Turkey Federation and has provided the turkeys as a donation to Helping Hands.