The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 recognizes the following Ada groups who have participated in Adopt-a-Highway for more than 25 years:
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Ohio Northern University, who maintain a stretch of State Route 235
Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Theta, Ohio Northern University, who maintain a stretch of State Route 701
Ada Lions Club, who maintain a stretch of State Route 309
Ada FFA, who maintain a stretch of State Route 81
These groups earned service awards this week, signed by ODOT Director Jack Marchbanks and District 1 Deputy Director Chris Hughes.
By Barbara Lockard
A 2014 Ada High School graduate recently returned to the high school to teach current students about a near-extinct species and even allowed them to “babysit” some eggs.
Ada alum Justin England is a fisheries technician employed by Midwest Biodiversity Institute, based in Columbus, Ohio. On a typical day he catches, weighs, measures and collects data on Ohio’s fish. “We monitor. We’re there to collect data,” said England.
England holds two associate degrees; one in agribusiness management from University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) and another in fisheries resource management from southeast Ohio’s Hocking College.
Ada Senior Citizens have two events planned in February. Details follow:
• Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 12:30 p.m. at the Ada Community Health Professionals Community Room. Business meeting will be conducted by Vice President Diana Manley. Then we will play euchre and/or board games. You are encouraged to join for an annual membership donation of $10 payable at this meeting.
• Wednessday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m. at VanCrest of Ada, 600 West North Ave. We will play euchre and/or board games with our friends who reside here. Ada area residents over 60 are invited and encouraged to attend. Come join us and enjoy an afternoon of fun and fellowship.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) staff traveled to Kenton on Jan. 29 to meet with Ohio veterans.
Veterans from Hardin County attended the roundtable and Brown’s office organized the roundtable with the Hardin County Veterans Service Office. Brown’s office will take the veterans’ priorities back to Washington, where the Senator sits on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Brown is the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Ohio on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
Welcome to a new Ada Icon feature. We call it "Hi! I am a foreigner." This feature includes interviews with Ohio Northern University international students. Icon intern, Elizaveta Dyachuk, a student from Russia, conducts the interviews. Our first feature follows:
Yuuki Okada
English pronunciation:Yuki
Your nationality: Japanese
Year at ONU: Freshman
Major at ONU: Graphic design
