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Village has opening for groundskeeper

Season, part-time position now available
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 26, 2021

The Village of Ada is seeking applicants for the position of groundskeeper, according to Jami Hall, village administrator.

"The successful applicant will perform maintenance on village grounds," he said. "Duties will include mowing, mulching, weeding, watering downtown flower baskets, pruning and general custorial cleaning."

The position is seasonal with part-time hours, for an estimated 15 weeks at apprximately 25 hours per week.

Depending on the weather, some Saturday or Sunday hours are required. The pay rate for this position is $15 per hour. Applications will be considered until a successful applicant is selected.

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Chamber hears about Hardin Solar III Energy Center

First chamber in-person meeting in 14 months
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 23, 2021

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.

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Alger Public Library creates gifts and memorial donation program

To honor family, friends or associates
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 23, 2021

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.

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Bridge replacement project completed on CR 60

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 23, 2021

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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McGuffey cleaning up for its 125th anniversary

Over 40 students and residents cleaned railroad bed picking up everything including the kitchen sink
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 22, 2021

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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.

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This is what's growing in Hardin County

87,600 acres of corn • 122,500 acres of soybeans • 9,400 acres of wheat
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 22, 2021

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. 

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