REYNOLDSBURG - Ohio First Lady Karen W. Kasich and Ohio Agriculture Director David T. Daniels today announced they are accepting nominations for the 2013 Ohio Agriculture Women of the Year Awards. The award program is administered through the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Office of the First Lady.
ADA - On Friday, May 17, employees of Liberty National Bank will be providing hotdogs and snacks at the Liberty National Bank, Ada Office, at 118 S. Main St. Lunch is free, but they will be accepting donations to Hardin County Relay for Life. Join Liberty National Bank on May 17 in raising money to help find a cure for cancer! Tuesday, May 14, 2013
BLUFFTON - Richland Manor, a Trilogy Health Services community, has been named one of the 2013 Best Employers in Ohio. The annual list of the Best Employers in Ohio was created by the Ohio SHRM State Council and Best Companies Group.
ADA - Figures released by Ohio Gov. John Kasich's office show the Hardin County area could see nearly $300,000 returned to the county if his proposed revamping of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation program is approved. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ADA - On Wednesday, May 8, the Ada FFA held an event called "Small Animals Day". The yearly event is to educate K-3 students about animal care, welfare, practices, foods, and safety. A small petting zoo with all kinds of student projects, as well as tractors was set up as part of the day. Monday, May 13, 2013
While I was inside your tummy, I listened to your heart beating every day. The sound of it was my bedtime lullaby. I kept warm because of your body and your blood brought me oxygen. The nutrients from the foods you ate kept me healthy and helped me grow. As you gently patted your swollen tummy, knowing it would never look the same again, it reassured me that you knew I was in there. When I was born, this big bright world was different and frightening, but wrapped tightly in your arms I feel safe and secure. I know sometimes it seems like diaper changing will never end and that you can't even remember what it felt like to get eight hours of sleep, but please know that I will only be little for a little while. What you do for me each day keeps me safe and happy. I am so thankful you are my mommy. - from your baby Sunday, May 12, 2013
ADA - First grade student, Jackson Brown, creator of the 2013 "Support Local, Support Ada!" calendar, recently presented a check for $250 to Beth Gray and Tom Gossel, leaders of the Ada Food Pantry. Brown produced the calendar with the goal of earning some extra money for himself while donating 25 percent of his profits to the food pantry. Friday, May 10, 2013
ADA - Chances are good that you drive past at least one empty building or abandoned lot in Ada everyday. But how often do you stop to think about the history of that space or what can be done with it in the future? For one group of ONU senior design students, the empty building and lots in town have taken on a new life in the form of a unique public art project they will be displaying this week.
HARDIN COUNTY - The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance will host a Buy Local First Hardin County Spring Scavenger Hunt from May 25 to June 3. The Alliance is currently seeking 30 businesses to partner with.
One way we strive to keep work sites safe and protected is by placing barricades around sites. There may be bright orange barrels surrounding or covering a site. Tripod barricades are also used, often around sidewalks being repaired. Yellow security tape may be also strung across work sites, as a visible reminder for you to steer clear of that area. Wednesday, May 8, 2013
ADA - The results are still unofficial but according to the Hardin County Board of Elections website, the .75 percent income tax levy put before Ada voters has passed with a difference of just over 100 votes. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
COLUMBUS - State Representative Robert Sprague (R-Findlay) presented commendations on behalf of the Ohio House of Representatives to Michael Needler Sr. and Anderson Robertson Marketing for winning national-level awards that were previously presented to them at the National Grocers Association Trade Show in Las Vegas.
ADA - One hundred percent of Ohio Northern University's December law graduates passed Ohio's February 2013 bar examination on their first attempt, and 82 percent of all ONU law graduates passed. ONU's Pettit College of Law ranks second among Ohio law schools in overall passage rate and first in the passage rate of first-time takers. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
LIMA - Local adult volunteers received recognition from Girl Scouts of Western Ohio during a ceremony held on April, 22. This event is held annually to celebrate the commitment, enthusiasm and talents of trained volunteers who provide the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls and build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
ADA - Look out your window on the morning of May 8, and you may see more students walking or biking to school than usual.
The Ada Safe Routes to School Team is sponsoring a Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 8, in cooperation with the national initiative to get more K-6 students walking and biking to school. Students who participate in the event by biking or walking to school that morning will get a raffle ticket from a Ada SRTS team member on their way to school. Winners will be drawn at the start of school Wednesday morning. Tuesday, May 7, 2013
LIMA - Students in the Floral Design/Interiors program have be preparing for the big plant sale which starts tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. A large selection of hanging baskets, annuals, perennials and bedding plants. For more information, please call the Floral Shop at 419-998-2934.
FOSTORIA - Ag Credit, Agricultural Credit Association, stockholders elected four farmers to three-year terms on the organization's board of directors effective May 1, 2013: Charles Bostdorff, Bowling Green; Jerry Layman, Kenton; Deborah Johlin-Bach, Elmore; and Lauren Kamm, New London. Their terms end April 30, 2016. All four were incumbent members of the board. Monday, May 6, 2013
ADA - Ohio Northern University presented Dankook Awards to Jennifer Krauss, a senior mathematics major from Pickerington, Ohio, and Sean McKee, a sixth-year pharmacy major from Salem, Ohio, at ONU's Honors Day on April 27.
