The new Family Consumer Sciences educator at the Ohio State Extension Office in Hardin County is planning to use the success of the past to expand into new programs for the future. Jami Cavinee Dellifield is completing her first week in the post, replacing Kathy Oliver who retired this summer.

In the past four years, Angels for the Elderly has provided food to senior citizens who might otherwise go without meals, said Director Mary Roby. On Saturday, the organization is sponsoring its second annual fundraiser. The quarter auction and food drive is slated at the Eagles Lodge back room in Kenton starting at 1 p.m.

The Ada Bulldogs will take on Paulding High School in their 2015 homecoming game on Friday. Prior to the game, the queen and king will be announced.

Members of the Benjamin Logan homecoming court are (from left, front row) king and queen candidates Grant Ricketts, Lauren Oglesbee, Spencer Bycynski, Reilly Robson, Jack Robinson, Amber Core, Cora Eirich, Wyatt Warren, Charla Shellenberger, and Collin Losey;

Tracy Wright, of Hardin County Jobs and Family Services, places some of the 245 purple ribbons in the lawn of the courthouse Monday afternoon in recognition of the 245 cases of domestic violence reported in 2014 to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office. Sgt. Dennis Musser, of the Kenton Police Department, said another 172 cases were reported in the city last …

Ridgemont will celebrate its first homecoming dance at the new school building on Saturday. The 2015 court includes: (from left, front) junior court members Blake Crum and Alexia McGue; (second row) attendants, freshman Mara France; sophomore Amaya Cummins; junior Markieras Jackson and queen candidates Taylor Hardin, Sara McFadden and Brooke Stewart;

The Kenton and Ridgemont volleyball teams and their communities worked together to raise money for the local Not by Choice organization at their annual Volley for a Cure last week.

ADA — Vicki Mills has a love for the choral experience, and she enjoys introducing that experience to the young students in her classes. For three years now, Mills has ran Miss Vicki’s Music Studio out of her Ada home, with the first floor of the home serving as the studio.

Wesley Lowery (center) is all smiles after he activated the renovated Alger tornado siren for the first time from the town’s Social Center. Holding the phone from which the alarm was sounded is Jason VanBuskirk of 1879 Electric, Ltd.