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PHOTO Rose Previte book signing at Ada Public Library

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, March 15, 2024

The Maydan Book Tour is coming to Ada. Rose Previte, Ada native, author and renowned restaurateur will be at the Ada Public Library on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. There will be food, refreshments, a wonderful talk and book signing. The event is free and open to the public.

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Plan a sober driver this St. Patrick’s Day

Posted by Staff on Friday, March 15, 2024

From Lima Allen County Regional Planning Commission

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the United States extend as far back as the American colonial period and is one of our nation’s most popular holidays, celebrated with festivals, parades and parties. These celebrations frequently feature themed cocktails and green pints, and the amount of alcohol consumed is higher than average.

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Ada Exempted Village Schools to host Meet the Candidate event

Posted by Staff on Friday, March 15, 2024

The search for a new school superintendent for the Ada Exempted Village School District is progressing as planned, according to board of education President Ron Fleming. 

The search process was organized in January, progressed through a 6-week  recruitment period, several community and staff focus group sessions, a first  round of interviews with eleven candidates, and has now moved to the next  stage, where the board has chosen three candidates as finalists.

Each of the finalists has been invited to attend a "meet the candidate" event from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, March 19 in the Auditorium. Any staff, parents or other community members interested in meeting the finalists are invited to attend. The finalists are: John Massara, Julie Simmons and Andrew Sprang.

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Indian Lake area devastated by suspected tornado on March 14

Posted by Staff on Friday, March 15, 2024

UPDATED March 16

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Among tornado and severe thunderstorm activity in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky on Thursday, March 14, three deaths and devastating damage are reported from the Indian Lake area.

A joint statement with the Logan County EMA and Logan County Sheriff’s Office (3/15/2024 1909)

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Kewpee High School Invitational Art Exhibit opens March 22

Posted by Staff on Friday, March 15, 2024

LIMA__ArtSpace/Lima will host the 36th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational from March 22-April 12, 2024. 

Artwork is categorized in nine areas: Ceramics, Digital Media, Drawing, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Artists from eighteen area high schools entered work to be exhibited. 

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If I Could Turn Back Time: Daylight Savings Time and health

Posted by Staff on Thursday, March 14, 2024

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

If I Could Turn Back Time was a 1989 song released by Cher. The video for the song was filmed on the USS Missouri naval battleship. As a performer, she has accomplished what no other female singer has done before. Cher has had a #1 hit in seven consecutive decades, with her first in 1965 with Sonny Bono.

Daylight Savings Time (DST) was first implemented in the United States with the Standard Time Act of 1918 to increase daylight to conserve energy during World War I.  This was instituted again with World War II.  After the war, local jurisdictions were able to choose whether to use DST or not until 1966.  In that year, The Uniform Time Act was passed for DST.  

There has been significant debate about DST at both the federal and state levels. Despite the debate, no real action has changed the current standard.  Does the impact on health change the debate?

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