As the seasons change, it may seem that the beauty around us is fleeting. However, area photographers have captured that beauty and the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District has collected it.
The weekend the park district will unveil of the winning photographs from its 46th annual Nature Photography Contest, which had a record 315 photos entered this year.
Organizers note: "We’re also extremely grateful to Alloway Environmental Testing for sponsoring our awards, and ArtSpace Lima for exhibiting our winners, and special thanks to our local professional photographer Jamie Cunningham from Sabrewing Nature Tours for her time and expertise judging our contest."
Apollo Career Center High School has issued a reminder that a renewal levy in on the November 8 general election ballot in the eleven school districts it serves.
This is the district's only renewal levy
Apollo Career Center has a 0.19 mill renewal levy on the ballot November 8, 2022 for maintenance expenses:
The original levy was passed by voters in 2013 at 0.19 mills
This is a 10 year levy.
$416,994 is collected from the levy each year.
These dollars can only be used for maintenance of the current facility including HVAC systems, roofing, windows, and other equipment.
No salaries or benefits can be paid from this levy.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Centaurus is the ninth largest constellation and it can be found in the southern sky. Centaurus belongs to the Hercules family of constellations. The second century Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy has been credited with discovering the constellation.
A school closure and remote learning day has been announced by the Ada Exempted Village Schools.
Teachers will post assignments online for students by 10:00 a.m. and will be available for students with questions.
The National Weather Service has posted a fog advisory for Hardin and Logan Counties:
DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
Within the last two hours I once again received a letter at my door in Ada from an anonymous group trying to raise the alarm against books “teaching our toddlers & youth about the gay, lesbian, transgender, & other lifestyle.” They are encouraging us to contact the Ada Library and express our concerns. What they fail to realize is that I, and I believe most of the residents of Ada are much more concerned with the actions of their group with their attempt to censor what is and is not available at our library for the public’s use.
Car break-ins and thefts recently resulted in the arrests of the same individual in Ada and Kenton.
As reported in the Icon's council summary of November 1, the individual was arrested after being found sleeping in a car in Ada last week. On November 1 that person was arrested in Kenton.
