Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart released the following statement on Wednesday evening:
"The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting an investigation into an alleged incident of bullying or hazing as reported to the Sheriff’s Office.
This alleged incident was reported to have occurred within the Upper Scioto Valley School system and involves multiple students.
"The administration of the school is cooperating fully with sheriff’s office personnel and the investigation is ongoing at this time."
The ONU Observatory will have a public star party to celebrate the autumnal equinox, the astronomical start of fall. Viewing will take place from 8-10 p.m. on Friday. The observatory is located on West Lincoln Street near Klingler Road.
On this day, which can also land on early Sept 23, the Earth's equatorial plane intersects the Sun. Consequently, we experience approximately equal durations of nighttime and daytime ("equi-nox" means equal night).
A play "Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches" will be presented at the Freed Center from Sept. 28 until Oct. 1. The drama is an examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s.
The writer, Tony Kushner, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for the play that has been described as the most influential play of the last 25 years.
Set in 1985 in Manhattan, in the age of Reagan and at the onset of the AIDS epidemic, Kushner’s play faces head on the central crises of American culture. Political, religious and social conflicts underpin a story with characters whose personal crises of love and abandonment interconnect with larger societal questions.
Weekly Story Times for children age 3 to 6 will begin again at the Alger Library on Monday, Oct., 2 at 6:30 p.m. Story Times will continue through Dec. 11.
Story Times help provide pre-reading and early literacy skills with activities such as games, crafts, music and stories. For more information call the library at 419-757-7755. Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 1-6 p.m. and Friday, 1-5 p.m.
9 a.m. President Emeritus Kendall Baker and former first lady Toby Baker will be honored with the dedication of the Baker Residential Commons near Affinity Village, located along Polar Bear Way and Loop Road.
John Ogden, MD, a neurosurgeon has joined Neurosurgical Associates of Northwest Ohio, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System. Neurosurgical Associates of Northwest Ohio is located at 1641 North Lake Drive in Findlay.
Dr. Ogden completed medical school at The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tuscon, Arizona. He fulfilled his internship and neurosurgery residency at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
For more information or to make an appointment, please call his office at 419.420.7304.
Here's more Harvest and Herb photos from Monty Siekerman.
• Mark Hodges plays and sings on stage at the Railroad Depot Park. Entertainment was moved to the Ada Railroad Park this year, and a stage was built for the performers.
• Ann Boyd arranges herbs (it is the Harvest and Herb Fest, after all). She came to Ada from My Own Backyard Herbs & Flowers in Findlay.
• Cowboys stop to pet a puppy. From left are Micah, Mya, and Matthew Miller giving some TLC to Maria Foutty's cockapoo Maggie.
By Monty Siekerman
Here are basic facts about the Ada school income tax levy renewal that will be on the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
The current income tax levy of ¾% expires Dec. 31, 2017.
The income tax has been in effect since 1992. This is the fifth renewal.
This is a renewal, not a new tax.
If approved, the renewal will go into effect Jan. 1, 2018, and will continue for 5 years.
The current tax rate is an estimated 9.25% of Ada’s General Fund Revenue Budget.
By Monty Siekerman
He wrote a 1,500 page history of the club (yes, one thousand and five hundred pages). The book details the service club's efforts in the community from 1924 to the present.
He has served the club as its president.
He was a lieutenant governor of the district a decade ago.
He has been a member of the club for 20 years and now serves as its publicity chairman.
For his efforts, the Kiwanis Club honored Jon Umphress with a tree planted in his honor at Ada Memorial Park during a luncheon on Tuesday.
