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November 2017

Choruses to perform Friday.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 8, 2017

The Ohio Northern University men’s and women’s choruses will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10 in the Presser Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

 

The Women's Chorus, directed by Marilyn Roth Basinger, instructor in music, will perform a variety of pieces, including “Evermore” from “Beauty and the Beast.” 

 

The Men's Chorus, directed by Christopher Larsen, director of choral activities, will perform several pieces, one of which will feature soloist Adriane Thompson Bradshaw, vice president for student affairs, in “Still I Rise.”

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4 companies look for employees

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 8, 2017

OhioMeansJobs Hardin County will host a mini job fair  on Wednesday, Nov. 15 from noon until 3 p.m. at 175 W. Franklin St. in Kenton.

Help on writing or updating a resume will be provided to job seekers prior to the event from 10 a.m. until noon.

Participating companies include International Paper, MPW, Walmart and Shoe Sensation. Door prizes will also be given away at the event.

OhioMeansJobs mission is to increase the employment, retention, earnings and occupational skills of jobseekers and to assist employers in finding and retaining qualified workers.

For more information, contact OhioMeansJobs at 419-674-2312.

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School levy, township fire levy pass

Unofficial Nov. 7 Ada election results
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Here are unofficial results from Hardin County Board of Elections for Nov. 7. Winners are indicated with *

Ada school levy
723 For*
368 Against

Ada council
415 Bob Simmons*
402 Terry Keiser*
388 Jeffery G. Oestreich*
386 Donald Fleming*
318 Mary Drzycimski-Finn

Ada school board
651 Nancy Allison*
487 Ernest Daugherty*
293 Nicholas Daniels
246 Steve Ramey

Liberty trustees
677 Bradley D. Hays*
589 Gary G. Hall*
390 Randall Preston, Jr.

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Volleyball tourney play starts Friday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 20 in the tenth and final regular season American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

The Polar Bears (27-5 overall, 8-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) went 2-1 last week, defeating Marietta and Mount Union in the OAC Tournament before falling at Otterbein in the finals.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday at 5:30 pm when they play DePauw (Ind.) in the First Round of the NCAA III Tournament at Otterbein.

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Women's soccer begins tourney action here Saturday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 14 in both the D3Soccer.com and the United Soccer Coaches poll.

Northern (17-1-2 overall) is ranked in both polls for the fifth consecutive week after posting a 1-0-1 record in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament last week.

Northern returns to action Saturday morning at 11:30 am as it hosts Penn St.-Behrend in the first round of the NCAA III Tournament at Kerscher Stadium.

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Bullimore a preseason favorite in basketball

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Senior center Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) has been named a Preseason Honorable Mention All-American by D3Hoops.com.

Bullimore returns for her senior campaign in 2017-18 after being named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-American in 2016-17.

The senior was tied for first on the team a season ago, averaging 14.1 points per contest and led the team in rebounds per contest (8.1), blocks per game (1.6), and field goal percentage (.529).

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Holidays at The Inn

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Rain delays Harvest

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Hardin County Extenstion Educator Mark Badertscher's report on corn and bean crops as of today:  The weather is turning into a foe with regards to the completion of harvest in Hardin County.  Progress on soybean harvest has been slow over the past couple of weeks with the onset of rain, causing the need for dryer weather to finish the fields that are still out there.  Some were double cropped beans that needed the extra time anyway to be ready.  Corn harvest has continued until the latest significant rain that has caused fields to become soft.  We’ll need some dryer days before harvest resu

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How Distinguished Citizen is chosen

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

How is the recipient of the Distinguished Citizen of the Year selected? The Town and Gown consists of 10 organizations. The public nominates candidates for the award. Each organization selects someone to the T&G committee, which reviews the nominees and selects the winner.

Sponsoring organizations are:
Ada CIC
Ada Ministerial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Civic League
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Ohio Northern University
Rotary Club
Twice Ten Arts Club
Village of Ada

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New businesses recognized

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The Center on Central and Hays Insurance were recognized as new businesses and business owners during the Town and Gown banquet on Monday in McIntosh Center.

JR and Linda Mason are owners of Center on Central event rental center. Ada Lions Club and Ada Music Boosters bingo meet there regularly. It served as a polling place on Tuesday. It has hosted class reunions, wedding rehearsals and dinners, corporate Christmas parties as well as birthday, graduation, and retirement parties. Much work has been complete on renovating the inside and exterior. Kitchen facilities are top notch.

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