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2015 was active year for Ada Tree Commission

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 11, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Education and involvement were the hallmarks of the Ada Tree Commission work in 2015.
The commission hosted a public meeting in April to discuss the declining pear trees along Main Street. Village forester Terry Keiser and an employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources made presentations.

Commission members took part in the Chamber of Commerce spring event at War Memorial Park. Youth and adults learned how to properly plant a tree when a large tree was planted at the event.

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Apollo board reorganizes for 2016; Ron Fleming, Ada board rep

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 11, 2016

Apollo Career Center’s board will reorganize for 2016 at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Apollo board room, according to Nancy Hilden, superintendent.

Ron Fleming is the Ada school board representative to the Apollo board. A board agenda is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Hardin Economic Development Committee meets at Ridgemont on Jan. 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 11, 2016

Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance Economic Development Committee and for those members who would like to participate on the committee will hold its first meeting of 2016 from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at the new Ridgemont School in Mt. Victory.

"We are pleased by the invitation of the Ridgemont School District and Superintendent Emmy Beeson for hosting our meeting and providing a personal tour of the new state-of-the-art facility," said Jon Cross of the Alliance. 

Call 419-673-4131 to confirm your RSVP.

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Winter finally arrives in Ada - time to get out the plow

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 10, 2016

Old Man Winter arrived in Ada on Jan. 10.  The old guy has a mean streak as he arrived the same day that all Ohio Northern Unviersity students were to return to campus.

Like it or not, he's here. Ken Collins drove around town and provided these views to prove that winter is finally in Ada.

Earlier in the day Hardin County Sheriff's Office announced a snow advisory. Another story on this page tells about a weather-related accident on State Route 235.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW

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Sunday accident briefly closes SR 235 north of Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 10, 2016

Photos and story by Ken Collins

Hardin County is under a winter weather advisory.

The advisory is no fluke as it demonstrates the conditions of the road in this weather-related traffic accident north of Ada.

While rescue workers were on the scene, Ada-Liberty Township Fire blocked the northbound Route 235 at Hardin County Road 20, about two miles north of Ada.

The photo above looks to the north, with one addition photo in this series, below, is shot from the Liberty Baptist Church parking lot on County Road 20 just west of 235.

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Know your Ada industries: An inside look at North American Stamping Group

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, January 9, 2016

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
This company has been in Ada for 24 years. It has 11 employees working in a facility with 25,800 square. Know it?

The North American Stamping Group is located at 605 E. Montford, in Grass Run Industrial Park.

In Ada, the company began as City Tool and Die in 1992, which was bought by Universal Engineering in 1996, which was bought by NASG in 2002.

Locally, Gary Wicker of Waynesfield has been operations manager for 15 years. He has been with the company 36 years.

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