Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) will hold its first meeting of 2020 on Wednesday at noon in the Ada depot, according to Eileen Peterman, secretary of the CIC.
The 2020 CIC meetings are Jan. 15, April 15, July 15, Oct. 21 and Dec. 16. Meetings are at noon in the Ada depot.
What is “CIC”?
Ada CIC is “a corporation for the sole purpose of advancing, encouraging, and promoting industrial, economic, commercial and civic development of our Ada Community and Area.”
The new business opened at 117 E. Lincoln Ave., earlier this winter by partners Gina Murray and Cassandra Casiano.
“We want to impact the community with healthy options,” said Gina. Adding, “We want to be a positive influence here.”
Those health options and positive influences include No Limit offering healthy nutritious meal replacements including teas, energizing cocktails and protein snacks.
No Limit Nutrition offers over 45 different flavors of meal replacement shakes, energizing teas and other beverages under 250 calories.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 will hold a public meeting to share proposed safety improvements for the intersections of state Route 309 at both Thayer and Napoleon roads, east of Lima.
The meeting is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22,in the cafeteria at Allen East Local High School, 9105 Harding Highway, Harrod.
The meeting will begin with a presentation, followed by an open discussion and questions from the public. Several exhibits of the proposed improvements will be available for viewing following the presentation. The meeting is expected to conclude by 8 p.m.
Ruth Anne (Frankhauser) Lewis, 78, of Ohio City, died Jan. 12, 2020, at her residence.
Mrs. Lewis was born July 13, 1941, in Bluffton, to the late Levi and Mildred (Cotant) Frankhauser.
On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Kenneth L. Lewis, who preceded her in death.
She was an honor graduate of Bluffton High School and Bluffton College. She was a head start teacher. She retired from the Farm Bureau and Nationwide Insurance, both in Van Wert.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team notched an Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon, winning 72-66 inside the ONU Sports Center.
ONU improves to 5-8 overall and 1-5 in the OAC while MU drops to 7-6 overall and 2-4 in the OAC.
Sophomore Brandon Waugh (Columbus/Northland) netted 17 points, including a clutch fadeaway jumper plus the foul to extend the ONU lead to 69-64 with 51 seconds remaining.
Freshman Landen Long (Mason) also scored 17 points for the Polar Bears.
Beatitudes and ONU’s HealthWise Pharmacy have teamed up for a partnership offering free health screenings to residents in the community, according to Deb Curlis of Beatitudes, and Dr. Clay Miller of HealthWise.
The screenings, held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., start on Friday, Feb. 7, and continue each Friday through May.
Here’s the monthly schedule for the screenings:
First Friday of the month:
Blood pressure checks
Second Friday of the month:
Blood glucose checks
Third Friday of the month:
Bone density screenings
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), in partnership with Ohio Campus Compact, announced a $325 grant for a campus project at Ohio Northern University as part of a new mini-grant program announced at the Propel Ohio 2019 Collegiate Leadership Summit at Bowling Green State University in November.
Students who attended the Propel Conference were invited to apply for grants of up to $500 to support their community outreach projects. The award will be used toward a project to promote the use of reusable shopping bags.
“Over the past year, we’ve seen young people making their voices heard, getting involved, rallying, marching,” said Brown.
This photo is from the 1953 Ada centennial souvenir program. It is a photograph from an advertisement for the J.R. Spar farm, producers and distributor of certified seed since 1935.
The "friendly acres" includes corn hybrids, wheat, oats, soybeans. The farm was located two miles east of Ada on Route 81 and one-half mile north (directions listed in the advertisement).
Winter and summer struggled to make a point over the weekend as local temperatures rose to 64 and dipped to 29 degrees.
The chart shows temperature high and lows and daily precipitation for the first 12 days of 2020, provided by Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer, from Pandora.
