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Jake Taylor, Ada High School senior, is one of 25 Ohio high school artists recognized in this year's Ohio Governor's Art Show in Columbus. Details are in the story below.

Jake Taylor, Ada High School senior, is one of 25 students in Ohio to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence during this year’s Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. His work titled "Business Trip" is a ceramic work. 
 
He was chosen from 12,000 entries from across the state, according to Gary Wells, Ada High School art teacher. Click here for the entire list of artists in the show.

State jurors selected 300 for the actual exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor's Award of Excellence.

By Amy Hood

Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team had seven swimmers named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in voting done by the leagues academic advisors.

Sophomore Molly Wheeler, senior Ashley Zoeller, sophomore Jill Chapman, sophomore Kelsey Brebberman, sophomore Jennifer Collopy, junior Allison Lohnes, and sophomore Stacie Melody.

Wheeler, a pharmacy major, earns her first Academic All-OAC honor. She has set personal records in 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle and earned 35 OAC championship points.

Zoeller earns her third Academic All-Conference accolade. The accounting major has been named All-OAC five times in her career.

Did you know?
The Village of Ada is required by the federal Clean Water Act to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit because our wastewater treatment plant discharges treatment plant effluent into Grass Run Creek.

The wastewater is treated through the Village’s wastewater treatment plant before it is discharged into the creek and the treatment is overseen by licensed operators and subject to Ohio EPA inspections and codes.

Ohio Northern University student Emily Fanello, a senior medical laboratory science major from Medina, Ohio, has been named the recipient of two medical laboratory science (MLS) scholarships.

The first scholarship, in the amount of $1,000, is from the Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) partnership. The purpose of this national scholarship is to help defray education costs, promote MLS as a rewarding career, and help address the workforce shortage of qualified professionals. Applicants are evaluated in four key areas: knowledge, community, leadership and career advancement.

KENTON

The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance along with the Hardin County Ambassadors conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at Ohio Means Jobs Hardin County on Wednesday, March 11th. Their new location is in the Annex Building, first floor, 175 W. Franklin St., Kenton. The ribbon cutting was in conjunction with their open house.

The Mission of Ohio Means Jobs Hardin County is to increase the employment, retention, earnings and occupational skills of our customers and assist employers in finding and retaining qualified workers.

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