Several Ada High School athletes were named Northwest Conference "Scholar-Athlete."
To be recognized:
1. The athlete must be a letter winner in the sport.
2. A GPA of 3.0 must be achieved during the grading period of the sport.
The entire NWC list is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Shook Touchstone, a long-time Construction Management joint venture team, has recently been selected to provide Construction Manager at Risk services for Apollo Career Center’s new $52.8 million renovation/addition project.
The project will be co-funded by the state (OFCC) and local share as a Vocational Facilities Assistance Program (VFAP) project. The project also has Locally Funded Initiative (LFI) scope and will include the renovation and reprogramming of the existing Apollo Career Center (including Adult Education and Construction Equipment Office Building) and the construction of new additions.
ReStore Community Center will hold its annual Thanksgiving meal on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and it could use some volunteers and donations.
Donations of food, drinks, and paper products are needed. Volunteers are needed to prepare food, set up and tear down. Click on the link below to see a full listing of what is needed to make this a successful event.
To volunteer or donate call ReStore during normal store hours 419-558-1015, email [email protected], or stop in and sign up in person.
Because our most recent interview was with Colton Hall, Ada's homecoming king, we thought it would be great to talk with the homecoming queen. We met up with Kelsey Zimmerly during lunch. She was with several friends who claim they sit at the same table every day for lunch. Here’s a portion of our conversation.
What classes are you taking this year?
Show choir, Psychology, study hall, College Prep English, office worker, Algebra III, Personal Finance and Photography.
What’s your favorite subject?
English. I like to write.
New Leaf Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, will hold its Christmas open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16.
Open house specials include drawings for $25 gift certificates.
A Christmas decorating demonstration takes place at the Ada store from 10 a.m. to noon. Then, it is repeated at the Kenton store from 1 to 3 p.m.
During the open house, shoppers will find:
• Country and rustic decorations
• Snowmen
• Santas
• Angels
• Artificial trees
• Chocolate cluster candy
• Greenery
• Cemetery saddles and wreaths
• Plus, a beautifully decorated store for Christmas.
Eyes on Main, 107 S. Main St., Ada, reminds its patients to use their Flex Spending Account before year end. The business also announces that it is accepting new patients and most insurances.
Eyes on Main has a new look outside as a result of renovations to the office front.
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 19th annual Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 21, to Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.
In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m.
The show is underwritten in part by the DeBow and Catherine Freed Endowment for the Arts and Kewpee Hamburger.
The Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lima Veteran’s Memorial Civic and Convention Center.
This year marks the ninth year for the Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner, which was started in 1989 by the Chester Carey Family.
At this time, Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s is accepting volunteers for the dinner. For more information about the Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner, or to sign up to volunteer, please visit www.JerryLewisMcDonalds.com or call (419) 225-5916.
Century 21 Beacon Realty, Ada, announced two Sunday, Nov. 17, residential open houses, according to Becky Neville.
• 5456 State Route 701, Ada
4 bedroom, 2.5 bath updated home on 2 acres, nestled beside the woods. 2 car attached garage and Pole Barn provides room for your big toys. Stocked pond and workshop. Call Darla Crownhart 567-674-0765.
8359 State Route 68, Kenton
3 bedroom, 2 bath brick ranch. Spacious kitchen, with plenty of cabinets. Full basement with large rec room, built-in-bar and fireplace. Attached garage and Pole Barn. Call Becky Neville 419-230-2250.
ADA — Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University director of engineering education, presented “Development of a Classification Scheme for ‘Introduction to Engineering’ Courses” at the 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla., in October.
The completed classification scheme is expected to help better define introduction-to-engineering courses for students who transfer between institutions and for proposals dealing with study in the first year of engineering.
