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BVHS COVID-19 vaccine update

On Facebook Live Thursday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 11, 2021

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will be hosting a Facebook Live entitled “BVHS COVID-19 Vaccine Update,” on Thursday, March 11 beginning at Noon.

BVHS President and CEO Myron Lewis and Dr. William Kose, vice president of special projects, will be joined by Findlay, Ohio Mayor, Christina Muryn for a discussion regarding the COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Additional topics will include future plans for vaccination efforts, the city’s response, the mobile health clinic, state directives and more.

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This sign gets results

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 10, 2021

It's on its way. Saturday, March 20, is the first day of spring. And, this message on a rural mail box at 1822 State Route 81, west of Ada, served as an encouraging cheerleader all winter for signs of warmer weather.

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Van Wert construction could mean more rail traffic through Ada

Ohio Rail Development Commission eyes $75,000 grant for new investment
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The Ohio Rail Development Commission, meeting on March 10, will act on a $75,000 grant to Trucent Renewable Chemicals, a company planning a new investment in Van Wert.

The company is located on the Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroad, passing through Ada, which may eventually increase rail traffic here.

The approximately $10 million facility will result in 21 new jobs in Van Wert.

Headquartered in Dexter, Michigan, Trucent is a fluid separation technology company operating in several industries from automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing to solar glass fabrication and aerospace.

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115th annual Interclass contest March 19

Essay entries in argument, poetry, short story and dramatic reading • will be livestreamed
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Ada High School will hold its 115th Interclass contest at 7 p.m., Friday, March 19.

Interclass has been an Ada tradition that is unique to the community. It started in 1907 when Superintendent C.H. Freedman proposed an academic competition between the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.  

Interclass celebrates the written and spoken word. Students compete in the areas of essay writing, poetry, short story, and dramatic reading. In each category, one winner has been chosen from each grade after an internal competition within the classes.

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So, you think you know Ada? The answer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 10, 2021

So, you think you know Ada? IONA may be a college on New Rochelle, New York, but in this case, IONA is part of the Liberty NatIONAl Bank on Main Street, Ada.

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Playing with fire

Luke Sheets has ceramic piece accepted in New York exhibit
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Luke Sheets, associate professor in art and ceramics professor at Ohio Northern, has a piece accepted to the art exhibit “Playing with Fire: Altered Atmospheres.”

The show is organized by the Saratoga Clay Arts Center in New York and is a national juried exhibition of 68 functional and decorative works by 59 clay artists.

The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 13 and runs through April 24.

Sheets has working in clay for over 20 years. After completing his BFA in ceramics, he worked in his own studio creating and firing wood-fired pottery.

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