Eight Ada locations are on this year’s Keep Hardin County Beautiful Candy Cane Tour of Homes. Tickets are available at New Leaf, Ada.
This year’s tour is from noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, and pre-sale tickets are on sale in Ada at New Leaf Garden Center and from Don Traxler, a commission member of Keep Hardin County Beautiful.
Did she shine? Will she move on to the next level?
Who is "she" we are talking about?
We are referring to Raegan Cox, the 11-year-old daughter of Heather and Craig Cox. Heather is an assistant vice president of Liberty National Bank in Ada, and Craig manages a Lima Save-A-Lot. The family lives in Miller City where Raegan is a sixth grader.
We asked Heather to write a few words about their experience at Cobo Hall in Detroit when Raegan was invited to audition for a popular NBC TV show.
Heather wrote:
"Raegan left for America’s Got Talent Detroit auditions at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.
James E. Engle, 57, died on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, at 12:58 p.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
He was born on Feb. 8, 1958 in Lima, Ohio to Phillip E. and Barbara Ann (Underwood) Engle. His father is deceased and his mother survives in Bluffton, Ohio. He married Tammy J. Watkins on June 15, 2002 and she survives in Gomer.
James worked at General Dynamics for 33 years as a welder. He was a 1976 graduate of Allen East High School. He attended the County Line Church of the Brethren of rural Ada.
Northern Chimes, a student-run outreach team from Ohio Northern University, will perform at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church during the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Dec. 6.
The three-octave bell choir plays music from classic hymns to modern Christian music.
Northern Chimes provides an opportunity for students across campus to share God’s word through music. The group is open to all majors and all levels of musical experience.
This year Northern Chimes is led by Stephanie Martin, a music performance major from Findlay.
Ohio Northern University students Emily Wells, a fourth-year pharmacy major from New Carlisle, Ohio, and Olivia Dinsmore, a third-year pharmacy major from South Lyons, Mich., were recognized by their peers for their research presentation at the Student Research Conference hosted by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 24
High school, undergraduate and graduate students who participated in the Student Research Conference voted to put Wells and Dinsmore in a five-way tie as runner-up for the Student Choice Award. Sigma Xi’s District of Columbia Chapter sponsors this award.
