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March 2023

2022 Ohio honey production report

Ohio honey production for 2022 totaled 1.25 million pounds, up 22 percent from 2021. This estimate included honey from producers with 5 or more colonies.

Yields from Ohio’s 19,000 honey producing colonies averaged 66 pounds in 2022, up 2 pounds from the previous year. Ohio honey price averaged $3.48 per pound, down 16 cents per pound from last year. Value  of production totaled $4.36 million, up 17 percent from 2021. Honey stocks totaled 464 thousand pounds, up 19 percent from 2021. 

Arnold E. “Gene” Bailey was a U.S. Army veteran

Arnold E. “Gene” Bailey, age 77, of Lima, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 5:44 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on January 20, 1946, in Kenton, Ohio to the late Arnold and Stella (Nichols) Bailey. On November 9, 1976, Gene married Judith E. Smith and she survives in Lima.   

Also surviving are two sons: Eugene Bailey and Darin (Tonya) Bailey; two daughters: Diane Bailey and Sara (Travis) Music; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and cousins: Melinda Carpenter and Carol (Bill) Nevers; and their children: Tori and Angel and their grandson, Chantz.

VFW Auxillary Easter Egg Hunt on April 1

The Ada VFW Auxiliary Post 9381 will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 1, rain or shine. There will be an outside hunt if its nice and an indoor hunt if it rains or is cold. Ada VFW is located at 2147 OH 235.

Doors open at 11:00 a.m. with immediate sign-ups. Group hunts will be divided by age groups. Group hunt times:

Kappa Alpha Theta Easter Egg Hunt on April 2

The sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta at ONU will host their annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 2 starting at 11:00 a.m. at Ada's War Memorial Park.

Please arrive by 10:45 a.m. when rules will be explained and children will be grouped by age.

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Published and student poets featured at April 4 ONU English reading series

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The ONU English Reading Series will welcome poet and professor Kristin LaFollette to campus for its spring presentation at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4.

She will read alongside creative writing student Dakari Ward in the Elzay Gallery of Art, 503 S Gilbert St. The reading will be followed by a Q & A and book signing.

This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Free and open to the public, this reading is supported with a generous gift from Phil Oleson, BSPh '66, and Mary (Montswil) Oleson, BSPh '70.

LaFollette is a writer, artist, and scholar from the Midwest. She is the author of Hematology. winner of the 2021 Harbor Editions Laureate Prize, and Body Parts, winner of the 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Prize.

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March 21 council meeting agenda includes plans for chamber events

By Paula Scott

On the evening of Tuesday, March 21, the village will hold a 6:00 p.m. public hearing prior to the regular council meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Village Council Chambers, 115 W. Buckeye. The hearing is for the purpose of considering a rezoning request by Wilson’s Sporting Goods for three parcels from R2 to I2.

Special elections in Hardin County on May 2

There will be no Primary Election held in May 2023 in Hardin County, Ohio. 

There will be a Special Election held on May 2, 2023 for the Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District and the Riverdale School District. The Board of Elections is accepting absentee applications for those 2 Districts for May 2.

For more information on 2023 elections in Hardin County, visit https://www.boe.ohio.gov/hardin/

Morris Sponsler, Jr. worked for North American Phillips

Morris Sponsler, Jr., age 69, of Lima, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023, at 8:18 PM at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on October 12, 1953, in Lima, Ohio to the late Morris and Maudie (Wireman) Sponsler, Sr. Morris married Karen Asher on July 2, 1970 and she survives in Lima.

Registration is open for July 15 Ride to Remember

Loops include routes through and rest stops in Ada and Rawson

The ninth Annual Ride to Remember, a Bluffton Lions fundraising event for cyclists of all ages and abilities, is now taking registrations for the Saturday, July 15 event. (Register HERE.)

The in-person ride will take cyclists through the villages of Bluffton, Ada, Rawson and the surrounding countryside. Routes include four marked loops. Distances range from 11-124 miles.

The first 275 registered riders to check in will receive a cinch sack filled with items from local businesses and a lunch coupon. In 2022, the cinch sack value was close to $200. A commemorative T-shirt will be offered for purchase during registration.

LOOPS

The 11-mile Fun Loop is great for young families and new cyclists; portions use Bluffton’s bicycle paths. 

The Rawson Loop, with a rest stop in Rawson, is 24 miles.

The 37-mile Ada Loop passes through the villages of Lafayette and Ada, with a rest stop on the Ohio Northern campus.

The full Main Loop is 63 miles with cut-offs provided at 23, 46 and 56 miles. Main Loop rest stops are at 16, 31 and 46 miles.

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