Last week was a great week for farming. Here, a piece of land just west of Grass Run Industrial Park is being tilled in preparation for applying anhydrous ammonia.
Part of the field will be used as a test plot for corn, the remainder put into soybeans.
Hardin County is fourth in the state in the sale of crops and livestock among the 88 counties in Ohio.
Remember, when you get stuck behind a slow-moving piece of farm equipment this time of year that agriculture is big business in Hardin County.
(Monty Siekerman)
You can pay up to $150 nowadays to see a KISS concert, but 40 years ago to the day, ONU students got into King-Horn gym to see KISS, The James Gang, and The Flock for a mere $5.
Pictured (seated) are Ryan Oberlin, Abigail Green, and Professor Jimmy Wilson talking informally with some audience members following a showing of a 33-minute documentary Saturday at the Dicke Building.
As a project for an historical geography class, the students interviewed several people who attended the long-ago concert and turned those interviews into a documentary. For Ada it was a wild night.
The venerable sycamore tree, located near the Ada Theater, got a new lease on life Friday when the tree commission voted to spend about $2,400 to keep it going.
The tree is a fixture in the heart of downtown Ada, estimated to be 120 years old. It has lace bug problems and needs trimming for the safety of nearby property and passersby along the road and sidewalk.
The tree is in front of 211 S. Main, a house recently bought by Matt Brown. He wrote the commission asking for advice on saving the tree and safety aspects.
The commission accepted the proposal from Tawa Tree Service after Brad Brooks, certified arborist, studied the tree and its problems.
By Monty Siekerman
A video presentation of the remembrances of the Kiss concert at ONU will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, exactly 40 years after the performance. The program, free and open to the public, will be held in Dicke Building.
A class taught by Jimmy Wilson has worked this semester in researching the event and interviewing those who attended.
People are coming from all over the local area and from far away, such as San Francisco, to see the concert documentary.
It’s better to grow up in Hardin or Hancock County when it comes to a child’s odds of improving his or her economic lot in life than it is to live in Allen County.
These are the findings of a new study by Harvard researchers Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendrin. The New York Times, in reporting the findings on Tuesday, said the study, “The Effects of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility," is “the first with enough data to compare upward mobility across metropolitan areas,” and provides “the most powerful evidence so far” about factors that appear to keep people stuck in poverty.
The Buy Ada First Committee announced that its next cash mob is at Simply Torn, 220 N. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, May 8.
“Jamie Burger welcomed our invitation to host this event,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee.
Cox said that to make the cash mob even more inviting to customers, Simply Torn will offer buy one get one free on scarves, 20% off – 1 regular priced item, plus a drawing for an item to giveaway, during the 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. timeframe. Drawing more attention to the mob, the Buy Ada First Committee will be handing out information on the benefits of buying local.
