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Winter on the way and the weather outside could be frightful

No report yet on a run on milk and bread in local stores, but the day is still young
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 16, 2016

Winter is on the way. Here's a weather update for Friday night, Dec. 16, from various weather internet sites:

For northwestern Ohio snow is in the forecast tonight and mixed with or changing to sleet and freezing rain. Anticipated 1 to 3 inches of snow with minor ice. Periods of snow tonight will change to a wintry mix overnight.

Low temperature anticipated at 20 degrees, with winds from the south southeast at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent.

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Hardin’s 2016 growing season rainfall below 10-year average

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Friday, December 16, 2016

By Mark Badertscher

The weather has taken a change in course lately since the last Hardin County agriculture and natural resources update.  

Looking back on the growing season from April 15 through Oct. 15, the average rainfall was 21.21 inches. This is 2.43 inches below the 10-year average growing season precipitation, and 3.49 less inches of rain than last year’s growing season.  

A wide range of 13.21 inches in rainfall accumulation from high to low across the county is an indication of the variability in rainfall throughout Hardin County in 2016.

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New and small farm college program starts in January

Evening classes at OSU-Lima
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Friday, December 16, 2016

Are you a small farm landowner wondering what to do with your acreage?  

Are you interested in exploring options for land uses but not sure where to turn or how to begin?  

Have you considered adding an agricultural or horticultural enterprise but you just aren’t sure of what is required from an equipment, labor, and/or management perspective?  

Are you looking for someplace to get some basic farm information?  

If you or someone you know answered yes to any of these questions, then the Ohio State University Extension New and Small Farm College program may be just what you are looking for.

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More than 120 fruit baskets delivered in Ada on Dec. 20

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 16, 2016

More than 120 fruit baskets will be delivered on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 20, to senior citizens, shut-ins, and people with disabilities.

Members of the Ada Church of Christ and First United Methodist Church will distribute the baskets to those living at home, Yorktown Apartments, Vancrest, Mennonite Memorial Home and elsewhere, according to Dana Walters. She has headed the project for many years.

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48 construction projects okayed by zoning board in 2016

Some as small as fences, one as large as $4 million
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 14, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
How much construction has there been in Ada this year?

The zoning board has approved 48 projects, some as small as fences, one as large as the $4 million solar array on campus.

Three new houses have been built (two of them in the 300 block of West Lima Avenue, pictured) and a duplex. An addition to the east side of Associated Plastics was valued at a quarter million dollars.

Overall, the educational and industrial projects won out over new residences.

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Sheriff's office warns of "stabbing scam"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 14, 2016

NOTE FROM HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK - We have been informed of a post claiming to be from our office concerning a mother in Hardin County who stabbed her children. We have no reports of nor are we investigating any such crime. When you click on it, it is a virus. If you receive such a post DO NOT CLICK ON IT. Thank you.

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