Hardin Northern Board of Education – 7 p.m., computer lab

A three-ton piece of history was purchased recently by a Hardin County native. The safe in the Erie Street Market in Toledo had made its home at the market for a century, but when the City of Toledo purchased the property, the safe and building were sold to the highest bidder. The purchaser was Charles Prater.

Kenton City Schools will be seeking several new staff members next school year after the school board accepted five retirement resignations at its meeting Monday night.

The former Northwood Elementary School will become an extension of Kenton High School as Ohio Hi-Point Career Center plans to create three satellite programs for high school students at the building.

The Kenton Board of Education is continuing to look into building a new bus garage. Board member and finance chairman Tom Brim reported at Monday’s school board meeting that the board has been receiving “rough numbers” on the cost to construct a bus garage next to the elementary building.

ALGER — The Alger Community Fire Association will be making smoke detectors available to houses within the village, the Alger council learned Monday evening.

ADA — The Ada Police Department held an awards supper Thursday for the department and honored the following officers for their work during the past year.

FOREST — Through her photography business, Cheap $hots, Kim Camper’s goal is to make sure everyone has memories that will last a lifetime. Camper has had a passion for photography since her days in high school, taking pictures of mostly sporting events. At that point she never imagined she’d turn it into a career.

The budget proposed by Gov. John Kasich has State Rep. Robert Sprague concerned for rural school districts. In a visit to the Times on Friday, the Republican from Findlay said he was left “scratching my head” after studying the school funding formula in the proposed budget.

Hardin Leadership 2015 will be offering members of the Hardin County community a chance to develop themselves into productive leaders.