August 18, 200420 yr interesting! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 8, 200619 yr I know someone who was transferred to Kenton. He told me "If you find youself in the middle of nowhere, look me up because you are probably in Kenton." He ended up really liking it there. It looks like a nice little town, with a great courthouse!
March 8, 200619 yr very nice set of buildings that could use more activity. I like old Ohio small tows.
May 24, 200619 yr Earth shattering: Ada breaks new ground Ada Herald, 5/24/06 "Dig"-Nitaries: From left, above: Ada superintendent Ray Getz, OSFC representative Charles Brading, Adaite Arden Searson, architect Todd Thackery, Scott Burton and another representative of construction managers R.L. Bowen symbolically break ground at the sunny ceremony celebrating the new Ada K-12 school on Tuesday afternoon.
June 10, 200619 yr AE parent group donates $40,000 to help build new sports complex Ada Herald, 6/7/06 "We look for projects that will impact the most students," said Tom King, former president of the Allen East Mom and Dads Club. The club donated $40,000 to assist in the building of the new concession stand, locker rooms and public rest rooms at the sports complex of the new school currently under construction. "The Allen East Board of Education, district and administration want to thank the Mom and Dads Club for all the efforts they give, not only this," said AE Superintendent, Mike Richards. "Each year they come up with a project to assist the school and help as many students as they can. They are a pleasure to work with."
June 30, 200618 yr Rite Aid opens in Ada with heavy ONU presence Lima News, 6/30/06 Summer Baldwin and Donnie Deckling strolled into the new Rite Aid Thursday looking for drugs. Deckling, 32, had just been released after having shoulder surgery and needed some pain medication. The couple toured the state-of-the-art pharmacy and Deckling checked his blood pressure. “I just got out of surgery,” he said. “I have to make sure everything still works.” The store had a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. and opened for the first time at 8 a.m.
July 20, 200618 yr Goal in sight for Swanton High soccer field, all-weather track Toledo Blade, 6/22/06 Swanton High School's planned soccer field and all-weather track seem to be, well, on track for use next year. Bids for the project, which is estimated at $405,000, are due Wednesday, and five community organizations have $130,000 ready to add to $300,000 the school board approved for it in March. "The thing I'm excited about is that so many groups are coming together," Superintendent Neil Weber said. "The cooperation, the spirt, the leadership has just been tremendous."
July 20, 200618 yr Concerned citizens voice strong opposition to new Ada zoning expansion proposal, commission agrees Ada Herald, 7/19/06 The people spoke and issued a resounding no. And then the Ada Planning Commission listened and acted accordingly at a public hearing Monday night. The overwhelming negative response forced the planning commission to shelve its re-zoning proposal to expand the commercial district of the town to encompass the current residential area from Dobbins Ave. over to Johnson St. all the way to Highland. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting in the Ada Visiting Nurses community room, most of whom have property in the area that could have been affected. After the public had its say, the committee reconvened later Monday night and, at the motion of commission planning member Ken Wildman, decided to withdraw the plan due to the forceful public opinion expressed at the meeeting.
September 2, 200618 yr Ada school board upbeat about bids for new school, opening of classes Ada Herald, 8/23/06 "All the bids have been accepted and recommended; we expect to have approval for all bids by August 27," happily reported superintendent Ray Getz at the upbeat Ada Board of Education regular monthly meeting last Thursday. "The soil has been tested a lot and is a-ok for building." Board vice president Ron Fleming noted that the recent meeting with the Ohio School Facilities Commission "went very well. The OSFC is to share all costs, and I feel much better after the meeting. We were able to keep the building (plans) pretty much the same." "The OSFC is to pay 72 percent and we have to pay 28 percent," Getz noted. "It could have been closer to 50-50, so we got a lot of good news this week. We're really moving forward now. Most of the building things that we feel are absolutely critical, we got." MORE: http://www.adaherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=99452
September 29, 200618 yr Ada board hears latest on new building project Ada Herald, 9/27/06 The Ada school almost got an unscheduled early start on demolition of the existing building last week. At the regular school board meeting last Thursday, transportation and maintenance supervisor Mike Lenhart said he smelled a strong natural gas leak early in the morning of September 21. A quick investigation turned up a leak in the main valve of the 25-year old kiln. "We could have had a major problem if it had been leaking all weekend," Lenhart stated. "We could have had a bomb fire." Superintendent Ray Getz and board vice president Ron Fleming reported the latest on the new building project. MORE: http://www.adaherald.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=99509&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=&S=1
December 15, 200618 yr From the 11/17/06 Lima News: Hardin County group questions mega-dairy under construction BY DOMINIC ADAMS - Nov. 17, 2006 MCGUFFEY — An environmental advocacy group in Hardin County wants to see manure maps in order to determine where an under construction mega-dairy could potentially spread its manure. Citizens for Respectful Agricultural Environmental Policies Inc. said it is imperative that it know the list of potential dump sites the Ohio Department of Agriculture has from the farm so the advocacy group can do some research. The group wants to install wells to test water before the 4,500-cow Van Deurzen Dairy begins operation near Alger. "We want to collect our information," said Ron Wyss, the group’s president who farms land about a half-mile from the dairy. "We have to do our due diligence and hope there’s no problems." Citizens for Respectful Agricultural Environmental Policies Inc. was formed a year and a half ago and has 42 paid members. Wyss said the group wants to educate the public and work to change the weak governmental restrictions on mega farms. MORE: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=32265
December 25, 200618 yr New Ada school site progressing Ada Herald, 12/6/06 Construction of the new Ada school slated to open June 30, 2008, is progressing on schedule, said Charlie Ayers, on-site project manager with R.L. Bowen and Associates. The workers "are driving the project at a pretty good rate," said Ayers in a special report at the board of education meeting Thursday. According to Ayers and Jim Smith, senior project manager, the past several weeks of warm temperatures have allowed the construction crew to make significant headway on the building. However, some board members raised concerns about how rapid temperature decreases, predicted for last Friday, would impact the building project.
April 12, 200718 yr From the 4/3/07 Lima News: Strickland in Kenton talking about education David Trinko - 04.03.2007 KENTON — Gov. Ted Strickland visited Hardin Central Elementary School on Tuesday promoting his proposed solutions to the education funding problems. Visiting one of the poorer school districts in northwest Ohio, Strickland promised an educational plan that could add 6 percent to 6.5 percent state funding to the district’s coffers. “Any help you can give us is greatly appreciated,” said Kenton superintendent Doug Roberts, noting the district still needs support for its 0.75 percent income tax levy. “Kenton schools have cut 12½ positions in the last few years. It’s been tough.” MORE: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=36952
June 9, 200718 yr New Ada school on track and taking shape Ada Herald, 6/11/07 The new Ada K-12 school is taking shape and on schedule as they move toward a June 30, 2008 opening. With only a year to go the construction site is beginning to look more like the education facility that it will become. According to the construction manager on site Charlie Ayers he said the site is moving ahead on schedule.
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