FROM THE ADA ICON - Major electrical power outages are causing disruptions in Ada this morning (Monday, Feb. 25).
Portions of the village are without power and late Sunday evening power lines were down on the 500 block of East Lincoln. Those lines have since been secured but power was not able to be restored until the wiinds subsided, according to a Facebook announcement by the Ada police department.
Ada schools are closed due to lack of power. In addition, the following message was released by the village at 8:39 a.m.:
The Bluffton University men's basketball team dropped a 69-49 decision to Hanover in the semifinals of the Heartland Conference Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Top seed and host Hanover College played the Transylvania-Franklin winner for the HCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney on Sunday.
Bluffton wrapped up its season with a school-record tying 18-9 mark, while the Panthers improved to 20-6 on the season.
Two Our Version of Adult Learning (OVAL) classes are set for March at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Thoses classes follow:
Monday, March 4, 10 a.m. – Corwin Croy presents “Biking from Bridge to Bridge.” He has biked from a 100-year-old bridge in New Bremen to a similar one near Pandora. His talk includes history, travel and adventures in biking.
Monday, March 18, 10 a.m. – Bruce Chesser presents a pottery demonstration. He brings a potter’s wheel and shows how to throw a pot..
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s will be partnering with OhioMeansJobs to host a Career Fair on Friday, March 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 718 W. Market St., Lima.
We are looking to hire in the following areas: Environmental Services, Patient Transport, Nutrition Services, New Vision Medical Laboratory, and LACP mobile transport
Mercy Health would like job seekers to come with resume and interview ready. Computers will be available to apply on-site. OhioMeansJobs is helping to coordinate and assist job seekers.
Here is the list of arts and events at Bluffton University during March. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
March 3 Event: "Conscience, Scripture and Patriotism: The Church of the Brethren and the Crisis of the Great War" by William Kostlevy, Brethren Historical Library and Archives, 4 p.m., Kreider Room, Marbeck Center.
March 10 Event: "'We Are Still Compelled': Artifacts of Bluffton's World War I Experience, Carrie Phillips, Bluffton University archives, 4 p.m., Kreider Room, Marbeck Center.
Sunday's winds were not kind to Bluffton. One of the stately pine trees in the Bluffton Presbyterian yard - always lit for the Blaze - was downed by the wind. On Monday morning work to remove the tree was underway. The next photo shows the tree after it fell. (Marlena Ballinger photo sent to the Icon)
