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Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes met on June 17

The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes met on June 17 in the Hardin Northern Ag Building.  Summary of the meeting follows:

Liberty Belles and Boys Food Drive Saturday

Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H is supporting the Ada Food Pantry by running Food Drive Saturday, June 29, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hays Insurace Parking Lot (on Main Street).

Some items currently needed are: canned fruit, paper towels, and jars of peanut butter and jelly.

Local students on Bluffton University spring dean’s list

Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for undergraduate students for the spring 2019 term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.

Bluffton University students from our area named to the dean’s list are:
Justina Fuqua, Ada
Blake Obenour, Dunkirk
Taylor Ramey, Ada

Students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours
received dean’s list with distinction for continued high achievement.

Bluffton University students from your area named to the dean’s list with distinction are:
Katelyn Richardson, Alger

A lunch at the park

Ada Kiwanis Club members held a lunch at War Memorial Park on Tuesday (Jon Umphress photo)

130 high school musicians at home at ONU this week

48th year for music camp - longest running music camp in Ohio

Nearly 130 students in grades 7 through 12 are having more than a measure of fun while honing their skills during the summer music camp at Ohio Northern University this week.

This is the 48th year of the camp, which is the longest-running music camp in Ohio. Camp director is Sarah Waters, associate professor of music at ONU,

Most of the students are from the region. There are also five students from Germany, two from Honduras, and campers from states such as West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and North Carolina.

Jonathan Allen receives Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship

Covers full cost of attendance for 4 years at OSU

Jonathan Allen of Ada, a homeschooled student at Allen Academy, is the recipient of a Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship to attend Ohio State University in the fall.

The scholarship covers the full cost of attendance of $21,361 per year for four years. It includes tuition, room and board, books and miscellaneous costs. Jonathan will need to maintain a 3.0 grade point average to continue to receive the scholarship.

Land Grant Opportunity Scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need. In Ohio 176 students received the scholarship this year, with an attempt to award scholarships annually to two students in each of Ohio’s 88 counties.

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