AEP provided The Icon with the following weather alert for today and Tuesday (June 22-23).
Two rounds of severe thunderstorms are expected to impact northwestern Ohio
this afternoon and tonight. Both rounds have the potential to cause widespread wind damage.
Round 1 This afternoon-early evening: At 9 a.m. radar shows a complex of severe thunderstorms racing across eastern Minnesota/eastern Iowa. This will reach northern Indiana as a squall line (gusts up to 80 mph) early this afternoon.
Ada Public Library summer reading program turned into a science experiment this week. Looks to us like owl pellets are being disected. We could be wrong, however.
ReStore has the perfect basket for the Fourth of July and all Icon viewers have a chance to win it.
The basket winner’s name will be drawn from a raffle taking place at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 30. Tickets are on sale for $1 each at ReStore, 210 N. Main St.
Proceeds from the raffle go to the ReStore floor-refinishing project.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio has received a national Quality Agency Award, recognizing the hard work of agency leadership and staff to provide high-quality programming for area children.
This award, presented annually by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, recognizes BBBS agencies across the country that serve a minimum of 150 children and achieve certain quality markers in the length and strength of Big/Little match relationships.
Only three of 25 Ohio agencies received the Quality Agency Award. The others are BBBS of Central Ohio in Columbus and BBBS of Greater Cincinnati.
Several area students have been awarded scholarships in the amount of $500 each from the Northwest Ohio Diabetes Association. Those earning scholarship awards include:
Nicholas Bowden – 2013 Findlay High School graduate attending The Ohio State University and majoring in actuarial science.
Ben Davis – 2012 Tiffin Columbian High School graduate attending The Ohio State University and majoring in business.
Katelynn Driggers – 2013 Carey High School graduate attending Bluffton University and majoring in education/Spanish.
Phillip Farwig – 2010 Liberty-Benton High School graduate attending Ohio Northern University and majoring in pharmacy.
A free program on contagious wellness and weight loss will be held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 29, at Bluffton Family Recreation, 2015 Snider Road, Bluffton, according to Jeff Reichardt of the 20/30 Fast Track Program.
“If you are interested in contagious wellness and would like to know why seven hormones prevent you from enjoying contagious wellness and weight loss, please join us for the informative program,” he said.
Call 419-860-3481 to reserve a seat as seating is limited. The program is open to the public.
