Frosty and friends showed up all over town this week. These guys aren't shy about photographs, so the Icon snapped a few and share them with viewers. Click here to view the snowman photo gallery.
The Hardin County Sheep Improvement Association is looking for 2015 Lamb & Wool Queen contestants and scholarship applicants.
Eligible candidates for the title, Lamb & Wool Queen, must be age 15 through 20 as of Jan. 1, 2015, and either live on a farm where sheep are produced, or have a sheep project in the Hardin County Junior Fair to be eligible. Contestants must complete an entry form.
For further information about the Lamb & Wool Queen contest, please contact the Sheep Improvement Queen Committee Chair, Kristie Fay at 419-673-8264.
Apollo Career Center will kick off Career Tech Education Month with the annual All Area Boards Meeting held Thursday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons.
The program highlights include a presentation by Superintendent Judy Wells and Nate Neuenschwander, President of Touchstone CPM, on the progress of the seven-phase construction/renovation of Apollo Career Center.
Following will be the induction of three alumni into the Apollo Hall of Fame:
• Chris Buell, Welding Supervisor, Crown Equipment, Perry
• Nicole (Saunders) Scott, Marketing Director, Allen County Lima Area Chamber of Commerce, Secretarial, Elida
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law and St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., have announced a 3+3 Legal Education Accelerated Program (LEAP), which will allow legal studies majors and pre-law students at Fisher an opportunity to earn both their undergraduate and law degrees in six years, while minimizing the cost of their educations.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, Bluffton, is accepting applications for the Barbara Fleming Memorial Nursing Scholarship.
The scholarship is meant to promote the career of nursing. Therefore the scholarship money may be used toward a degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse, a degree as a Registered Nurse, or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The scholarship is to be used to pay school related expenses toward any of these degrees.
The scholarship offers a minimum award of $500, and will be paid directly to the vocational school or college where the student is enrolled.
