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Ada chamber elects 2015 officers on Dec. 17

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Community Health Professionals conference room, according to Deb Curlis, chamber president.

The meeting will include election of officers for 2015 in addition to other items of chamber business.

Rolls and Coffee will be served.

What should I wear today? We suggest a cue from the Ada HS Student Council

Having a difficult time deciding what to wear tomorrow?

Here's a cue from Ada High School. It's Student Council Spirit Week. Each day has a different dress theme. Here's this week's dress schedule. 

Merry Monday---Wear your Santa hat to school, get a cookie at lunch! If you don’t have a Santa hat, cookies will be available for purchase at lunch. All proceeds will benefit ReStore.

Tinsel Tuesday—Dress in your shiniest clothes and stop in the library to vote for your favorite Christmas movie…it will be played in the library on Friday.

Six Ada CIC members' terms expire at year's end

Six Ada Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) trustee terms expire on Dec. 31, according to Angela Polachek, administrative assistant for the Village of Ada.

The December CIC meeting is at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 17, in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern Univeristy. Trustees will be voted upon at the meeting.

Those trustees are Beth Fenton, Jimmy Wilson, Dick Lawrence, Norm Rex, Don Traxler and Polachek.  The CIC meets monthly.

Deb Curlis and Dave Retterer make up the nominating committee.

Don't forget ReStore's Saturday afternoon benefit auction

Don't forget the ReStore auction to benefit the Beacon Fund. The auction is Saturday, Dec. 13.

Eighty items will be auctioned; proceeds will help people with utility shutoffs, evictions, and other crises. The auction begins at 5 p.m.; doors open at 4 p.m. to view items. 

And, check out the rest of the news from ReStore by opening the attachment at the bottom of this story. The attachment includes the current ReStore newsletter.

Ada students enjoy an "open lunch" period on Thursday

Ada students have an open lunch opportunity on Thursday. Here's how it works:

Open lunch for students in grades 9-12 will begin at 11:40 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. All students must exit the building through the doors at Door 17 (end of high school hallway).

Students will be required to sign out at this location. Dismissal will be staggered in an effort to make the sign-out process more efficient (Juniors/ Seniors called at 11:30 a.m., Sophomores 11:35 a.m. Freshman 11:40 a.m..

Hardin County farmers have two chances to hear about Farm Bill updates

Two Farm Bill Update meetings have been scheduled for Hardin County farmers to help them understand their options for the new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill that was passed with the Agricultural Act of 2014.  Both meetings will present the same content, but will be held on two different days.  The first meeting will be held Thursday, December 18 and the second meeting will be held Wednesday, January 7.  Both meetings will be from 6:30-9:00 pm in Veterans’ Hall at the Hardin County Courthouse, One Courthouse Square, Kenton.

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