It's on its way. Saturday, March 20, is the first day of spring. And, this message on a rural mail box at 1822 State Route 81, west of Ada, served as an encouraging cheerleader all winter for signs of warmer weather.
The Ohio Rail Development Commission, meeting on March 10, will act on a $75,000 grant to Trucent Renewable Chemicals, a company planning a new investment in Van Wert.
The company is located on the Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroad, passing through Ada, which may eventually increase rail traffic here.
The approximately $10 million facility will result in 21 new jobs in Van Wert.
Headquartered in Dexter, Michigan, Trucent is a fluid separation technology company operating in several industries from automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing to solar glass fabrication and aerospace.
Ada High School will hold its 115th Interclass contest at 7 p.m., Friday, March 19.
Interclass has been an Ada tradition that is unique to the community. It started in 1907 when Superintendent C.H. Freedman proposed an academic competition between the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
Interclass celebrates the written and spoken word. Students compete in the areas of essay writing, poetry, short story, and dramatic reading. In each category, one winner has been chosen from each grade after an internal competition within the classes.
So, you think you know Ada? IONA may be a college on New Rochelle, New York, but in this case, IONA is part of the Liberty NatIONAl Bank on Main Street, Ada.
Luke Sheets, associate professor in art and ceramics professor at Ohio Northern, has a piece accepted to the art exhibit “Playing with Fire: Altered Atmospheres.”
The show is organized by the Saratoga Clay Arts Center in New York and is a national juried exhibition of 68 functional and decorative works by 59 clay artists.
The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 13 and runs through April 24.
Sheets has working in clay for over 20 years. After completing his BFA in ceramics, he worked in his own studio creating and firing wood-fired pottery.
Kesewa Akyeampong and Ian Dellifield, both seniors, are the Kenton Elks February Ada High School teenagers of the month.
Among Kesewa’s school involvement includes participation in band, show choir, plus leadership in several organizations.
She is show choir president, senior class secretary, and has performed as soloist in spring fever follies where she received the best performer award, and was a participant in Interclass competition where she received a first place in dramatic reading and second place in poetry. She was the marching band drum major this school year.
