The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet Tuesday May 23rd at 12:00 noon in the Dean’s Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.
Bruce Neely will have the club program.
Former Kiwanian Mark Light and Hardin County 4-H director will be presenting a program on the Hardin County Spark Lab.
The goal of the Hardin County Ohio Spark Lab is to instill that inspiration or “spark” that youth and adults need to discover, learn, and grow in a creative environment.
This setting is more than just a futuristic classroom or makerspace. It is center of innovation in a rural county framed through the education lens of a land grant university system.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team concluded its regular season this week as it competed at the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) College in Naperville, Ill.
No team scores were kept in the meet.
Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) led the Polar Bears on day one of the meet as he claimed first place in the hammer throw with a toss of 179' 4".
Junior Alexander Sibila (Zionsville, Ind.) competed in the high jump for the Polar Bears, where he finished 13th overall, clearing 6' 1.5".
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Sophomore Maddy Reed (Lucasville/Piketon) and junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) led the Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team as it wrapped its regular season up at the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) College.
No team scores were kept in the meet.
Reed led the way on day one for the Polar Bears as she claimed the pole vault title and broke her own school record with a leap of 13' 0.75".
The sophomore improved her national mark and solidified her spot with the second highest vault nationally.
Hardin County – For the time period of April 15-30, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 3.16 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 1.46 inches. Rainfall for the April 15-30 time period is 1.12 inches more than the ten year average rainfall during the same dates.
Ada High School seniors were recognized on May 17 during the senior honors awards ceremony.
Rielyn Castle, Taryn Fullom, Meredith Marshall and Elizabeth Milks were named valedictorians, while Ashley Breidenbach was named salutatorian. A story about those students is above.
Many other students received special awards and scholarships and they were also recognized on May 17. Those student follow:
