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Apollo launches Career Tech Education Month

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Apollo Career Center launched Career Tech Education Month with its annual all area boards meeting on Feb. 4.

The program highlights included an update by Superintendent Judy Wells on the progress of the seven-phase construction/renovation of Apollo Career Center.

Following that was the induction of five alumni into the Apollo Hall of Fame:
• Chris Smith, Apollo Career Center tech specialist
• David Blackston, LMH imaging engineer
• Leigh McCullough-Steinke, LMH clinical buyer
• Ashley Miller, Owner/President of Quality Welding and Fabrication, Elida
• Brad Webb, Apollo Construction Equipment instructor

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The Freed Center welcomes the comedy of Jon Reep, Etta May

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present the comedy of Jon Reep and Etta May in the Freed Center on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m.

As an actor, Reep has played the pot-smoking farmer Raymus in the movie “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” and the dim-witted cop Gerald Bob on the ABC sitcom “Rodney.”

He played a goodwill worker in Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie” and was the HEMI guy in Dodge Truck’s popular ad campaign. As a comedian, he was the winner of season five of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.”

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More "yums" from Wednesday night at the library

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 5, 2016

We are still stuck on chocolate. Here's a couple more photos from the chocolate fest' at the Ada Public Library on Wednesday.

• Photo above: White chocolate on the outside, dark chocolate inside.

• Photo below: Single chocolate, double chocolate...probably triple chocolate pie.

(Monty Siekerman photos)

 

 

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Coaching moment

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 5, 2016

Here's the Ada HS varsity girls' basketball team during a timeout against Bluffton on Feb. 4.

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It's all in the family - Hensel family - when it comes to tortilla chips

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 5, 2016

Editor's note: This is the fourth article in a series describing business and industry located in Grass Run Industrial Park.

By Monty Siekerman
Everyone knows there is yellow and white corn, but there is also blue and red corn. All four speciality varieties are grown by Denny Hensel and his family.

The various colors of corn go into producing Harvest Pride Tortilla Chips at a new facility built in Ada's industrial park.

Hensel and his family farm 1,700 acres of beans and corn about four miles east of Ada along State Route 701. They've done this for five generations.

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Just how many pancakes can you eat in one meal?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 5, 2016

Natalie Walton serves up hotcakes at the Ada Public Library on Wednesday afternoon to Leah Conley and Dexter Woods during Pancake Pandamoniam.

Leah was content to eat 3 pancakes, not wanting to spoil her supper.

Dexter, on the other hand, was trying to down 15 pancakes. His record is 14, tied with someone else.

After today, he holds the new record. Natalie is youth services librarian. She organized and led 248 events at the library last year for those from birth to 12th grade. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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