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April 2016

Ada begins process of becoming Special Energy District

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

By Amy Eddings

Members of Ada’s village council granted Mayor David Retter the authority to start forming an Energy Special Improvement District so that the village, Ohio Northern University, local businesses and apartment complexes can apply for low-interest loans for energy conservation projects.

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Sprayers and fertilizer trucks starting to roll outside Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Story by Mark Badertscher - photo by Monty Siekerman.
What a difference a week of warm weather makes. 

Soil temperatures are warming up and fields are starting to dry.  Sprayers and fertilizer trucks are starting to roll.  Spring planting season is almost upon us, providing the rain forecast later this week doesn’t slow things down. 

It is still early, and for northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10. 

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Nothing like a warm day in April - Ken Collins photo essay

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Nothing like a warm day in April. Ken Collins has captured many views of spring from the past seven days. Here's a look at spring in Ada from the viewpoint of his camera lens.

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ONU hosts NCPA legislative reception with State Sen. David Burke

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Ohio Northern University welcomed state Sen. David Burke to a National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Legislative Reception on April 14.

More than 50 individuals attended this year’s event, including students; faculty; Dan DiBiasio, ONU president; Steven J. Martin, dean of the College of Pharmacy; and representatives from the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).

During the reception, students spoke directly with Burke and executives from the OPA, asking questions and discussing their involvement in pharmacy legislation.

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Ada first graders perform Pajama Party"! musical on Thursday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

It's a "Pajama Party!"

And you are invited.

It's time for bed...time to pick up our toys, take a bath, brush our teeth and put our PJs on to end the day.

But wait! What's that noise I hear under my bed? Where's my teddy bear?Come join the Ada 1st graders to see how bedtime can really be a blast.

Performances are Thursday, April 21, at 12:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the school auditorium.

 

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Nationally recognized composer to conduct ONU Spring Band Festival April 24

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present the 41st Annual Spring Band Festival on Sunday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts’ Biggs Theatre. The performance will feature a world-renowned guest artist, the Ohio Honors High School Honors Band and the Ohio Northern University Symphonic Band.

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Ohio Northern Music Department Wind Orchestra concert Friday

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening of music featuring the ONU Wind Orchestra on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will serve as the opening performance for the 41st Annual ONU Spring Band Festival. Festival guest composer and conductor, Patrick Burns, will conduct his well-known masterwork, “Soundtrack.”

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37 members attend Town and Country Creators 4-H meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The following Town and Country Creators members participated in trash pick up for the club’s community service project on April 16. From left, back, Carah Deardorff, Sarah Thomas, Mason Bloom, Brandon Feltner, Olivia Brown, Alex Haushalter. Front,  Riley Hunt, Lucy Whitmer and Jack Whitmer. 

By Carah Deardorff, News Reporter

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Don't tell me, I know these people

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Say it isn't so.

Fifty years. Here's the Ada High School National Honor Society from the 1965-66 school year. Who do you recognize?

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Easter House B&B owners first place winners in Bluffton business plan competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Owners of Easter House Bed and Breakfast, Ada, are winners of the Emerging Business Division of this year's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs business plan competition, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president.

Owners Amy Eddings and Mark Hilan of Easter House, 508 N. Main St., Ada, will receive $4,000 over the next 18 months in business start-up assistance from BCE. 

Cash awards of $6,000 were awarded this year. Prize money and gifts-in-kind went to five competitors. Winners were announced at BCE’s business expo at The Centre, Bluffton, in late March.

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