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ICAPP poll released on Ohio voter views on Issue 1 and subsequent elections

Full results available HERE.

An Ohio Northern poll of likely Ohio voters examines Issue 1 on the August 8 Ohio special election, a proposed statewide constitutional amendment relating to abortion and contraception and current voter preferences for the 2024 Ohio Senate race.

Tree damage to mobile home spares occupant

The dramatic storm that swept the Ada area early on Saturday morning, July 29, brought a large tree down onto a mobile home in Parkview Village on E. Lincoln Ave. Remarkably, the occupant of the unit was not sleeping in the bedroom and was unharmed. PHOTOS provided by Tasha Van Horn.

Beatitudes August 2023 calendar

The Beatitudes community center, 210 N. Main St., will host the following events in August: 

August 1 - Community Meal -  4:00-5:30 p.m.

August 11 - Bingo sponsored by Bridge Hospice of Findlay - 12:30 p.m.

August 12  Fishing booth at F & M picnic - 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 

Every Thursday - Euchre (everyone is invited) - 1:30 p.m.

Lincoln Highway Buy Way sales on weekend of August 10-12

August 10-12 marks the 19th annual Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sales across the State of Ohio.

The historic Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental road for automobile travel in the United States, dedicated in 1913 and extending from New York City’s Times Square to San Francisco’s Lincoln Park. Combined, various routes across Ohio comprise over 400 miles today. 

4-H Livestock Awards, July 2023

Hardin County 4-H held livestock interview judging on July 27. The top ten percent of each project species earn an Outstanding Achievement in Livestock Award.

The following members received an Outstanding Achievement in Livestock Award:

Scouting for soybean aphid

By Kelley Tilmon and Andy Michel,OSU Extension, Field Crop Entomologists
Edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension, Hardin County.

HARDIN COUNTY–You know how at the end of the horror movie there’s always some hint that the monster may come back? We don’t know if this year will be “Soybean Aphid 11: The Return,” but there are some hints that you might want to pay attention to your beans and keep an eye out for this pest. We have been hearing reports of unusually high numbers of various aphid species on various types of plants–fruits, vegetables, weeds. 

This trend appears to be regional and is being detected in other states as well. Why? It’s probably due to the unusual late spring/early summer weather which was very dry. Wetness is the enemy of aphids because it creates conditions that favor the insect-killing fungi that help keep them in check. We suspect that aphids got off to a great (great for them) start early this season because of the dry conditions, and now they’re unusually abundant in many settings.

Soybean aphid never really went entirely away. When we look hard enough for research purposes, we can usually find a few here and there. While we don’t know if we will see soybean aphid problems in soybean this season, the general happiness of other aphid species this summer suggests that vigilance is appropriate. 

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