By Monty Siekerman
The College Republicans and the College Democrats gathered for an election watch party Tuesday night at The Inn.
Here, Maddie Kimmel shows her support for her guy while Lydia Heinlen cheers for her gal. The photo was taken early in the evening, thus everyone was smiling at that point.
Early on, the TV networks made the obvious calls so the electoral count bounced from one candidate winning to the other being in the lead.
As the night progressed, the GOPers in the crowd got more excited, especially when Donald Trump took Ohio.
Would this trend continue? Would nearly all pollsters and pundits be wrong?
By Monty Siekerman
Ada and Liberty Township voters were in a good mood on Tuesday.
• Library levy - approved.
• Two park levies - approved.
• Ada Express Mart liquor sales and Sunday sales - approved.
There were county commissioner races, but candidates for eight county offices were unopposed.
Sheriff Everhart's popularity was evident by his garnering more votes than the other unopposed candidates. Everhart, an Ada High School grad, was elected to a third four-year team.
The Hardin County turnout was virtually the same as four years ago: 68.0% yesterday to 68.1% in 2012.
By Monty Siekerman
Law students from five countries observed the American voting process in Ada on Tuesday.
The students, who are from Afghanistan, Nepal, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Malawi, are spending the year in Ada studying at the law school for an advanced degree.
They were brought to the polling place by Becky Neville, an administrative assistant at the school.
All of the students are already lawyers in their home countries. The university recently received a $2 million grant to continue the program because of its past success.
By Monty Siekerman
Several Ada School students have created a "billboard" about stuttering.
The billboard gave the students to provide facts about the disorder but more importantly, gave them an opportunity to share about their feelings about stuttering.
They wanted people to know that they are "way more than kids who stutter." They chose not to have their names on the project because it could be about anyone who stutters or struggles with anything.
They created the work with assistance from Occupational Therapist, Lisa Closson and Speech Language Pathologist, Sherry Miller.
This plate provides a lot of information with just six letters. It belongs to David Retterer, Ada, mayor. You'll find it on a bright red Ford F150 pickup.
How many other university towns in the U.S. could you pull this off?
By Monty Siekerman
A $300 million wind farm is closer to being built with a power purchase agreement signed between EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc., of Pittsburgh and Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company.
This is the single largest development project in Hardin County history. Taxing units - including USV school and the Alger/McGuffey area may receive more tax income.
