In a joint venture, Ada Kiwanis, Hardin Pioneer Aktion Club, Simon Kenton school staff and members of Harco Industries were able to make one little girl very happy as school came to a close this year.
This is an Ohio Kiwanis First Family Project that includes Aktion Club to donate a customized bike for an child with physical limitations.
The primary goal is to promote independence by providing therapeutic tricycles. With the help of Simon Kenton School staff and members of Harco Industries, the bike was presented to Mary Kraft who was thrilled to have given the opportunity for some independence.
The Cadets drum and bugle corps arrived at 11 p.m. Sunday night, debarking from three gigantic buses at Founders and Maglott Halls where they will reside as they rehearse for their performances from coast to coast this summer.
The Cadets, from Allentown, Pa., include 150 performing artists and have a support staff of about 30 people.
It will be music in the air in Ada with rehearsals starting at 9 a.m., seven days a week, until about 10 p.m. each night.
Hardin Pioneer Aktion Club recently presented five $250 scholarships to five Hardin County students.
The Aktion Club started this scholarship five years ago to help youth further their education.
Applicants write an essay on how would they make a life better for a person who has disabilities. The scholarship committee reviewed all applicants and selected these winners.
This is the first year that the club has had five scholarships due to their successful fundraisers.
It looked like a circus arrived in town Sunday night with three busses and assorted trucks and trailers.
The Cadets drum and bugle corps are here for the second year to prepare their show for audiences across the U.S.
No, those debarking the buses are not refugees but are highly-selected performers carrying their personal belongings into ONU residence halls for their 17-day stay in Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Once you graduate from Ada High School, you don't know where in the world life will take you.
For Joe Carey (right), life took him to Mansfield where he taught for 31 years then, in "retirement," he joined the Peace Corps where he taught in the Russia Far East for two years, then to Lithuania where he taught four summers, then to Kazakhstan where he taught a year.
Joe, Class of 1959, was inducted into the AHS Hall of Honors during the annual alumni association dinner held at the school on Saturday evening.
At left is Kurt Klingler, association president, who reported 120 people attended the dinner.
The Hardin County Dairy Beef Feeder queen contest in open to all girls 14 years and older (as of Jan. 1), who are currently enrolled in 4-H or FFA with a dairy beef (feeder or steer) project.
To be eligible to compete, a member must fill out the application, complete the essay and participate in an interview. Applicants will also be given a test over breeds, body parts, and general questions that pertain to the project.
The winner will represent the dairy beef feeder youth and also be recognized at the crowning of the Hardin County Fair King and Queen Ceremony in front of the grandstand at the fair.
