Ada schools will hold an ALICE Parent Informational Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in the school cafeteria.
The Hardin County Sheriff's Department will present the ALICE (Alert, Lock down, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) school safety plan and its advantages to interested parents.
Ohio Northern women's basketball coach Michele Durand has been named 2013 RUSSELL ATHLETIC /WBCA NCAA Division III Region 6 Coach of the Year.
This is the second time Durand has earned this honor, also winning the award for the 2007-08 season.
She is now a finalist for the 2013 RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA NCAA Division III Nation Coach of the Year Award, which will be announced on Monday, April 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Durand led the Polar Bears to their first OAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship since the 1987-88 season. She also guided Northern to a program record 27-2 mark, including a 25 game winning streak.
Two free tax clinics take place this month in Ada. ReStore and trained Ohio Benefit Bank counselors offer the clinics for those households with a yearly income of $60,000 or less. The clinics are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 15, and from 3 to 9 p.m., Monday, March 18. At the tax clinic, a household member will meet with an OBB counselor. The counselor will input tax information from the information provided by the household member. To schedule an appointment, call ReStore Community Center at (419) 558-1015.
Faye Patton, 76, died at 8:10 a.m. March 11, 2013, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
She was born April 16, 1936, in Hardin County to Edward and Susan Allen Poe, who preceded her in death.
In October 1957, she married Malcum Patton, who survives.
Mrs. Patton retired from Ohio Northern University-Sodexho Food Service, Ada, where she worked in the catering department for 17 years. She was a 1954 graduate of McGuffey High School.
