Ada village council voted to substantially increased wage rates for all positions at the pool for this summer. Action took place this week.
The comment was made at council that “the village has made a large investment in the pool facility and we need to be sure that we invest in our pool employees so that we can provide our pool customers with a safe and enjoyable experience at the pool."
Here is the new hourly rate structure:
• Manager $18
• Assistant manager $12.85
• Lifeguards $10.00 with the possibility of qualifying for a $150 end of year spiff (bonus) for performance
• Cashiers $8.15
To prepare businesses and law enforcement about new changes to state laws covering “skill-based amusement machines,” the Ohio Casino Control Commission will be conducting educational seminars at the ONU law college on Friday, April 13.
The two-hour seminars will be offered in two tracks, one geared for law enforcement and attorneys with the other for businesses that operate skill-based machines.
The Ohio Northern football team will open its 123rd year of competition on Sept. 1 with a night game against Adrian (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium under 15th-year head coach Dean Paul.
The Polar Bears will open the season with three consecutive home games.
After the game with Adrian, ONU will host Muskingum on Sept. 8 and Wilmington on Sept. 15 before playing back-to-back road games at Otterbein and Marietta to close out the month of September.
Northern will have its bye week on Oct. 6 and will host John Carroll on Oct. 13, travel to Capital on Oct. 20 and host Mount Union on Oct. 27 on Homecoming Weekend.
A photography exhibit titled “March to Freedom” is now on display at the Elzay Gallery from now through April 6. The exhibition is presented in collaboration The University of Texas at Austin and the LBJ Presidential Library.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, joined other civil rights leaders including to lead peaceful demonstrations and conduct nonviolent acts of civil disobedience publicizing the need for equal rights, including a national voting rights law.
Though spring has officially arrived, the American Red Cross blood supply is still recovering from severe winter storms in March. Donors of all blood types are urged to roll up a sleeve and help save lives. Two upcoming opportunities in Hardin County are:
Monday, March 26, noon-6 p.m., First Baptist Church, 11543 CR 175, Kenton
Thursday, March 29, 10-4, ONU McIntosh Center, Ada
Drug Take Back Day will be held on Saturday, April 28, in Ada and three other locations in Hardin County. People with expired and unused prescriptions and over-the-counter medications and supplements may drop them off between 9-11 a.m. In the parking lot between Rite Aid and COSI on South Main. Medicated lotions and sunscreens will be accepted, too. (No syringes)
The items will be disposed of in a safe, legal, and environmentally conscious manner.
