April 6th
- Handled a suspicious vehicle complaint
- Assisting other agency
- Handled non-injury accident, report taken
- Handled a fight complaint
- Handled a unwanted person complaint
- Traffic stop warning for red light
- Traffic stop warning for no tail lights
The property just north of Dollar General, 4271 SR 235, has been purchased and is being renovated for three businesses.
Pictured are Billy Johnson handing tools to Kenny Gibson. Gibson, Ray Seymour and Andrea Renner will operate three businesses from this location: Gibson's Construction, Spray Foam, and Home Inspection. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The Hardin County Cottontails held their bi-monthly meeting Sunday April 12th at the Alger Park. An election of officers for 2015 took place. The elected officers for 2015 are as follows:
ONU’s Multicultural Fair in McIntosh Center, held on Friday, featured foods from many nations as well as traditional clothing, music, cultural decorations and crafts.
The university enrolls students from 23 nations.
The fair also included an international flag installation in the student center, a culturally themed photo booth, a competitive talent show, and recognition of international student scholarship winners. The event concluded with an International Dance Party.
The photos in the attachment at the bottom of this story are by Monty Siekerman.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents an instrumental ensembles concert in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Monday, April 13, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The ONU Brass Ensemble will perform “American Fanfare,” “Ave Maria,” and “Cazon Noni Toni.” The ONU Woodwind Choir will play Schubert’s “Symphony No. 5, Allegro” and “Woodwind Whirl.” The Flute Choir will present three entertaining numbers.
Fifty years ago this week Bluffton experienced the sound of “a thousand freight trains.”
That sound was the Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965, tornado.
At 9:45 p.m., it ripped across the rural Richland and Orange Township landscape. It was like no other natural disaster experienced prior or since then in this community.
Had the tornado’s path been one mile north it would have struck the Village of Bluffton. Had it been 600 feet farther north it would have hit 32 planes parked at the Bluffton Airport.
The First United Methodist Church, Ada, was dedicated on Sunday.
In July 2013 the congregation voted to move forward with construction of their new church building on their historic site in downtown Ada.
This $6 million, 25,000-square-foot project is supported by insurance receipts from the tragic March 2012 fire and significant gifts from members, friends, and other churches.
The Icon offers a photo series of events on Sunday below this story. Monty Siekerman is the photographer.
