Liberty Village Preschool, located within the Ada Schools administration building at 725 W. North St., is establishing a booster club and 501c3 nonprofit organization. Its mission is to support the needs of the students and staff of Liberty Village Preschool through volunteering and fundraising.
One of the organization's first projects is to help provide playgound equipment for a new area that has been fenced near the classrooms. Some $4,000 has been raised.
To be named the Village PUP Pack (Partners United in Purpose), the club is hosting the following fundraising events in April (flyers below):
Icon founder Fred Steiner blogs about 1937 earthquakes that shook Ohio. You'll find the Ada Herald story from 1937 HERE, in the digital archives of the Ada Public Library.
The next regular meeting of the Ada village council is at 6:30 p.m. on April 19.
A packet for the meeting, including an agenda and minutes from the prior meeting can be viewed on the village website.
Village of Ada Regular Council Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Meetings are held in Council Chambers, located on the 2nd floor of the Municipal Building, 115 West Buckeye Ave. Elevator service is available.
ONU sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) won Medalist honors and led the Ohio Northern women's golf team to a victory at the 6-team Polar Bear Easter Classic on a warm and windy Friday, April 15, at Colonial Golfers Club in Harrod.
Playing at Ridgeway, the Ada High School baseball team scored six runs in the sixth inning at Hardin County foe Ridgemont to defeat the Gophers 9-4 on a windy Friday evening, April 15.
Ada improved to 3-5 with the non-league win over previously undefeated Ridgemont, which fell to 4-1 with the loss.
Bulldog junior hurler Roman Snyder earned the pitching win as Ada hurled its second one-hitter in as many days. He struck out nine over five innings.
Ada broke a scoreless tie with a run in the top of the third inning. They plated two more in the fifth frame, then stretched the lead to 9-0 with the six-run sixth.
Playing at Ridgeway, the young Ada High School varsity softball team lost at Hardin County rival Ridgemont 7-3 in a non-league contest Friday evening, April 15.
The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 2-6 after the defeat. The Lady Gophers improved to 4-2 with the victory.
"We hit the ball hard a lot," said Ada head coach Jeff Bassitt. "Their left fielder caught three or four line shots."
The Bulldog girls jumped on top with a run in the top of the first inning. Freshman hurler Jenna Bassitt singled, and classmate Belah Price delivered a two-out RBI double to put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0.
The Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) announced that Karen Kier, R.Ph., M.S., Ph.D. of Ada, Ohio, is the 2022 recipient of the Pharmacist Public Relations Award. This award, which recognizes a member pharmacist of the Ohio Pharmacists Association who has made major contributions to the public through continuous service to the community in public relations activities for the profession of pharmacy, was presented at the OPA 144th Annual Conference held April 1-3.
By Terry Barber, MD, Medical Director of off-site Urgent Care Centers, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Right now, there is probably at least one person in your household that has a cough. Coughs are often associated with the common cold and there is little you can do, other than try to ease the symptoms. However, a lot of coughing, especially in babies under four months old, could be a sign of a serious illness.
ONU freshman Amelia Burger (Centerville) finished as individual runner-up, leading the Ohio Northern women's golf team to a second place finish at the Adrian (Mich.) Spring Invitational on a windy Thursday, April 14 at the Hills of Lenawee Golf Course.
