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Curlis garden on weekend garden club tour

For those interested in beauty or gardening, the Curlis property is a must-see.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 9, 2018

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -
By Monty Siekerman
What do these words describe? Cutting, shoe, fairy, tea, recycle, herbs, memory, annual, perennial. They are types of gardens, all of which are found at the home of Deb and Van Curlis whose two-acre spread will be part of the Findlay Garden Club’s 2018 garden tour this coming weekend.

Deb, who is the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce director, and her husband, Van, a homebuilder, live on the southeast side of McComb. (Directions to their home are found later in this article.)

Garden tour hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 14 and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, July 15.

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Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes held a 4-H meeting

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, July 9, 2018

The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes held a 4-H meeting on June 18th in the Hardin Northern Ag Building.  Recreation for the night was Chicken Pick by Makenna Eibling.  The meeting was lead by Rylee Bame.  The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Mary Ann Woodruff and the 4-H Pledge by Casey Clem.  There were 32 members present, 3 guests, and 9 advisers.  Discussed at the meeting was the chip factory field trip time and day.  All livestock and still projects were discussed on progress and where they were expected to be by next meeting.  4-H clover sheets were also turned in.  Trivia was given by Preston Wykes and Wesley Newton.  The meeting was adjourned by Wesley Newton and seconded by Heidi Trac

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Icon dog of the week - Harlow

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, July 5, 2018

Meet Harlow. She is a 3 year old lab/great dane mix. She is house broken and spayed. Can you give Harlow her forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Lee Carpenter's chance meeting with Gen. MacArthur

His "brush with history" in his own words
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Lee Carpenter served his country from 1942-1945 in the US Army, 983rd Field Artillery Battalion in the South Pacific.

Lee and his late wife, Martha, lived in Dunkirk for 30 years. Once retired, Lee moved to Bucyrus. At the age of 95, he bought a house in Ada near his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Rick Crace.

Lee has worked in many areas and traveled the U.S. selling his own invention.  He invented a belt-tightener which is used in elevators, on conveyors and other pieces of equipment.

Here's his story in his own words:

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Where the Ada 'gators roam

Lots of activities take place around the pool at an Ada swim meet
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 2, 2018

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Note: Monty took his camera to a recent Ada swim meet and focused on the activities taking place around the pool's edge.

Swim meets draw a lot of people because there are many team members and their friends and relatives come to watch the action.

• There are about 75 members on a team with 6 age groups competing in four different strokes. Since swim meets occur near suppertime, downing a hotdog from the concession stand is a popular choice for a quick meal before the meet begins, as evidenced by Boston Barker.

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Pops concert has new feature - local choir

Noteworthy is directed by Vicki Mills
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 28, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Pictured are a few singers with the Noteworthy Community Choir preparing for their guest appearance with the Ohio Northern University, Lima Symphony Patriotic Pops Concert on Saturday.

Two choirs, Voices and Expressions, will combine to present songs such as I Got Rhythm, How Far I'll Go and God Bless the USA. 

Noteworthy began its opening season in April of this year and will begin auditioning in August for the 2018-2019 season.  Expressions is an inter-generational choir of singers ranging in age from 13 to 55+, and Voices is a children's choir for 4th - 8th graders. 

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