January 2022

Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

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Soup to Nuts was a 1930 feature film starring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges. The movie was born out of the 1920 vaudeville slapstick comedy act titled Ted Healy and His Stooges.  Eventually, Ted Healy left the group and it became known as The Three Stooges. The group filmed between the 1930s and the 1970s with various actors playing The Three Stooges over the years. However, the idiom “soup to nuts” was first used to describe a full course dinner from the first course to the last. Soup to nuts is a good discussion about how to use foods to help in managing mild COVID-19 infections during recovery. Omicron and delta are still circulating within our communities.

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The seventh annual Hardin County Horse Banquet will be held on Sunday, February 20 at the Kenton Moose Lodge. Doors will open at 12:30 pm for a silent auction to raise funds for the  scholarship fund and food will be served at 2:00 pm. Banquet tickets this year are $10.00 for adults and  $8.00 for youth under 18 years of age. Children age 6 and under are admitted free. 

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At 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2022, a public auction will be held at The Community Park Building, 300 Johns Street, Vanlue, Ohio. The auction will include 104.8 +/- acres of farmland in 3 parcels; located in section 19, Amanda Twp., Hancock County, Ohio. The farm is located southwest of Vanlue on CR 1936, 1 mile north of SR 103.

PARCEL #1: 35.7 +/- Acres in the North Part of the SE ¼ of Section 19 in Amanda Twp., Hancock County, Ohio w/ Mostly Alvada, Pewamo, and Blount Soils, Frontage on CR 193, Nice Small Acre Mostly Farmable Parcel, 2022 Farming Rights, Vanlue Schools, ESTIMATED R.E. Taxes; $250.00 Per ½ Year

Entertainment at The Inn at ONU

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Fireside Fridays return to the Inn at ONU, 401 W College Ave.

The event is scheduled from 5 to 8:00 p.m. on January 28. Pianist Dean Altstaetter will be peforming.

By Cort Reynolds

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The Ada High School swim teams competed in a three-team meet at Oregon Clay Tuesday, January 26, led by freshman Lily Baumgartner.

Margaretta finished first in the combined team standings. They beat Clay 184-119, while Clay defeated Ada 136-85. Margaretta out-pointed Ada 205-76 in the boys/girls team score.

The Lady Bulldogs lost a pair of competitive meets. They fell to the Clay Eagles 74-60, and lost to Margaretta 93-55.

Head-to-head the Eagles beat the Bulldog boys 62-25, and the Polar Bears defeated the Ada males 112-21.

Ada frosh Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke races to pace the Bulldog girls.

54 residential and commercial permits

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In 2021 Zoning Inspector Michael Harnishfeger issued 54 zoning permits, up slightly from 53 in 2020. The estimated value of these permits was $1,245,069. 

Harnishfeger notes, “We had 1 new single-family home built and several additions. We had 3 homes demolished. The greatest requests continue to be permits for fences and sheds.”

“Our largest project in 2021 was a $790,000 Early Childhood Development Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University which began in December.”

Ada Public Library hosts meetings

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Want to learn more about OhioMeansJobs (OMJ) but can't make it to the Kenton office? OMJ is now meeting with individuals at the Ada Public Library by appointment. To schedule a meeting, call 419-674-2312.

This state agency can help you find a job, learn career skills and meet the requirements of your government benefits. For more information, visit OhioMeansJobs.com. Create an online profile to receive alerts on new jobs, a personalized experience and the ability to save progress on documents and training, as well as report progress to your caseworker.

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Polaris, the annual undergraduate journal of arts and literature at Ohio Northern University is accepting submissions of previously unpublished undergraduate work for the 2021-2022 edition featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art. Deadline: Feb 2, 2022.

Prizes are awarded in each genre: 1st Place – $50, 2nd Place – $25. Prizes are awarded by genre editors.

Winners will be published in Polaris and all contest entries will be considered for publication. There is no monetary compensation for general acceptances.

Submission Guidelines:

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Over 750 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district will be visiting Apollo during 411Blast, Friday, January 28, 2022. The school is located at 3325 Shawnee Rd, Lima, Ohio.

This day is designed to expose students to possibilities and pathways that are available for their career and/or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities. Two new programs have been added to this year's option. HVAC and Senior-Only Robotics

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The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for fall semester 2021 at Ohio Northern University.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled full time.

Aleece Al-Olimat, Ada

Olivia Alexander, Ada

Zachary Beaschler. Ada

Julieann Castle, McGuffey

Thomas Chen, Ada

Kiser Colley, Ada

Jacob Colwell, Ada

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