The village of Ada is accepting bids for its 2019 street projects, according to Jami Hall, village administrator.
Bids are due at noon, Friday, June 28, and will be opened at that time in the village municipal building. The village has placed an Oct. 31, 2019, deadline on all projects
A map at the bottom of this story shows the project areas.
This year’s projects include:
Alleys – mill and compact
• North Johnson to North Simon between East Buckeye and East Highland
• East Highland to East Montford between Johnson and Simon
Mercy Health - St. Rita’s Medical Center Volunteer/Auxiliary Resources president, Joyce Gerdeman, presented a check for $240,000 to Ronda Lehman, president of St. Rita’s, during St. Rita’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon recently.
This donation was made on behalf of all St. Rita’s volunteers which includes 438 adults, 82 college students, 132 summer teen volunteers, 125 shadowing students and 209 supporting members. 275 volunteers were in attendance at the event.
Monday is the deadline for the Village of Ada to accept applications for its fiscal officer opening.
Nancy Kindle is the current part-time fiscal officer. She was hired on April 16 and works between 20 and 30 hours a week. Kindle is also the fiscal officer of the Ada-Liberty Township Joint Ambulance District and was previously fiscal officer for the Village of Bluffton.
She was hired following the dismissal of Crystal Huffer, which took place during a special council meeting held April 12.
Huffer's dismissal was "due to misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance, each of which is a group III offense as per the Village’s Policy and Procedure Manual.”
Sen. Sherrod Brown was one of many members of the US Senate who co-sponsored a resolution recognizing Senior Corps Volunteers for over 50,000,000 hours served in 2018 of direct service through more than 23,000 nonprofit, educational, and faith-based community groups nationwide.
Senior Corps is a network of national service programs for Americans 55 years and older, made up of three primary programs that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement.
Senior Corps volunteers commit their time to address critical community needs including academic tutoring and mentoring, elderly care, disaster relief support, and more.
The Farmers and Merchants Picnic board needs your help for this year’s event, held Saturday, Aug. 10.
The board seeks volunteers from the community, according to Yvonne Bonham.
“Volunteers are needed for several events. If you are unable to take on an entire event, we could use volunteers for just an hour or two,” said Bonham.
Contact Bonham at 419-204-4235, or Eva Wolke at 419-302-7402 for more information. The board meets each month at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday in the brick building on the corner of North Park and South Simon.
The board has identified the following areas where volunteers are needed:
