By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys basketball team was seeded 13th out of 14 teams at the Wapakoneta Div. IV sectional/district drawings held Sunday.
The Bulldog boys (2-14) will travel to New Bremen (12-6) to take on the fourth seed Cardinals Wednesday, February 24. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
NB is 5-2 in the rugged Midwest Athletic Conference.
"It will be a very difficult (draw)," said Ada head coach Jon Cook. "It was kind of a six or one half dozen of the other kind of thing," he said in reference to which MAC power to play.
By Brandon Blackford
Edward Jones financial advisor
419-358-2622
On March 8, we observe International Women’s Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
Of course, women still tend to encounter more obstacles than men in the pursuit of financial security. Let’s consider a few of them.
To begin with, women are still more likely to leave the workforce, at least temporarily, to raise children, resulting in lower contributions to employer-sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k)s.
In her role on the research and development quality team at the biotech firm, Bova worked to ensure the integrity of the clinical trials for that vaccine
FROM ONU FACEBOOK - As pharmacists across the U.S. begin to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine to administer to patients, we meet one who helped develop it.
When Americans roll up their sleeves in the coming months to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, there is a good chance that a pharmacist will be the health care professional to administer it.
In recent years, more and more states have granted approval for pharmacists to administer some of the most common vaccines in retail pharmacy settings.
A recent survey of retail pharmacists by the American Pharmacist Association revealed that 74 percent of those surveyed are willing to order and administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Howard Fenton of Ada is the winner of the Ada Icon Super Bowl contest. He predicted a Tampa Bay win by 13 points, which was the widest point spread among all entries.
He wins a 16-inch, 2-item 2 Brothers Family Pizza. Coincidentially, the Bluffton winner, LeeAnn White also picked Tampa Bay by 13.
Here's some contest stats:
16 contestants picked Tampa Bay to win
32 contestants picked Kansas City to win
Contestants entered from Bluffton, Ada, Lima, California, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Ada High School will host a College Credit Plus meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17, via a Zoom link for parents and students attending Ada Jr/Sr High School.
Students and parents are invited to attend the meeting to learn about the College Credit Plus program mandated by House Bill 487.
The law allows high school students to enroll in college courses while enrolled in high school, if the student meets eligibility requirements set by the college or university.
The 2018 Farm Bill reauthorized the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net programs that were in the 2014 Farm Bill.
Producers must enroll in ARC/PLC for the 2021 crop year through their local Farm Service Agency office. Producers can amend the program elections they made for the 2019 and 2020 crop years for the 2021 crop year.
The signup period for the 2021 crop year is open now, and the deadline to enroll and make amendments to program elections is March 15, 2021.
