• Photos and a video below
One of Ada's "must-see" business displays is indoors.
It's at New Leaf Lawn Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada. The retail area is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday decorations.
This year the New Leaf staff created a charming holiday feeling in the store. And, of course, their decorating ideas are for customers to purchase and place in their own homes.
The Icon shares several photos for viewers, plus a short video.
New Leaf hours:
Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m. -6 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
Sundays, noon-4 p.m.
Ada phone: 419-634-0351
Here's a photos from the Ada High School 1999 yearbook of members of the senior class. Icon viewers are encouraged to post names of class members in this photo.
Meet Sadie. Sadie is a 1 year old female lab mix, She weighs 50 pounds. Can you offer Sadie her forever home?
To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.
The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.
1935 Ada Schools withdrew from the county system to become Exempted Village School District. This move made the school district directly responsible to the state department of education.
September 1935 Play-by-play announcing of high school football games was inaugurated here with Leland Smull and Harold Huber in charge.
OTTOVILLE - Unbeaten host Ottoville pulled away from a close game near halftime to post an 83-51 non-league win over the Ada boys basketball team Saturday night.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-2 with their second road defeat in as many nights, while hot-shooting Ottoville improved to 4-0 with the win.
Ada trailed 18-13 after one period and was only down four late in the first half before the Big Green spurted to a 36-26 halftime lead.
Ottoville then poured in 28 third quarter points to extend the margin to 64-40 and put the game out of reach.
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
In only its second year, the craft fair at Vancrest drew a large number of vendors--34--and a steady stream of shoppers throughout the day on Saturday.
Customers found a huge variety of holiday and everyday items to choose from, including jewelry, Christmas towels, Mary Kay products, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts.
Here are some scenes from the fair, including people you may know and a glance at some of the one-of-a-kind items that were offered for sale.
Photo: Chris Gibson and daughter Kalua Sleesman hold a truck made by Chris' late husband Tom.
By Monty Siekerman
Lynne Scott's book signing at the Ada Public Library on Saturday morning was deemed a success with seven people waiting in line when the autographing began.
Here, Lynne (right) is joined by her mother, Toledo artist Ellie Miller, who did the illustrations for "Tails from the Kennel: Truths Taught."
KALIDA - Host Kalida smothered the Ada boys basketball team 64-18 Friday night in a non-league contest.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-1 with the defeat, while Kalida improved to 2-0 with the lopsided win.
Freshman guard Zac Swaney led Ada with nine points.
Trevor Lambert, a 6-3 Kalida junior forward, made all 10 of his field goal attempts en route to a game-high 23 points. Wildcat junior guard Connor Krouse added 10 markers.
MIDDLE POINT - Ada senior Chase Sumner was named tournament MVP after leading the Bulldog wrestling team to a strong second- place finish at the 12-team Lincolnview Invitational Saturday.
Twelve of the 13 Ada wrestlers placed fifth or higher in their weight class at the event. The runner-up team finish was Ada's best-ever showing at the Lancer Invite.
Sumner won the 145-pound division title with a 3-2 win over Bretz of Van Wert in the finals. It was the second time Sumner was named MVP of the Lancer tourney.
Freshman Colton Biederman finished second in the 106 lbs. division to improve to 7-1 this season.
