On Saturday, January 20, the Ada High School Alumni Association (AHSAA) hosted a reception to induct two graduates in the school’s Hall of Honor. Two individuals were recognized as the association caught up with a delay caused by COVID public gathering restrictions.
Danny W. Hassell, a 1975 graduate, and Michael Elliot, a 1977 graduate, were presented with duplicate plaques of those installed in the hallway adjacent to the school cafeteria.
HARDIN COUNTY__A Beef Quality Assurance certification training is scheduled for Monday, February 19 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hardin County OSU Extension office located at 1021 W Lima Street in Kenton.
St. Mark Lutheran--located at the corner of Lincoln and Johnson Streets in
Ada--will serve a free community meal from 5 to 6:30 (or whenever they run out) on Wednesday, January 31. The menu is scalloped potatoes with ham, green beans, rruit and cookie. This meal is free and opened to the public. Dine in, carry out or drive up for curbside service.
HARROD__Despite fatigue from a busy schedule, the Allen East girls basketball team smothered visiting Leipsic 39-14 with suffocating defense in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday night at Harrod.
Joanna M. Pinkerton, PE, BSCE ’98, president and CEO of Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), will serve as the keynote speaker for Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering’s 2024 Spotts Lecture. The free, public event will take place Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
Pinkerton’s presentation is titled, “Who Are You Engineering For?”
COTA is a regional mobility organization providing services to Columbus and Central Ohio. With a service area covering 562 square miles across five counties serving 1.4 million residents, COTA employs more than 1,000 team members and provided more than 19 million passenger trips in 2019. Since joining COTA in April 2018, Pinkerton has focused on organizational transformation— delivering innovative mobility solutions in response to a rapidly growing community and changing customer preferences, as well as addressing equity issues with both the physical and digital mobility needs of many residents.
Roof repairs, electronic controls update and K-12 expansion to be addressed
By Paula Pyzik Scott
The Board of Education of the Ada Exempted Village Schools held a rare Saturday afternoon meeting on January 20 in coordination with required training for its members.
The meeting included a presentation by Sara Little of Energy Optimizers USA on the opportunity to utilize Ohio Council of Educational Purchasing Consortia contracts for HVAC and roofing. The school building has an urgent need for work on the flat roofs, which have been leaking in places.
