Sean Beck has announced he is a candidate for Ada council. He has filed as a Democrat. With no additional Democrats filing, he will be on the ballot in November.
Beck said that his campaign has received an endorsement from the political organization Run For Something.
RFS was launched in January 2017 with a premise: help young, diverse people to run for down-ballot races in order to build a bench for the future.
Beck says he wants Ada’s government to be more transparent and is excited that his ideas are being recognized on the national stage.
Senior artists and graphic designers from Bluffton University will showcase their most prominent work in a combined exhibit called “Uncovered Perspectives.”
Berlin Fuqua, Ada; Autumn Graves, Mount Blanchard; and Sarah Heydinger, Tiro; will have work on display. The exhibit opens March 15 and runs through April 10 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center for faculty, staff and students to view.
Since campus remains closed to visitors, off-campus guests can watch a pre-recorded artist talk and view the exhibit virtually starting on Monday, March 22, at www.bluffton.edu/artgallery.
Several open houses are planned in Hardin County in March and April. Ada’s open house is from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, in the Ada Public Library, according to Amanda Raines, 4-H youth development educator.
Here’s the entire county open house list, held in public library’s in their respective communities:
Forest – March 23 5 to 7 p.m.
Ada – March 24, 5 to 7 p.m.
Dunkirk – March 29, 5 to 7 p.m.
Kenton – March 30, 5 to 7 p.m.
Mt. Victory – April 10, 10 a.m. to noon
Note: June Fields, of 4495 N. Phillips Road, Harrod, provided the Icon with her journey as a double organ recipient. April is Donate Life Month. June encourages families to have a talk about organ donation. Several questions and answers about this subject are at the bottom of the feature.
By June Fields
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - My name is June Fields and I live near Bluffton and come into town often to shop, bank, eat or volunteer at the Et Cetera Shop, so you may have seen me out and about.
Ada High School senior, Megan Light, is the recipient of a $1,600 Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative scholarship.
She was the third place winner in this year's competition.
She is among eight seniors covering Mid-Ohio’s 10 north-central Ohio counties and 25 local school districts, who received a scholarship. One other area student, Rosemary Carman, an Allen East senior, is an $1,800 scholarship recipient, finishing in second place.
