“It will be hot and humid from Thursday to Sunday with little to no chance of rain. FIRST ALERT DAYS are up for excessive heat Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures may reach 100 degrees Saturday afternoon, the first 100 degree day since July 17, 2012.”
Intellicast is predicting a high of 92 in Ada on Saturday.
In any case, crank up the A/C and drink plenty of fluids Friday through Sunday.
November 1933 Mrs. Clara Warren, the first woman to hold a village office, was re-named Village Treasurer.
November 1933 Ada’s football team finished the football season “the undisputed champions of northwestern Ohio,” defeating Van Wert 19-0 and Defiance 18-0 in the last two games. On the Ada team were R. Clum, B. Neiswander, L. Anspach, H. Jamison, J. Corbett, W. Scott, B. Snyder, Z. Adam, J. Stambaugh, G. Botkin, C. Holman, E. Neiswander, and H. Florida.
Wilma L. Spallinger, age 80, died on Monday, June 25, 2018 at 3:55 p.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
She was born on August 2, 1937 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana to the late William and Mary (Dunbar) Knell. On May 20, 1956 Wilma married Herbert D. Spallinger and he survives in Ada.
KENTON - The Ada Alligator summer swim team won a tight combined dual meet as well as the boys team competition at Hardin County rival Kenton Monday evening.
The Gator boys won their half of the West Ohio Aquatic League meet by a 341-221 score. The Ada girls lost to Kenton 348-256, but the Alligators won a very close combined team score, 597-569.
The Ada boys team improved to 2-2 in dual meets this summer while the Gator girls dropped to 1-3. In combined team meets, Ada is 2-2 this summer.
By Monty Siekerman
Mackalyn Figgins heads up the lunches for ReStore Community Center at Ada War Memorial Park.
The free lunches are held from noon until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday until Aug. 3. All are welcome.
Twelve people took advantage of the lunches on Wednesday. Mackalyn, from Fayette, Ohio, is helping as an intern, which she said is good experience for her since she majoring in youth ministry and music at Ohio Northern. Her musical talent includes singing and playing piano, trombone, and guitar. She will be an ONU junior this fall. She is also helping to start a youth ministry at the Alger First United Methodist Church this summer.
The Hardin County Extension Office reports that the rest of June is likely to be warmer than normal with high variability of rainfall but tendency to above normal rainfall.
It appears a heat dome will be centered in the south central U.S. this summer with periods where it shifts over the corn and soybean belt and Ohio Valley.
The next surge of heat will come this weekend into early next week. With these surges come a ring of fire of storms around the heat dome leading to locally heavy rainfall. However, that rain will be scattered.
The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams were both named Scholar All-American teams for the 2018 spring semester by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America.
The CSCAA recognizes teams with the Scholar All-America Award for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
The teams represent 476 institutions from across all NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions.
Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams earned the honor for the second consecutive spring term and in three of the last four spring terms.
Mackenzie Wills of Ada (right) won the Lima Area Tennis Association women’s singles tournament last weekend.
She won handily by defeating opponents 6-2, 6-4; 6-0, 6-0; and 6-2, 6-1. Mackenzie was a star player for the Ada Bulldogs and has won her fair share of singles and double matches for ONU.
The Ada Junior Civic League announced several year-end donations to various Ada community programs. The league’s special projects committee announced the club’s donation of $255 to following groups:
• Ada Public Library summer reading program
• ReStore Lunch in the Park program,
• Ada Schools lunch program (for children who forget their lunch money)
• resurfacing of the Ada park tennis courts.
The 2018-19 installation of officers was also announced. Those officers are Sherry Evans, president; Diane Sharrock and Linda Ferguson, co-vice presidents; Sandy Neely, secretary; Erin Swick, treasurer; and Phyllis Griffith, corresponding secretary.
Leland Crouse has a question for Icon viewers. Can anyone name these four Ada-Liberty Township firemen? The vehicle resembles a 1947-era pick up. Viewers are welcome to send identification and possible year details to: [email protected]
