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February 2014

Zach Beaschler: "I love 4-H"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 28, 2014

My name is Zach Beaschler, I am 14 and I LOVE 4-H. All three years that I’ve been in 4-H I’ve been in Liberty Belles and Boys in Ada. 

All three years I have loved 4-H from the games at meetings, to voting for a president, to doing a demonstration, to seeing your project at the County Fair or the State Fair. And many people really enjoy 4-H camp!  I hope to participate this summer at camp.  

I just finished level 2 woodworking- Making The Cut this past year in woodworking. You can build many things in woodworking, but for level 2, I made a napkin holder. 

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Hardin County's finest honored in McIntosh Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 28, 2014

Several Hardin County residents, businsses and organizations were in the spotlight Thursday evening at McIntosh Center, Ada.

During the Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance’s eighth annual dinner meeting, the following awards were presented: Donna Martin - 2013 Citizen of the Year; Brim’s Imports and Brim’s Imports and Auto Savage - 2013 Business of the Year; and Hardin Pioneer Aktion Club - 2013 Community Service Award.

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Mustard Seed Cafe, Bluffton, weekend breakfast/brunch features

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 28, 2014

In addition to its regular menu, Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, offers weekend features from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

For full lunch and dinner menus, please see facebook page or website: mustardseedcafebluffton.com

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Katie Robinson named assistant Women's Soccer coach

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, February 28, 2014

Katie Robinson has been named the assistant women's soccer coach at Ohio Northern. Robinson also currently serves as the head coach of the U-15 and U-18 club teams at Ohio Premier.

Robinson joins the Polar Bears from Capital, where she served as an assistant for one season, helping the Crusaders make a run to the Final Four. Before coaching at Capital, Robinson served as a graduate assistant at Goucher (Md.) College from 2011-2013.

Robinson was a three-time All-OAC honoree at Capital from 2007-2009 and was named OAC Forward of the Year in 2008. She graduated from Capital in 2010 with a degree in athletic training and received her masters degree from Goucher in 2013.

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Deb Curlis updates Kiwanis members on Ada chamber

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, February 28, 2014

President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon on Tuesday February 25th at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.

Jon Umphress offered the invocation.

The membership anniversary of member Sharon MacKenzie (February 27, 1996) was noted.

In business:
-Treasurer Bryan Marshall updated members on club finances.
-Secretary Brian Myers reported that information on this spring’s Key Leader Conference has been received. Pancake & sausage ticket sales teams have been are distributed with the minutes.

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Here's Ada's March Bingo schedule

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, February 28, 2014

Ada Bingo plays on Thursdays at the Alumni N-men’s Building in downtown Ada. During March, bingo nights are March 6, March 13, March 20 and March 27.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; bingo begins at 6:55 p.m.

Ada Bingo uses new, radio-controlled electronic machines, as well as traditional paper packages. Proceeds from Ada Bingo benefits the Ada Lion's Club, Ada Music Boosters and the Ada-Liberty Volunteer Fire Department.

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BVH Auxiliary Nearly New Shop to hold prom dress collection and distribution

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, February 28, 2014

The Blanchard Valley Hospital Auxiliary’s Nearly New Shop is accepting donations for their annual prom dress distribution. Items accepted include gently used dresses, shoes, accessories and men’s formal wear.

The items can be dropped off at the Nearly New Shop, 306 Lima Avenue, Findlay, now through March 10. The dresses, shoes, accessories and men’s wear will be available free of charge beginning March 14 to any area teen needing items for prom. One dress per girl will be provided. Items will be available through prom season.

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Ada Junior High and High School Winter Guard competition season underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 27, 2014

Countless hours have been spent developing and practicing this year’s competition programs for the Ada Jr. High and High School Winter Guard participants.

Practices have been ongoing since Thanksgiving last year for the Ada Jr. High Winter Guard, High School Rifle Line, and High School Winter Guard groups, which are under the direction of Jonathan Lischak and Amy Webb.

Photo caption: Jr. High Winter Guard, High School Rifle Line, and High School Winter Guard team members pose following awards at Central Crossing High School.

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Freda Neiswander, 108, was born in Ada in 1906

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 27, 2014

Freda M. “Fritz” Neiswander, 108, formerly of Adrian, Mich., died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014.
She was born Jan. 4, 1906, in Ada, Ohio, the seventh of 16 children of Alfred and Adele (Grant) Criblez, and was raised on the family farm in Bluffton, Ohio.

She was married to Eugene C. Neiswander for 67 years, and he preceded her in death in 2001.

She was a graduate of Findlay College and worked at Michigan Central Railroad in Detroit before moving to Adrian where she was a manager at the Girls Training School.She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church in Adrian.

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Dr. Who held office hours at the library yesterday - so to speak

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dr. Who is an alien - the last of the powerful Time Lords. An intrepid traveller, a wanderer through space and time. He is, he agrees, "a madman with a box."

And Dr.  Who fans showed up at the Ada Public Library yesterday to help celebrate the good doctor's 50th anniversary with a Dr. Who theme party.

Click here for lots of photos from the library's facebook page.

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