Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs has announced prize money and seminar dates its 2014 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition.
First place prize is $5,000 in business start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Second place is $1,000 in start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Third place is a one-year BCE client program membership.
AN APPLICATION FORM IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
This is BCE’s fifth business plan competition and it recognizes the late Ropp Triplett, long-time Bluffton industrial leader and entrepreneur.
Bet you thought there was only one Ada in the world.
Think again.
There’s only one Ada, Ohio, but there may be as many as 15 communities carrying the name “Ada” sprinkled around the U.S. There’s also a handful of townships, counties and lakes called “Ada.”
And, there’s an Ada Township in Ghana, Africa.
Some of the Ada’s that we’ve discovered bear very little information, because they are smaller than our own Ada. The Ada cities larger than us, of course, have lots of information.
Here's three important reminders from the Ada Public Library:
• There will be no storytime this week.
• The second annual Silent Auction runs through this Saturday - all proceeds go directly to the Library, helping to ensure free library programs for all ages in 2014 - stop by and put in a bid while you stay have the chance.
• Feet for Fines (your donations of new shoes, gloves, scarves, or socks, in lieu of fines $5 or less) also runs through this Saturday.Stop in and make a donation as all donations help youth in need in Hardin County.
Richland Manor invites Icon viewers to participate in its Hope for the Holidays Christmas raffle. The raffle benefits the Ada ReStore Community Center.
The raffle is already underway and viewers have until 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, to participate.
Here how the raffle works:
Tickets are available from any Richland Manor employee or at Richland Manor, 7400 Swaney Road, Bluffton.
First prize - $350 Visa gift card Second prize - $150 Visa gift card Third prize - $100 Visa gift card Fourth prize - $50 Visa gift card
Ada Lions are spreading Christmas cheer this month.
On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Lions invite Ada youth grades kindergarten to grade 6 to join them for free Christmas movies at the Ada Theatre.
According to the Lions, chaperones will be provided, but parents are welcome to stay.
The Ada Lions will provide entry to the movie and one snack pack for each child. The snack pack includes one small pop and one small popcorn. Parents’ entry will also be provided minus the snack pack.
Two movies are on the schedule:
Noon – Frosty the Snowman
1:30 p.m. – Home the Grinch Stole Christmas
Santa Claus is coming to town...again. The guy in the red suit must really like Ada because he keeps returning to town.
His first visit of the season was at the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's "Merry on Main" on Dec. 2.
His next appearance is during the kids’ Christmas shopping spree at ReStore Community Center, 210 N. Main St., on Saturday, Dec. 7. For more details about that event, click here.
Then he returns to Ada from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 16, when he visits the Ada Public Library.
