The Master Gardeners Volunteers of Allen, Hardin and Hancock counties will
offer the Master Gardener Volunteer training program at the OSU-Lima
Campus this spring.
This program provides 50 hours of intensive training in horticulture to interested gardeners who then commit to 50 hours of volunteer service in their home county assisting with Master Gardener Volunteer sponsored educational programs and activities for residents. Volunteer opportunities and projects vary by county.
Specialists from the Ohio State University Extension and experienced Master
Gardener Volunteers will teach sessions along with some local experts.
Here's the Ada school honor roll for the second nine-week grading period.
Fourth Grade
All A: Jana Abdullatef, Jillian Allison, Adam Conner, Ethan D’Souza, Brody Erickson, Benjamin Marshall, Alainie Pratt, Aidra Preston, Victoria Rausch, Abigail Thompson, Caleb Thompson, Karley Wagner, Rowan West and Ken Zheng
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - There's an interesting, long-standing link between Ada, Ohio Northern University and pharmacies in Bluffton.
Greg Conkling past owner of Greg's Pharmacy, Bluffton, purchased the pharmacy from John Skelly (1942 ONU pharmacy grad) in 1986 and owned it for 26 years.
Conkling was an ONU pharmacy grad.
Deb Retterer, a pharmacist at Greg's since 1989, who retired at the end of 2016, was also an ONU pharmacy grad.
Deb's replacement is Bluffton native, Andrea Williams, also an ONU pharmacy graduate.
Here's the story of the latest Ada-ONU pharmacy connection to Bluffton:
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Teri Salyer.
“I gave up too easily. Math was scary for me!” shares Teri Salyer. Giving up too easily did not remain in Teri’s equation as this Ada and ONU grad is in her 27th year of teaching. Read on to learn why Teri believes she is in the best profession in the world.
What to do you teach at Ada?
I teach 4th grade Math.
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Tabitha McPeeks.
“I like to see my students having fun in the classroom,” shares Tabitha McPeeks, Ada Elementary music and 5th grade band teacher. Read on to learn more about a memorable exclamation heard in her classroom…“Hey! That actually sounded like a song!”
What subjects and grades do you teach?
Elementary music and 5th grade band.
The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at noon in the Dean's Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University. Special guest will be a representative from Blanchard Valley Hospital, Bluffton campus, to discuss the Bluffton Hospital's Women' Center.
