On April 5, 2022, the Hardin County Homemakers held their annual Spring Achievement program at the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge in Kenton, OH, with 46 homemakers and guests in attendance. Five district and state officers with their guests were in attendance from Marion and Fulton counties. Roll call was taken by Janice Durenberger and Elaine Hoover.
This year’s theme was “Homemakers are the Bee’s Knees”. Homemaker council president Janice Durenberger welcomed the participants by reading the Homemaker’s Creed.
The Cube Ice Arena in Findlay, Ohio will host the Hockey Helping Heroes initiative of the First Responder Face-Off Foundation to town on Friday, May 6. The event features a charity hockey game between the FOP 109 Warthogs vs. the Toledo Police Hockey team. Proceeds from the game benefit the family of Officer Dominic Francis of the Bluffton Police Department. Officer Francis was killed in the line of duty March 31, 2022 and was a member of the Fort Findlay FOP Lodge #20.
A Farmers & Merchants Picnic Fundraiser will be held at Norada Lanes on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
The event will include a No-Tap bowling tournament with basket raffles, gun raffle and 50/50.
Noon: Bowling tournament sign ups
1:00 p.m.: Tournament begins
Organizers will also hold several raffles that day with proceeds supporting start-up costs for the 109th Annual Farmers and Merchants Picnic, which will take place on Saturday, August 13 at War Memorial Park in Ada.
Norada Lanes is located at 1182 St. Route 235, phone 419-634-8900.
Liberty Village Preschool, located within the Ada Schools administration building at 725 W. North St., is establishing a booster club and 501c3 nonprofit organization. Its mission is to support the needs of the students and staff of Liberty Village Preschool through volunteering and fundraising.
One of the organization's first projects is to help provide playgound equipment for a new area that has been fenced near the classrooms. Some $4,000 has been raised.
To be named the Village PUP Pack (Partners United in Purpose), the club is hosting the following fundraising events in April (flyers below):
The following real estate and personal property will be offered at public auction on the premises at 3468 CR 304 Ada, Ohio 45810. Open Houses will be held on April 18 and 25 at 5 p.m.
PUBLIC AUCTION:
Saturday April 30, 2022 @ 10 AM
1 1⁄2 story farmhouse with 1141 sq. ft., 3BR, one bath, partial basement with 90+ LP furnace with central air and updated 200-amp electric service. The home is on a 9-acre lot with approx. 7 acres tillable farmland. Buildings include a two-car detached garage, pole building and other smaller sheds. Purchaser to receive 22 farm rights.
