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Ohio's third annual Overdose Awareness Day, August 31

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will observe Ohio’s third annual Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday, Aug. 31. Established in 2021 by Senate Bill 30, Ohio Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise public awareness and remember the lives lost to the ongoing national opioid epidemic. It also helps usher in September as Recovery Month.

Jerry K. Houx worked for Laborers Local #329

Jerry K. Houx, age 78, of Lima, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 8:08 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. 

He was born on October 3, 1944 in Alger, Ohio to the late Lester and Effie (Gossard) Houx, Sr.  

Jerry worked for the Laborers Local #329. 

Bulldog volleyball loss to Commodores

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada varsity volleyball team won the first set but dropped the next three games and lost to Perry Tuesday night, August 29.

The Bulldog record fell to 4-2 after the 24-26, 25-21, 25-16, 25-14 non-league defeat. 

Bulldog boys soccer nipped by Mustangs

UPDATE: Clayton McClain scored the Ada goal off a hooking corner kick from Logan Jolliff.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys soccer team kicked off Northwest Conference play at backyard rival Allen East with a 2-1 loss Monday evening, August 28, in the back half of a girls/boys doubleheader at Goodwin Field.

Ada fell to 2-2-1 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the tough defeat.

ONU Featured in The Princeton Review’s ‘Best 389 Colleges for 2024’

Ohio Northern University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends ONU in the new edition of its annual college guide, The Best 389 Colleges: 2024 Edition.

Downtown Kenton program awards grants for roof repair and building revitalization

The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance and the Kenton Historic Courthouse District (HCD) announces the 2023 Kenton Historic Courthouse District Downtown Building & Business Owners Association Downtown Improvement Grant Program award recipients. Brad Bailey has been awarded grants for roof repair and building revitalization. Not By Choice Outreach has been awarded a grant for building revitalization.

The Kenton Historic Courthouse District is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance. The purpose of this nonprofit corporation is supporting preservation and business in Kenton’s historic downtown. Recently, a Downtown Kenton Building and Business Owners’ Association (DBA) was created to offer grants to incentivize improvements and other worthy projects that enhance downtown Kenton.

For more information about the Kenton Historic Courthouse District, visit its website at: www.hccba.com/hcd

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