By Monty Siekerman
Drew Hiester of ATI in Ada and Angela Polachek, representing the Village of Ada, accepted safety awards from the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance during a breakfast at The Inn on Thursday morning.
• The ATI honor was for group achievement.
• The Village was cited for a 100 percent safety record.
Ada Schools also received an award, but a representative was unable to attend.
Two area schools also received safety awards during a ceremony.
Photos below: Brian Webb accepted for Hardin Northern Schools while Kalee Beaver represented USV.
Seven athletes from the Ohio Northern men's and women's track and field teams will represent Ohio Northern at the 2018 NCAA Div. III Outdoor National Championships hosted by the University of Wis.-La Crosse from May 24-26.
By Monty Siekerman
Community Health Professionals annual dinner and auction will be Thursday evening with dinner at 6 p.m. and the auction beginning at 7 p.m.
The gala supports CHP hospice program. Several thousand dollars are raised annually for the Beacon of Hope, which provides care for patients and families.
The lighthouse symbolizes each individual’s life and the hope that hospice brings.
Donations are gathered throughout the year from businesses for a silent auction, live auction, and raffle. The dinner will be catered by Tavern 101. Cost for the dinner, open house, and auction is $20.
The Hardin County Family YMCA will utilize the Kenton city pool to offer an Aquacize class along with swim basics and swim strokes beginning in June. The Y pool is temporarily closed for repair.
The Y will offer swim lessons on Tuesday and Thursday mornings beginning June 5. Swim basics class will run from 8:45-9:15 a.m. each day, while the swim strokes class will run from 9:15-9:4S a.m. Aquacize classes will be run on Monday-Wednesday-Friday mornings from 8:4S-9:4S a.m. beginning on June 11.
It’s 1908 in Ada. This isn’t just any parade. It’s a women’s suffrage parade on Ada’s Main Street. It was 12 year later that women received the right to vote in the U.S.
Lee Crouse shared this photo with the Icon. Those flags have either 45 or 46 stars, as Oklahoma became the 46th state that year.
Theodore Roosevelt was president, Mother’s Day was observed for the first time and New York City passed a law making it illegal for people who control public places to allow women to smoke in them. The mayor vetoed the law.
