The Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H Club held our second meeting of the year on Sunday, March 10.
We started our meeting with roll call to take attendance, followed by The pledge of Allegiance and our 4-H pledge.
There were demonstrations given by Riley Ferguson, Brody Erickson, Wyatt Ferguson, and myself.
We also had our election of officers, we voted on our 4H binder covers for best cover, and we also voted on a new t-shirt design! As always we wrapped our meeting up with a snack and refreshments!
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FROM ONU WEBSITE - After winning Ohio Northern University’s version of the hit television show Shark Tank as a senior, Jeremiah Skow, BSBA ’14 grad, is setting his sights on the real thing.
In 2013, Skow won first place at the ONU Polar Pitch Competition for his idea for a credit card-ejecting wallet. In addition to a $1,000 prize, he received support from then-dean of the Dicke College of Business Administration Dr. James Fenton to patent his invention, and Spectre Wallets was born.
The Ada High School student council is sponsoring its annual American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, March 19. In addition to being for students, the drive is open to the general public,.
High school students ages 16 and older and staff are eligible to give blood. Students should stop in the high school office to sign up for a donation time.
Joe Ferguson presented Ada Kiwanis membrers with a training session on Zoom. It's a program that allows club meetings to be conducted via the internet.
"Zoom Meetings for desktop and mobile provides the tools to make every meeting a great one," said Ferguson.
He noted that Zoom Focus on your meeting works like this: Click record to leave the note taking to Zoom’s auto-generated, searchable transcripts. It can also have and play videos with full audio and video transmit without uploading the content
It’s maple syrup weather as temperatures dip below freezing at night and rise above freezing in the daylight hours. Those conditions occurred during the past four days.
Here’s the highs and lows from March 5 to 11 from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Ashley Ochsenhirt and Noah Elliott have been named Tennis Players of the Week.
Senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) has been tabbed the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the March 4-10.
Last week, Ochsenhirt posted a perfect 9-0 record in five matches during the women's tennis program's Spring Break trip to the Los Angeles, California region. In addition, the senior registered her 100th career victory with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles against El Camino (Calif.) CC.
FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - Here are some little scientists at work in Mrs. Smittle's kindergarten class.
Mrs. McAlpine taught a lesson using cabbage juice and regular kitchen items to change the color of the cabbage juice. She had a recording sheet for the students to record their observations.
Each student had five plastic test tubes with cabbage juice. The first one had nothing added to the cabbage juice. The students added vinegar (an acid) to the juice.
In the third container, the students added baking soda (a base). In the fourth test tube the students added sugar.
The Ohio Northern University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will hold its 4th annual social media workshop Friday, March 22, on the ONU campus.
It offers professional development and networking, featuring sessions by public relations professionals who will share ideas and help participants increase their social media presence.
Hosted by the Ohio Northern University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), the keynote speaker is Amanda Todorsovich. She is senior director of content and creative services at Cleveland Clinic. She will address “Social Media Measurement: How Data Drive Strategy.”
The Community Health Professionals Home Care and Hospice annual Beacon of Hope dinner and charity auction is set for April. The event takes place in CHP's Community Room.
The event includes a 6 p.m. dinner and 7 p.m. auction on Thursday, April 4. Also included is a 50/50 drawing, several door prizes and a live auction.
Tavern 101 caters the dinner and tickets are $20 each. RSVP prior to Monday, March 25, by contacting CHP, 1200 S. Main St., Ada, or call 419-634-7443.
"Sustaining Our World,” spring garden seminar, will be held Thursday, March 21, at the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Community Room, 1210 W Lima St., Kenton. The cost is $40 which includes a continental breakfast, lunch, handouts and door prizes.
For active OSU Master Gardener Volunteers the fee is $30. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. and the program starts at 9:30 a.m. Registration deadline is Thursday, March 14; class size is limited. For more information call 419-674-8012.
