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Township trustees ask for patience in cleaning up cemetery due to high water

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 18, 2015

Gary Hall of the Liberty Township Trustees reminds area resident that the recent rains have caused Woodlawn Cemetery to be under water at times.

"A lot of corn stalks are laying on the grass. Until the ground dries we are unable to clean up the cemetery," he said. "In the meantime, we will do our best to get it cleaned up. Thanks for your patience."

 

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Heavy rains challenge corn and soybean crops

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 18, 2015

By Mark Badertscher

Hardin Extension Office
Hardin County has recently experienced heavy rains in the past week. 

Producers may have concerns about nitrogen loss in cornfields.  Nitrogen losses occur by two main pathways: de-nitrification, which is gaseous loss of nitrogen, and leaching of nitrate from the soil through water leaving the tile line or into groundwater.  There is no tool or test that can tell us how much has been lost. 

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Meanwhile in Bluffton they are making sandbags

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The following story was posted on Tuesday in the Bluffton Icon and was updated for Ada Icon viewers. The above story is also posted on the Bluffton Icon.

With 3.34 inches of rain from Friday to Monday – according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora, weather observer – area streams overflowed their banks leaving Bluffton almost an island as Riley Creek also overflowed on Tuesday.

Bluffton emergency services had prepared for the flooding, as announced by Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, at Monday’s council meeting.

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Village: Extra pumps needed to dry out from storms

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Story and photos by Amy Eddings
Flooding on the western grounds of Ohio Northern University has been so severe, Ada village officials have had to bring in two pumps from Cleveland to help drain the area.

The problem is the stormwater retention pond that’s situated east of the soccer field.  It’s so swollen with rainwater from the weekend’s drenching storms that it overflowed its banks, spilling into Mirror Lake to the south and washing out much of the “green monster” exercise track that passes nearby.

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Kennedy Garden - profusion of pink roses, mock orange

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Mary Kennedy would be pleased at the Kennedy Garden located on the west side of English Chapel on campus.

The profusion of pink roses and sweet-smelling white mock orange surround a cross in the garden developed in memory of Mary, granddaughter of ONU founder Henry Solomon Lehr, and her mother Sarah Lehr Kennedy.

Miss Kennedy played the chapel chimes on many a Sunday. (Monty Siekerman)

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Rain+rain+rain = a very wet Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Jacob Brownstone prepares a sign to be placed on a flooded road in Ada following several days of downpours.

Estimates are 8 to 10 inches of rain fell in several deluges, some during the day, some at night.

When big storms come, Ada usually fares well compared to many communities since the village is the headwaters for rivers that flow South to the Gulf of Mexico or North to the Great Lakes.

We are riverless. At flood times, that is a good thing. However, there is Grass Run, a creek that, as of Tuesday, was over its banks.

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