AEP's East Utilities will be in an active severe weather pattern late today through the weekend. The combination of unstable air, a stalled front, and several upper-level disturbances moving along the front will result in the severe storms. Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon over Illinois.
These storms may develop into a complex of severe storms - or even a squall line with widespread damaging winds - as they track across Indiana & Ohio this evening into tonight. If a squall line does develop...a significant outage event will be possible,
especially for AEP Ohio.
Liberty Baptist Church, 2955 County Road 20 Ada, will hold its Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, July 16-20. The VBS theme is "Go for the Gold."
According to VBS organizers: "It's time for Vacation Bible School and we're going to the Olympics! You are invited to join us and earn medals, prizes and candy, learn great songs and see skits and puppets!
"The first 100 participants (ages 5-12 years) will receive a free baseball cap. For more information or transportation call, 567-204-2441 or 419-634-0486.
Gospel Singing in the Park includes performances by a dozen groups from noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, June 30. The event, which includes a chicken barbecue, is held in the band shell at the Ada War Memorial Park on North Park Drive.
Performers include:
• The Northmen
• Mercy’s Reign
• The Master’s Own
• Cornerstone Gospel Quartet
• Kristy Gill and Band
• The Rowe Sisters and Teresa Moore
• Sandi and Kaylene
• One Voice
• Jericho Road
• Trinity
• Jacob Reel
• Kent Young
Krysti's Music Studio, South Main Street, Bluffton, offers free trial lessons through July 31.
Persons wanting more information may contact Krysti Schey at 419-233-5255 or e-mail at: [email protected].
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday, July 9, from 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Ada Visiting Nurses, located on State Route 235 on the edge of Ada.
While walk-in donors are welcome, donors are encouraged to make appointments. To make an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or go to www.redcrossblood.org.
Blood Donors Must:
Be healthy
Be at least 17 years old in most states, or 16 years old with parental consent if allowed by state law
Weigh at least 110 lbs.
Additional weight requirements apply for donors 18 years old and younger and all high school donors.
The Hardin County Historical Museum offers "Wonderful Wednesdays" to youth ages 8 to 12 this summer.
Event are from 10 a.m. to noon on July 11, 18, 25 and Aug. 1. These take place at the Hardin Historical Village and Farm on the Hardin County Fairgrounds, Kenton.
There is no cost, but pre-registration is required. The last day to register is July 6. The schedule follows:
July 11 - Flower gardening
July 18 - Tie-dye a t-shirt
July 25 - Pioneer recycling
Aug. 1 - Make ice cream
The United States Department of Agriculture has awarded the entrepreneurship program at Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration a Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) to support small business growth and development in a four-county area surrounding ONU. The grant totals $92,000.
The grant provides ONU with the funds to develop outreach programs to help develop growth and expansion of microenterprise development (small businesses with less than 50 employees and gross sales less than $1 million) and growth in a four-county area: Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Wyandot.
Austin Weber, who plans to study marketing at the University of Akron next fall, already has some impressive marketing campaigns under his belt. The 2012 Ada High School graduate demonstrated his outgoing personality and creative thinking when he showed up in the stands of Ada football games as a “Superfan.”
