The Hardin County Dairy Service Unit will be awarding a scholarship at their annual banquet on Feb. 15. Funds raised from the association’s semi-annual cheese sale are used to support higher education with this scholarship program.
Eligible students must live on a dairy farm, have grown up on a dairy farm, work on a dairy farm, be pursuing a dairy related education, or have shown a dairy heifer or dairy cow project at the Hardin County Fair.
The Ada Academic and Ada Music Boosters are co-sponsoring a purse/jewelry auction and live raffle just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The fundraiser will support academic scholarships and music programs at the Ada Schools.
The fundraiser will be held Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Ada Armory. Tickets are $10 and include snacks and a chance at several door prizes. There are designer purses, Lia Sophia jewelry and other prizes totaling over $2,500.
Other prizes include Yankee candles, Pampered Chef, Ada Spiritwear, and Thirty-One.
Approximately 675 sophomores in Apollo Career Center¹s 11-member district, including Ada HS sophomores, will visit Apollo during 411Blast, Friday, Jan. 31. Parents of sophomore students interested in attending Apollo for the 2014-15 school year are also invited to attend.
Ada students will attend sessions held at noon to 12:58. and 1:02 to 2 p.m.
This day is designed to expose students to career possibilities that they may not know about. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.
Two meetings of importance are scheduled on Wednesday, Jan. 22, for students, and parents of students planning to enroll in college after high school graduation, according to Erinn Prater, Ada High School guidance counselor. For additional information, contact Prater at 419- 634-3086.
• 6 p.m. - Post-secondardy enrollment meeting
• 7 p.m. - College financial aid meeting
Post Secondary Enrollment Options/Credit Flexibility meeting
Ad Icon is collecting names of businesses and individuals involved in snow removal.
With a list available we want individuals in the community to have a resource when the next heavy snowfall hits the community.
The list will assist individual homeowners who need sidewalks, driveways and other areas removed of snow.
Once compiled, the Icon will post this list at no charge. Businesses and individuals wanting to be listed should send the following information to: [email protected]:
Name of business (if a business is involved)
Contact person
Address
Phone number
Ada's first American Red Cross blood drive of the year is Monday, Jan. 13. The drive takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Ada Visiting Nurses and Hospice, 1200 S. Main St. Ada.
Double red cells who donate blood and enter to win free Kroger groceries for a year.
The second blood drive of the year is Monday, Jan. 20, at Ohio Northern University's McIntosh Center. The drive is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Double red cells who donate blood, receive a free t-shirt and enter to win free Kroger groceries for a year.
