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Feature photo: Soggy toes at Ada park

Posted by Staff on Friday, April 15, 2022

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Midweek rains left War Memorial Park with some temporary water features and rearranged some local sports schedules. Wind, rain and frost are in the forecast for Easter weekend.

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Ada baseball upended by last-ditch Pirate rally

Posted by Staff on Friday, April 15, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School baseball team led 2-0 heading to the last inning, but gave up three two-out runs to lose a 3-2 heartbreaker to local rival Bluffton Thursday, April 14, on a cool, windy evening at War Memorial Park.

Ada fell to 2-5 and 0-2 in the Northwest Conference with the tough defeat. Bluffton improved to 2-5 and 1-0 in the NWC after the comeback win.

Bulldog senior hurler Kadin Phipps took a no-hit shutout into the seventh inning as Ada clung to a 2-0 lead. 

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Ada girls nipped by Pirate homers in extra-inning thriller

Posted by Staff on Friday, April 15, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School varsity softball team was one out from victory against local Northwest Conference rival Bluffton on a chilly, windy Thursday evening at War Memorial Park.

But behind 9-7 with two outs in the top of the seventh, Pirate senior Lauren Swartzlander slugged a two-run home run well over the center field fence to tie it 9-9.

The teams then battled into extra innings. In the top of the ninth, Bluffton sophomore Lauren Bassett smacked a home run to right field that proved to be the game-winner, 10-9.

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Village forms 2024 eclipse task force

Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 14, 2022

On April 12 the village's 2024 Solar Eclipse Task Force held its first meeting to begin planning for the total solar eclipse that will be viewable in a 124-mile wide path across Ohio. The map below shows just how close Ada will be to the line designating locations with the longest viewing length.

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Veggie Tales

Why I am talking about vegetables and specifically broccoli?
Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 14, 2022

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

Veggie Tales is an American Christian animation project created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki. The computer-generated show features various fruits and vegetables that retell stories from the Bible. I loved watching these features with my daughter when she was a child and I remember singing some of the silly songs in the car.

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Invitation for Football Festival sponsors

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, April 14, 2022

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce reports, "We are in full GO planning mode for the 6th Annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival! We have some very exciting and NEW things planned for this year.

"BUT - Events like this would NOT be possible without the help of our local sponsors."

To get involved or contribute to this event, contact chamber director Lindsay Walden at [email protected]

Have you marked your calendar for Saturday, August 27?

https://www.adaicon.com/calendar

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