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.
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.
Ohio Northern University has been ranked in the top 10 of the “Best Value Colleges in the State of Ohio” in a 2016 study conducted by SmartAsset, a financial date and technology company.
According to the second annual study, ONU placed ninth among all schools in Ohio, finishing with a “College Education Value Index” of 44.56.
According to SmartAsset, the study looked at five factors to determine the best value colleges and universities: tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate, and starting salary.
A pretty spring day on Tuesday found a group of kids climbing the stairs to the caboose at Railroad Park. The children are those cared for by Tammy Crouse. The youngsters enjoyed the spring flowers, found an ant or two, and watched nature unfold once again. (Monty Siekerman photo)
