The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance is accepting nominations for the 2016 Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year and Community Service Awards.
Anyone from Hardin County may be nominated to receive these honors. A panel of judges from Alliance members will make the final decision, and the recipients will be revealed Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, during the Alliance's annual meeting held at Ohio Northern University's McIntosh Center.
Selection of Citizen of the Year will be based upon an individual's outstanding achievements and contributions which have made Hardin County better.
Ada fourth and fifth graders present "A Christmas Line,' twice on Thursday, Dec.1, in the school auditorium. Performances are at 1:15 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
Preview:
It's a casting call for the annual holiday revue and a host of familiar North Pole faces are lined up to audition, headshots and resumes in hand.
Three elves, a not-so-famous reindeer, a stage-worthy snowman, Mrs. Claus herself, and a regular kid named Cameron make the first cut and are put to test by their stage manager and director Santa Claus.
Ada High School fall sports awards were presented to student athletes in football, golf, tennis, boys' soccer, volleyball, girls' soccer, cross country girls and cross country boys.
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The Bluffton Blaze of Lights is more than just a one-day event. In addition to the events taking place on Nov. 26, it includes these elements that continue nightly through Jan. 1:
• the Ream folk art holiday display
• the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza
• Bluffton Main Street business district Christmas window displays
• a tour of Bluffton’s residential yard lighting
The stage is set for the 2016 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Blaze of Lights. This year’s event, the 30th annual Blaze, begin this weekend in downtown Bluffton. Here is the up-to-the-minute Blaze information.
There's a book fair underway in Ada and it's still open on Tuesday. It's located in the media center of the Ada schools and it is open during parent teacher conferences. Looking at student involvement in this photo, it offers many interesting buying opportunities. The Ada Academic Boosters sponsor the event.
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
1916 - the public library was in the rest room of the old town hall, 1917 moved to second floor of Brewer Block on main street, 1919 to the brick building on Highland Street. Mrs. Cora Anspach was the first librarian.
1916 - the Research club originated in 1916 as a music and literary club with a membership of 14, through the efforts of Mrs. Chauncey Bohannon and Mrs. Michael Felker.
