Seventy-six vehicles that you don't see every day, lined Main Street Ada during Saturday's VFW Cruz-In. This year's best of show was a beautiful 1956 Chevy Bel-aire owned by Larry and Pam Reinhart of Ottawa. Matt Day of Lafayette won the burn out competition.
Here's the Ada HS baseball team of 1991.
Front from left, Tim Allen*, Wade Evans, Troy Erickson*, Brian Gossard*,...
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Photos by Ken Collins
Ethan Daniels, Ada swim team member, was recognized during this past weekend’s Western Ohio Aquatics League champions in Bluffton.
He was among 24 high school grads who competed for the final time in the WOAL meet. Daniels was the lone Ada swim team member who graduated this year, as the team is loaded with young talent.
Here are several photos of Ethan at the league meet. He earned a medal in the 15 and over boys’ breast stroke.
The Ada Gators finished fourth in the eight-team meet.
Senior swim team members were recognized during this past weekend's Western Ohio Aquatic League championships, including Ethan Daniels, from Ada Alligators. The entire list of league seniors follows:
Ada Alligators:
Ethan Daniels
Bluffton Sardines
Tanner Pinks, Andrew Bertka, Amanda Speicher, Jordan Siefer
Kenton Marlins
Haley Hunt, Mason Manns
Shawnee Tide
Madi Gendreau, Lauren Mayers
Sherwood Sharks
Khloe Kaskocsak, Cayla Butler, Jacob Michael
Van Wert Marlins:
Noah Arend
Ada Junior high football will start Monday, July 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the football practice field at the high school.
Ohio Northern All-American Ryan Bruns will participate in this year's The Basketball Tournament (TBT) with the Dayton Red Scare.
TBT is a 64-team tournament of top-notch professional basketball, featuring college alumni teams, international basketball stars, ex-NBA players and future NBA players competing in a single-elimination 5-on-5 tournament.
The champions from each regional site will move on to Championship Weekend to play for the $2 million, winner-take-all prize in Chicago from Aug. 1-6.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada swim team finished a solid fourth out of eight teams at the 39th annual Elks West Ohio Aquatic League championship meet Friday and Saturday at the Bluffton pool.
Westside won the combined team meet, as well as the boys and girls team crowns. Bluffton took second in all three of the final team standings.
Ada came in fourth overall and fourth in the boys team results, while the Alligator girls ended up fifth.
Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) holds its quarterly meeting at noon, Wednesday, July 24, in the Ada depot, according to Eileen Peterman of the village.
Frances E. Nichols, 92, died Monday, July 22, 2019, at 9:28 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1927, in Hardin County, Ohio, to the late Royal and Rosa (Coppler) Nichols.
Helms and Sons Excavating was awarded the Ada street maintenance program contract for 2019. The Ada council accepted the bid this month.
The Icon spotted this plate - guess where - on a 1970 Cadillac. It was a display plate in the rear window of the vehicle on display at the Ada cruise in on Saturday. Owner is Cheryl Geer of Ada. A very beautiful vehicle.
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