The Ada Kiwanis Club met on Tuesday August 11th in the Dean’s Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, and Ada.
In business:
-Members heard an updated financial report from Treasurer Bryan Marshall.
-Secretary Bill Fuller reported that Kiwanis international had informed the club of an increase in dues and fees beginning with the 2015-2016 administrative year.
-A discussion was held concerning funding for the Hardin County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
-The club agreed to replace a tree in War Memorial Park dedicated in memory of Everett Ludwig.
On Aug. 17 the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous call stating a marijuana plant was visible from the roadway at 16722 TR 119, southwest of the City of Kenton.
Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Hardin County Crime Task Force responded and confirmed the plant to be marijuana.
The residents were contacted and a search of the property revealed several other marijuana plants on the property. A grow room was also located inside of the residence where several more marijuana plants were also seized.
In all 13.05 pounds of marijuana as well as several items used in the cultivation process were confiscated from the property.
Deirdre “Dee Dee” Myers, Ohio Northern University pharmacy and laboratory instructor, was presented the 2014-15 Albert E. Rosica Jr. Memorial award by the American College of Apothecaries (ACA) at the College’s 2015 Annual Education Conference in Denver on Aug. 14.
This award, established in memory of Albert E. Rosica Jr., a past president of the ACA, is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to pharmacy education.
After Myers graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1983, she began practicing pharmacy at a community pharmacy that she and her husband, Randy, still own. Myers also is the treasurer of Harry’s Pharmacy Inc.
