MEDIA RELEASE__The 2026 annual Hardin County Pork Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 21 at the Upper Scioto Valley School District’s auditorium. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the banquet beginning at 6:00 p.m. Banquet tickets this year are $8 for adults and non-exhibitors, $4 for fair building workers, and exhibitors for free.
Reservations are not needed this year, and all tickets are paid for at the door at the banquet. Exhibitors will also receive a free sweatshirt if they sign up for one by March 2 at go.osu.edu/26porkbanquetshirts.
AKRON __The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team opened the 2026 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet with a third-place finish in the 800 free relay on Wednesday evening.
The Basics
Record: Ohio Northern (8-0 overall, 4-0 OAC).
Ohio Northern is third of five teams with 32 points.
Mount Union leads the team standings with 40 points, Wilmington is second with 34 points, Baldwin Wallace is fourth with 30 points and Heidelberg is fifth with 28 points.
The Park District Liberty Twp Hardin Co Ohio met on the above date in the park office.
The meeting was held via phone conversation with Bob Szuch and Paul Fletcher. Both board members were out of town on the February 16, 2026. Present at the park office were Jamie Hall, Ken Wolke, park manager and Mary Jane Lee, Clerk.
Beatitudes Community Center will collaborate with ONU Student Senate and Greek Life to host Where Fashion Blooms Again, a spring fashion show benefiting the center's community outreach. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23 in the ONU McIntosh Ballroom.
Dinner and musical entertainment will also be provided. Tickets are $25 and are currently available at Beatitudes, 210 N. Main St.
Dean Altstaetter, Assistant Director of Admissions at Ohio Northern University, is among the individuals and businesses to be honored at the February 26 Ada Distinguished Awards. Altstaetter will receive the Chris Burns DiBiasio Make a Difference Award. Tickets are on sale at https://square.link/u/l8WG9UOB.
