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Isolated benzene release reported at Lima Refining

Media release from Allen County Sheriff's Office

November 7, 2024 

Lima Refining Company is responding to a release of gasoline vapors from a tank vent, which  contributed to benzene readings in an isolated area for a short time. Shawnee Township Fire  Department and EMA are on scene. 

As a precautionary measure, community members were asked to avoid Buckeye Road. That road has since been opened.  

Liberty Township tax levy renewal fails, local park levy and utility aggregation are approved

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Ada and Liberty Township voters have unofficial results from the Hardin County Board of Elections for the following ballot issues from the November 5 general election.

  • Renewal of the Liberty Township levy for current expenses failed 1194 to 1174.
  • Renewal of the Liberty Township Park District levy passed 1353 to 1031.

Both Village of Ada utility aggregation issues passed:

  • Gas aggregation passed 784 to 605
  • Electricity aggregation passed 779 to 613

VOTER TURNOUT

2025 Hardin County dog tags go on sale December 1

$20 license required for all dogs over 3 months of age

The Hardin County Dog Warden has issued the notice below regarding dog tag requirements and sales. Sales include the following Ada area locations:
- Ada Animal Hospital, 4736 SR 235, Ada
- Middlefield Bank, 118 S Main, Ada
- Online at www.doglicenses.us/OH/Hardin/

Follow the Hardin County Dog Warden on Facebook.

NOTICE TO ALL DOG OWNERS

THE 2025 DOG TAGS WILL BE SOLD STARTING DECEMBER 1, 2024.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Updates from the CDC

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

On September 15, 1980, American rocker Pat Benatar released her single Hit Me With Your Best Shot. Eddie Schwartz, who wrote and produced the song, was inspired after he started using bioenergetics. His therapy was punching a pillow. Bioenergetics involves improving well-being while releasing blocked energy.  

This song was Benatar’s first top 10 hit in the United States. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November of 2022.  She no longer includes this song in her concerts as a protest to mass shootings.

Watershed Partnership meeting on November 15

RSVP by November 12

The public is invited to the Blanchard River Watershed (BRWP) Annual Meeting on November  15 to “Imagine a single day without water!”, the featured presentation by Jason Phillips, Findlay  Water Plant Superintendent.

Ada’s Jolliff named 1st team all-district, all-state soccer

Joliff to play in November 17 All Star game

By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School senior goal-scoring ace Logan Jolliff earned Div. V Northwest all-district first team and all-state soccer honors in voting recently conducted by area coaches.

The speedy Jolliff netted 31 goals, including a school-record nine in one game vs. Cory-Rawson, this season. He also passed out 10 assists for 72 points.
He finished among the top eight in voting for the all-district squad, which automatically made him an all-state choice.

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