Judy Wells, Superintendent, Apollo Career Center, is retiring Jan. 31, 2014.
The Board of Education proposes to re-employ Judy Wells, Superintendent, in the same
position she is retiring from, at its regular Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Nov. 25,2013, at the Apollo Career Center.
The Board of Education welcomes public comment at its Monday, Oct. 28, 2013,
7 p.m. meeting at the Apollo Career Center, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima.
Want a creative way to pay off your Ada Public Librry overdue book fines?
From Monday, Sept. 16, until Friday, Sept. 27, the Ada Public Library will be collecting canned goods and non perishable items to assist the local food pantry, according to Amanda Bennett, director.
Your donation will clear fines of $5 or less from your account (Food donations do not count toward replacement fees).
The library will be closed on Saturday for the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Fest.
Eighteen Central and Executive Committee members and guests met at Henry’s for the September meeting of the Hardin County Democrats. The Committees unanimously endorsed John Patrick Carney for State Auditor and Nina Turner for Secretary of State. Chair Traxler was in Columbus on Monday when Representative Carney announced his candidacy.
Traxler thanked the 12 people who cleaned up and then set-up the fair booth, those who worked all week in the Democrat booth at the Hardin County Fair and then helped to box up everything for next year.
The favorite sport in America is football (no doubt), but the NFL has changed so much since last season.
I don't mean NFL rules or the NFL cities. I mean NFL teams and coaches.
First, are the Eagles. They fired their head coach Andy Reid and now they have old head coach of Oregon Chip Kelly. During the preseason the Eagles picked Micheal Vick over Nick Foles for starting quarterback. Their first round pick was Line Johnson offensive tackle with the 4th pick overall.
Bluffton's newest cookbook is from an institution with the youngest residents. Bluffton Child Development Center released "Kitchen Classics" cookbook this fall. Copies are available at the Center for $12.
The book has 84 pages of recipes plus an index of recipes and additional information like ingredient substitutions, counting calories, and even napkin folding.
All recipes are from students (with help from their parents).
Here's another classic Ada photo from the 1950s-60s. It's from the collection at the Ada Public Library. The only identification on the back reads: "Kenneth Preston, mayor." No date, possibly mid-sixties.
Identifications and any other comments from Icon viewers are welcome.
The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University opens its 2013-14 entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Thursday, Sept. 26. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.
The topic of the workshop will be “Marketing your product, success and failures. Making the Milestone system work” with Dennis D. Stripe. This event is free and open to the public.
Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, has awarded ONU’s Pi Iota Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, with a Best Chapter Award for the 2012-13 academic year.
ONU was one of just six schools with enrollments of fewer than 5,000 students to be honored with the Best Chapter award that is given to only a select few in each of the four size categories.
Robert Alexander, professor of political science and chairman of the Department of History, Politics and Justice Department, is the chapter advisor and serves on the national executive council of Pi Sigma Alpha.
President Myrna McCurdy called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 10 at McIntosh Center, ONU.
Jon Umphress offered the invocation.
The following guests were introduced: David Faulkner, Allie Puntel and Elizabeth McKinney.
The 45th wedding anniversary of Bruce and Sandy Neely (September 14, 1968) was noted.
Joe Ferguson reported that the club’s donation to the Buyers Club at the Hardin County Fair Livestock Show was a good investment. 19 fair animals were purchased by the group.
