Mark Light, Hardin County 4-H educator, provided the Icon with Hardin County poultry project updates. These updates are the 2015 plan in response to the Ohio Department of Agriculture ban on poultry exhibitions.
"In case you haven’t heard, in an aggressive move designed to help protect Ohio’s $2.3 billion poultry industry from the avian flu that has so negatively impacted other poultry-producing states, this past Tuesday, June 2 the Ohio Department of Agriculture canceled all live bird exhibitions this year," said Light.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce has a busy June, according to Deb Curlis, chamber president.
Here's the schedule:
• Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting – June 10 at 8 a.m. at Community Health Professionals. • Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Meeting – June 17 at 8 a.m. at Community Health Professionalss.
Members of the Church of the Messiah United Methodist Church in Westerville prepare to present a concert in voice and with handbells at the UMC in Ada last Thursday evening. (Monty Siekerman)
Patriotic classics, American standards, and popular movie and Broadway tunes will highlight the Lima Symphony Orchestra’s Fourth of July “Patriotic Pops” celebration on the campus of Ohio Northern University. The event is free and open to the public.
The concert will take place on the sculpture mall east of McIntosh Center between Presser and Weber halls. This will be a fun-filled family event exploding with patriotic music and a tribute to our armed services. The concert begins at 7 p.m.
Ohio Northern University’s Alumni Association presented Distinguished Alumni Awards during a banquet on May 30.
The awards, recognizing outstanding service and loyalty, were presented to Mike Smith, Robert Mabe, Scott Shutt and Kevin Freese. The banquet was part of Northern’s 2015 Alumni Weekend, held May 29-31.
Paul E. Richardson died at 7:45 p.m., June 4, 2015 at Otterbein Care Center, Cridersville.
He was born on June 26, 1925, to Harry and Hazel (Dreitzler) Richardson in Allen County.
Paul attended Harrod High School. He married Betty Jean Rose on Feb. 2, 1942. They were married 73 years. He was a member of the the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He was very active in Harrod FFA, where he assisted the chapter on several trips to Kansas City and Chicago for exhibitions.
He was voted “Farmer of the Year” in Allen County in 1958. He retired from farming in 1970 and started selling farm equipment.
