The Western Ohio Aquatics League swim season is underway. Bailey Bowers took these photos during the June 19 meet between Ada/Lost Creek and Westside. The meet was at the Ada pool.
Do you know how to dig corn roots and look for the presence of Corn Rootworm damage? Hardin County OSU Extension will be offering a Corn Rootworm Twilight Tour on Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 pm. Participants at this Twilight Tour will learn how big of a problem this pest is, along with how to manage it.
Rohrs Farms, 810 Courtright Street in McGuffey, Ohio will be the location of this evening event. Dr. Andy Michel, OSU Extension Specialist, Entomology will be the presenter.
The Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H Club met on Sunday, June 22nd at 3pm. The meeting was called to order by President Alexis Amburgey. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Caralee Stover, and the 4-H Pledge was led by Caitlyn Stover. Roll call was done by Secretary Shelby Hazelton, and 21 members were present.
Secretary Shelby then read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were approved as read. Treasurer Brice Ferguson gave the Treasurer’s report. Committee reports were given by chairmen Alexis Amburgey and Noah Beach.
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The 1944 Ada High school Bulldog football squad was among the all-time great teams in Ada’s history. Going 8-0, the Bulldogs outscored opponents 174 to 33. Here’s the 1944 season record:
Wapakoneta 7-6
Bluffton 19-7
Upper Sandusky 6-0
Carey 13-0
Delphos Jefferson 24-0
Kenton 32-13
North Baltimore 39-7
Forest 34-0
So, you think you know Ada? Okay, where's this letter?
Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest.
Each week in June and ending in the first week of July, The Icon will post two photos revealing one letter (or number) taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.
We invite Icon viewers to keep track of the letters by identifying each letter’s location. An entry form is attached to this story for viewers to keep up to date in the contest.
The Cessna Minutemen met on Tuesday, June 17th. The club was given a tour of the Van Deurzen Dairy operation near Alger.
Members got to see the carousel milking system that is used, as well as the barns that house the over 5000 cows at the facility. Following the tour, club President, Zac Breidenbach called the meeting to order. There were 14 members present. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Wesley Lowery and the 4-H pledge was led by Jessica Breidenbach.
Mary Margaret Arthur, 87, died at 1:45 p.m. June 20, 2014, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born April 10, 1927, in Lima to the late Raymond and LaDonna (Williams) Zimmerman. On Dec. 21, 1947, she married Melvyn C. Arthur and he died June 12, 2014.
Mrs. Arthur was a retired teacher. She taught at Beaverdam, Moulton and Pandora-Gilboa schools. She had also worked at City Loan in Lima. She graduated from Beaverdam High School and Ohio Northern University.
Several Ada High School athletes were named Northwest Conference Scholar Athletes for the spring sports season. The criteria for being selected are as follows:
• Earned a varsity letter during the spring sports season.
• Earned a minimum 3.00 GPA during the grading period of the sport.
THE ENTIRE NWC LIST IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
It's summer. The Ada pool is open. Here's answers to all the questions you have about the pool this summer.
An attachement at the bottom of this story provides a list of all pool rules and regulations.
Seth Epley is this year's pool manager and Jonathan Robey is the assistant manager. The pool will be open, weather permitting daily through Aug. 10. Daily admission is $3.
Swim hours are 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. During home swim meets on June 26 and July 3 the pool will close at 4 p.m.
To review all additional services provided by the pool open the printer-friendly attachments at the bottom of this story.
