MOUNT BLANCHARD — A hat trick by Coby Miller helped lead the Riverdale Falcons to a 9-0 victory over Miller City on Saturday. Miller was joined in the goal scoring by Logan Frey and Drew Frey, who scored two goals each, and Tyler Hart and Mitchell O’Flaherty.
MOUNT BLANCHARD — Hannah Breidenbach netted the winning goal just before the midway point of the second half as the Riverdale girls soccer team defeated Continental 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. Callie Sudlow had the assist on Breidenbach’s goal which came at the 23:07 mark of the second half.
Hardin Memorial Hospital recently held a meet and greet for their associates and medical staff to welcome new neurologist, Sumaiya Salim, MD. Dr. Salim will be seeing patients in the Hardin Memorial Hospital Specialty Center the third Wednesday of every month. Her areas of expertise include epilepsy/seizures, stroke, neuropathy and electroencephalography (EEG).
On July 16th and 17th, the Hardin Northern FFA Officer Team embarked on their officer retreat to Maumee Bay State Park. Officers attending included President Lance Good, Vice President Renee Newton, Treasurer Luke Wilson, Secretary Mara Ruhlen, Reporter Brenna Flowers, Sentinel Aliya Obenour, and Student Advisor Maddie Grappy.
Kenton Rotary guests Russ and Patty Maxwell shared an overview of their business, AllMax Software, located in Kenton. AllMax has been providing computerized operations and maintenance management solutions to the water and wastewater industry for over 25 years.
What started as a bicycle ride for Austin Heil and his friends has evolved into a late summer event for the community to raise funds to battle Cystic Fibrosis. The third annual Cursive Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Charity Ride is planned for Saturday, Aug. 31 starting at Ada’s War Memorial Park.
Kenton’s Jacob Eversole runs with the football during the Wildcats “jamboree” scrimmage against Ben Logan on Friday night.
Above, Chris Kurt, Hardin County farmer and participant in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farm Network, is pictured with a delegation from Brazil of agricultural specialists with The Nature Conservancy (below).
The continuous rain this spring may have caused us to forget that insects are still active. Often these insects may be controlled if insecticides are applied at the correct time. One of these insects that is past that critical time for chemical control are bagworms as standard insecticides are no longer effective by late summer. Late instar bagworms can detect insecticide toxicants causing them to hasten pupation, but they do not die. However, they do stop feeding which leads to the perception they were killed.
Ladson Mathews showed the Ohio State Fair 2019 Grand Champion Prospect Steer which was raised by McCullough & Hoffman Farms of Hardin County.
