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Sprayers and fertilizer trucks starting to roll outside Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Story by Mark Badertscher - photo by Monty Siekerman.
What a difference a week of warm weather makes. 

Soil temperatures are warming up and fields are starting to dry.  Sprayers and fertilizer trucks are starting to roll.  Spring planting season is almost upon us, providing the rain forecast later this week doesn’t slow things down. 

It is still early, and for northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10. 

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Easter House B&B owners first place winners in Bluffton business plan competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Owners of Easter House Bed and Breakfast, Ada, are winners of the Emerging Business Division of this year's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs business plan competition, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president.

Owners Amy Eddings and Mark Hilan of Easter House, 508 N. Main St., Ada, will receive $4,000 over the next 18 months in business start-up assistance from BCE. 

Cash awards of $6,000 were awarded this year. Prize money and gifts-in-kind went to five competitors. Winners were announced at BCE’s business expo at The Centre, Bluffton, in late March.

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Wednesday's CIC meeting will not take place

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The April Ada CIC meeting is cancelled, according to Ada village officials. The meeting was set for Wednesday, April 20.

The original purpose of the meeting was to take action regarding a Port Authority financing program. That action is now not required.

The next Community Improvement Corp. meeting is at noon, Wednesday, May 18.

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Prom, Hawaiian dance, soccer shoot-out and more at Ada HS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 17, 2016

Here's the latest from the Ada school website:

GIRLS VARISTY SOCCER PLAYERS pick up a registration form for the ONU Soccer Camp from Coach Hunt. The completed form and $25 fee is due on April 27.

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Water colors not required

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 17, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

One of two Ada water towers - the one with Wilson's logo - will be repaired and repainted  this summer.

Council approved a bid of $208,000 from LC United Painting of Sterling Heights, Mich., to do the work.

Wilson's will pay the cost of having their lettering on the 100,000-gallon tank tower, as before.

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Visiting puppies means its "Treat Day" at school

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 15, 2016

Learn more about 4 Paws for Ability at the bottom of this story.

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman

How many children can pet a puppy at one time? The answer: lots.

Thursday was Treat Day at the Ada Schools. The visit of five puppies to the second grade classes was a treat for the kids...and the children gave treats to the puppies.

The handlers, all ONU students, visited the second graders in their classrooms. The children learned about dogs in general, how they are trained to be service dogs, and asked questions about canines.

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