For April 2022, our area saw one day with snow on the ground, 28 heating days and two cooling days. Did you turn your air conditioner on (or does it have a mind of its own)?
The Hardin County Master Gardeners will host their 17th annual plant sale from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 14. The sale will go on--rain or shine--at the Friendship Gardens of the Hardin County, located behind the old HARCO Workshop Building, 960 W Kohler Street in Kenton.
Signs will indicate where parking is available at the garden.
In addition to plants and garden items supplied by the Hardin County OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, there will also be
The ONU Chamber Symphony will present their spring concert "To Be Heard..." at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6 on the main stage of the Freed Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University.
The program features Ives’s "The Unanswered Question," Stravinsky’s "Suite for Small Orchestra," Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Danse Negre," Granados’s "Danze Esplanada" and concerto pieces featuring flute and soprano.
A public auction has been announced for 7 p.m. on Monday, May 23. It will include 148.8 +/- acres of farmland and woods located in section 19 of Monroe Twp. in Allen County, OH.
The farms are located North of Cairo. The auction location is the Columbus Grove American Legion Hall at 412 Plum St., Columbus Grove, OH 45830. The properties are offered in three individual parcels as well as a combination.
The auctioneer is Siefker Real Estate & Auction Co.
Ohio Northern's Administrative Staff Council hosted an informative talk from ONU President Dan DiBiasio on Thursday, April 21.
DiBiasio is currently the longest tenured Ohio private college or university president and is set to retire at the end of June 2022. He spoke to an attentive audience about the five biggest changes he has witnessed over his 46-year career in higher education, and proposed future trends to watch for in the years to come, before answering audience questions.
The May calendar for the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St., shows a busy month of activities for children and adults.
The calendar can be found on Facebook and on the library website, as well as in your email inbox, when you sign up for library updates at https://conta.cc/37szWdH
Ada High School graduate Maddie Gossard played her final senior games for Heidelberg University in a doubleheader at Ohio Northern University Saturday afternoon, April 30.
The first baseman singled in three at bats in the opener. ONU swept the close twinbill, 6-3 and 2-1 in eight innings.
Heidelberg ends its season 20-16 overall and 9-9 in OAC play, good for fifth place in the 10-team league. Only the top four make it to the OAC tournament, and the 'Berg missed qualification by one win.
ONU clinched the conference regular season title with the sweep, and improved to 21-9 and 16-2 in the OAC.
The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost a tough 6-4 battle at county rival Kenton in non-conference play Saturday.
Ada fell to 5-10 overall with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Wildcats improved to 3-10 with the win.
Kenton led 3-0 after three innings. Ada pulled within 3-2 with two scores in the top of the fourth frame. The Wildcats responded with three runs in the home fourth to rebuild the advantage to 6-2.
The Bulldogs plated two more runs in the top of the fifth, but could get no closer the rest of the way.
The sixth annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival (Aug. 27), coordinated by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced several key sponsorships by area businesses, including a major gift by a business still in development.
Old Route 69 Brewery, which will be located in the former Cole Motors building at 120 E. Buckeye, is the sponsor of the festival stage, a major expense for the event. On April 27, owner Troy Erickson presented a check to chamber director Lindsay Walden and president Becky Neville.
