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Liberty Township received 13.43 inches of rain in June

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Liberty Township won the prize for having the most rainfall in Hardin County's townships during June.

Liberty also has had more rain this growing season than any other county township.

VIEW THE ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

According to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin Extension Office, rainfall reporters recorded an average of 10.99 inches of rain in Hardin County.  Last year, the average rainfall for June was 5.52 inches.  Rainfall for June was 6.79 inches more for the month than for the ten year average rainfall in the month of June. 

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Here's the buzz on "beeing" careful

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 20, 2015

Know what and where this is?

The "buzz" in town is that it's 10 behives. Where? On campus? Perhaps. Read on.

The hives are established to provide more honey bees to the area. For several reasons, the number of honey bees throughout the U.S. has dwindled at an alarming rate in recent years.

We need these pollinators for farm crops and flowers. Hopefully, these healthy hives will help pollinate area plants.

In the future, a wildflower area may be developed on campus; bees will be helpful then, as well.

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Last weekend's rain was nothing like what hit Ada in 1913

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 20, 2015

If you think water drenched Ada over the weekend take a moment to consider the famous flood of 1913.

The Icon found six Ada photos in the Ada Public Library photo archives that you'll never believe.

The photos show Ada in 1913. You'll see water cover Main Street, Gilbert Street and a couple streets that maybe you can identify.

According to Ohio History Central:

The Flood of 1913 is known as the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. Although rivers in Ohio tended to flood every spring, heavy rains in March 1913 exacerbated the flood conditions.

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Twice as much rain Friday AM as Tuesday in Ada!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 17, 2015

- More photos at bottom of story -

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
You thought 54 million gallons of rain that fell on Ada on Tuesday was a lot, well, Friday morning brought TWICE that amount.

TO READ THE STORY ABOUT TUESDAY'S RAIN CLICK HERE.

Another tropical-like deluge found near!y 3 inches of rain falling on the Village, or about 100 million gallons.

Converted to weight, that's 800 millions of pounds.

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Ada Music Booster patron drive continues - you still have a chance to be a patron

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The annual membership drive for the Ada Music Boosters is continuing throughout the fall.  A flyer was mailed to all Ada households in June and the Boosters encourage residents to return it with a contribution toward this year’s fund-raising drive. 

With the help of the Ada community, the Music Boosters enhance music education and the performance-based programming for the Ada Exempted Village Schools. 

The Music Boosters purchase choir robes, band uniforms, instruments, music, Varsity Singer costumes, which support Ada’s state and regional award-winning winter guard, marching band and show choir. 

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54 million gallons of water fell on Ada in 30 minutes Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Ada officials figure that 54 million gallons of water fell inside the 2-mile square village limits on Tuesday. In a 30-minute period Ada experienced 1-½ inches of rain.

David Retterer, Ada mayor, reported that figure at Wednesday’s Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) meeting.

“A lot of people are calling the village about the rain. The projects we’ve handed in the past 20 years have enabled us to put in a lot of drainage,” he said, adding that without those project there would be lots of water with no where to go.

“Now we can get rid of water and we believe we are doing it responsibly,” he added.

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