After holding off for 14 months, Ada Area Chamber of Commerce held its first in-person membership meeting on April 21.
As expected, there was much on the agenda. Several of those announcements involve programming returning to the Ada scene this summer. Those events will be covered this week in greater detail on the Icon.
Erin Saal, associate renewable development staff member for Invenergy, updated chamber members on the Hardin Solar Development project in the McGuffey area.
“The project is a solar power generation facility of up to 300 megawatts (MW), targeted to begin operating in 2023," she said.
Alger Public Library has established a program for patrons to honor family members, friends and associates through the donation of funds to purchase books at the library, according to Stacey Hensley, director.
“We invite you to honor family members, friends and associates with a lasting gift of books or other library material to the Alger Public Library,” she said.
For a donation of $25 or more, a new acquisition will be added to the collection.
“You may designate a specific subject area and the type of material you prefer – a book, audiobook or DVD – or let us select an appropriate item,” she said.
Hardin County engineer's office informed the Icon that its bridge replacement project on County Road 60, between County Road 75 and Township Road 85 is completed. That stretch of road is now open to traffic.
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Residents of McGuffey and students at Upper Scioto Valley High School High School kick started the clean-up of their village Friday by working from 9 to 4 cleaning up trash along the railroad bed that runs through McGuffey.
Thanks to football coach Dustin Price and other school faculty over 40 students showed up to help according to village council member Richard Spradlin.
Spradlin shared how they worked hard all day and filled the biggest dumpster that was available.
Provided by Mark Badertscher
As Hardin County farmers start to plant this year’s corn and soybeans, crop yields from the 2020 growing season have been released from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Although these crop production numbers are based on estimates, they are used for crop insurance and government reporting purposes.
Corn
According to a released report, 87,600 acres of corn were planted with 82,000 acres harvested in the county in 2020.
Keep Hardin County Beautiful Commission is sponsoring the Courthouse
Beautification project, formerly known as the “Adopt-An-Urn” project.
Persons may make a donation in honor or memory of someone special for a donation of $25 or more.
The money received from this project helps to buy plants, potting soil, mulch, for the earth planters around the courthouse, the Liberty garden and Jackson garden.
Keep Hardin County Beautiful also welcomes businesses to participate in the Courthouse Beautification program.
