Civic agenda: August 17, 2019 MONDAY, AUG. 19 Kenton Board of Education – 7 p.m., board of education office; preceded at 6 p.m. by a board work session BKP Ambulance District Board of Trustees – 6 p.m., board office Read More
New Birth Living Word Ministries finds new home after long journey ADA — The congregation of the New Birth Living Word Ministries has seen many changes in recent years, but it has a home now and its leaders believe God was with them every step of the journey. The church was founded in Alger by Wayne Vaughn. The Kenton resident had found a vacant church building in the village and made arrangements for his new church to be housed there. After much remodeling, the congregation grew. But after six years, a disagreement with the owner of the church forced Pastor Vaughn and his followers to seek another home. Read More
Word for the day: Coffee, apathy and the problem of evil I love coffee. My love affair with coffee is probably bordering on inappropriate. I am nerdy about my coffee. I buy green coffee beans and roast them myself. I grind them myself and make coffee fresh every morning, either in a pour over machine, a specialty French press, or a coffee maker named “The Connoisseur.” If money and time/energy were not limiting factors, I would open my own coffee roaster and use the profits to fund charitable causes around the world. I love coffee. Read More
Lack of rain puts stress on corn development One of the corn production scenarios agronomists least like is a wet spring followed by a hotter and drier than normal July and August. The spring of 2019 was one of the wettest on records throughout much of the state and now, as the dry weather that started in July persists, such a scenario seems to be a possibility. A combination of warm temperatures and inadequate rainfall is beginning to stress corn fields across Ohio. What’s exacerbating this problem are the marginal roots evident in some fields. Several factors, including poor planting conditions and/or excessively wet soil conditions in June have inhibited good root development in many fields. Read More
Stress task force offers help to farmers COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dairy farmers grapple with slumps in milk prices while the cost of feeding their cows keeps rising. For crop farmers, prices for corn and soybeans remain low, and many growers couldn’t plant either crop this year. Read More
Time capsule to be included in Ada police station renovation ADA — Patrolman Penny Clark must have been thinking about the remodeling project in the Ada Police Department when she fell asleep one night recently because she recalls suddenly waking up with an idea involving the renovated office. Read More
Conservation awards Kellogg Farms received the top conservation awards at the Annual Meeting of the Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District on Thursday evening in Kenton. Read More
Ada Schools program to focus on teacher behavioral skills ADA — Focus 3, a program that teaches discipline driven behavioral skills, is set to be a part of Ada Schools’ professional development in 2019. Robin VanBuskirk, director of teaching and learning at Ada, reported to the board at its regular meeting on Thursday that an administrative retreat was taken on Aug. 1 and 2 in Columbus. Read More
Ada school leaders thank crew for work preparing building ADA — Ada Schools’ administrators thanked Mike Lenhart, transportation and maintenance supervisor, and his crew for preparing the building for another school year. Read More
Work session The Kenton City Schools Board of Education will have a work session at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19 at the Oaklief Administration Building. The regular monthly board meeting will follow at 7 p.m. Read More