Applications are being accepted for the 2020 Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame through Thursday, Oct. 15, according to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin extension office.
Nominees must have made their major contribution to agriculture primarily as a result of being born, growing up, living in, or working in Hardin County, Ohio.
Last year one of those honored was Madelyn Lowery, an ONU alumnae. She joined Dean and Barbara Dulin, Fred Rarey and Mark Watkins as 2019 honorees.
A Hardin County food distribution event takes place from noon to 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Dial-Roberson Stadium on the ONU campus, according to Jason Aldrich.
Enter on Klingler Road. To received food persons must be 18 or older, have a valid photo ID and proof of residency, be at or below 230 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and sign and eligibility to take food home form.
In July, the Ada visit resulted in the distribution of 35,900 pounds of food passed to 133 families.
Aldrich asks that participants have their trucks or truck bed cleaned out as volunteers will not move items to load food into vehicles.
This Covid-19 question video series is in cooperation with Ada SAFE 2020. The series is the collective work of experts, community leaders, organizers, parents, and members of the community.
The question is: "Why do healthy kids need to wear masks?”
In the accompanying video, Dr. Anna Kauffman, MD, a physician in Family Medicine and practices in Bluffton, responds.
She received her MD from Yale University School of Medicine and completed a residency in family medicine at the VCU Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency Program.
Ada Schools will participate in the federal meal program that will temporarily offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, according to Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent. The program begins Thursday, Sept. 10.
"This program is expected to run through the end of the calendar year, Dec. 31," said the superintendent.
"If we get word that the program is terminating sooner, we will alert families immediately. This program was extended to all schools as a response to economic concerns brought on for many families by the COVID-19 pandemic.
