GROB welcomes 37 new apprentices into its workforce on Monday, June 14.
The new class will bring the total number of current apprentices at GROB to 107. The new hires and their families attended an orientation and signing day event on May 22 to help prepare them for their first day of work and to celebrate them choosing an apprenticeship.
GROB received over 165 applications for this year’s class, making it one of the most competitive years yet.
Janet Kingen, AVP, Loan Review Specialist at First National Bank retired from the bank on May 27.
Kingen has 35 years of experience in banking. She previously worked for another financial institution in Indiana for 18 years. She began her career with First National Bank in 2004, starting as a Customer Service Representative before being promoted to Branch Manager.
She also worked as the Senior Lending Assistant and Ag Loan Specialist. In January 2009, she was promoted to AVP. Janet and her husband, Mark, live in Pandora and have two children and two grandchildren.
New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, is open on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The garden center has many summer special offers, which are listed in the flyer above.
Summer Hours:
Mondays to Fridays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sundays noon to 4 p.m. Memorial Day - Monday, May 31, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
419-634-0351 www.newleafgardencenter.com
The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs will host an online discussion about growing your business through networking groups at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 27. Julia George of Blackhoof Title Agency in Bluffton will introduce viewers to the Beantown Business Professionals chapter.
The Beantown group is one of 27 BNI (Business Networking International) chapters in Northwest Ohio. It meets weekly at the Lima Public Library.
FROM ADA ICON - As businesses and events reopen after being closed for a year, the Icon is posting stories on both Icons relating to Ada and Bluffton.
A grand reopening of Vicki’s Music Studio and Noteworthy Community Choir is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 4, at the studio, 2613 State Route 81, Ada, according to Vicki Mills, studio owner.
“We invite all interested persons to visit our studio, meet our instructors and register for all summer classes and camps,” said Mills.
GROB Systems, 1070 Navajo Dr., Bluffton, will host its orientation and signing day for its 2021 apprenticeship class on Saturday.
The event is from 9 a.m. to noon at GROB.
"New apprentices and their families will attend this event to learn more about what to expect at GROB and celebrate them choosing an apprenticeship," said Krista Lehman of GROB.
The apprentices and their families will participate in a signing day photo opportunity to highlight each student choosing this path after high school.
