The Village of Ada tree commission has begun the annual windshield tree assessment, which provides a visual assessment of storm damaged trees, declining trees and trees to be watched. The first of four geographic quadrants--Quadrant A--has been assessed.
In a report to council on July 19, Village Administrator Jamie Hall noted that 35 have so far been identified with 4 needing immediate action (marked in red). The attached spreadsheet illustrates the assessment done so far.
By Islam Gomaa, MD
Emergency Medicine, Blanchard Valley Hospital
You may have heard the phrase “time is muscle,” which refers to being evaluated quickly for a heart attack in order to use a catheter to open a blocked blood vessel and prevent heart damage. Likewise, the same principle applies in the case of a stroke.
Strokes are caused by a blockage of an artery carrying oxygen to the brain. Prompt evaluation in many cases leads to the use of a thrombolytic or clot buster to open the blockage. The restoration of blood flow can allow prompt recovery of function of the brain and prevent permanent damage, paralysis or function.
The event will take place on Friday, September 2 at Ada War Memorial Park prior to the Ada Bulldogs vs Hardin Northern Polar Bears game.
Tickets are $5 each. The $1,000 prize will be split between the numbers of the footballs that land in the helmet. You need not be present to win. The decision of the United Way judge is final.
It was 101 degrees but that didn’t stop 65 farmers and land owners from attending our Soil Health Field Day at Burkholder Healthy Farms in Cairo, Ohio.
Our field day was in partnership with Cargill and American Farmland Trust. We discussed soil health practices such as no till, planting cover crops, carbon sequestration, water infiltration, seed treatment options and much more.
End of fiscal year reports, preparations for school to begin August 18
On July 21, the Ada Schools Board of Education met to with the attached agenda. All five members of the board were present: Ron Fleming, Matt Gossman, Ted Griffith, Steve Ramey and Amy Mullins. As president of the board, Mullins conducted the meeting.
By Mark Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator
Hardin County–Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 2.29 inches of rain in Hardin County during June. Last year, the average rainfall for June was 3.12 inches. Rainfall for the month was 3.08 inches less than the ten-year average rainfall in the month of June. Buck Township received 3.67 inches, the most rainfall of the township sites. The least rain in June, 1.55 inches, was reported in Blanchard Township. For the growing season since April 15, the average precipitation in all the townships was 8.62 inches, with a range from 6.15 inches in Hale Township to 11.14 inches in Marion Township.
The July 20 meeting of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce was an elegant affair at The Inn at ONU. The sound of live piano music greeted the ear and the scent of hot coffee wafted to the entrance.
THE INN AT ONU
While the Ada Public Library is “home” for chamber meetings, director Lindsay Walden is open to visiting chamber members at their place of business. On this day, members met Meghan Violet, the new manager of The Inn. Violet announced that the fountain in the courtyard will be turned into a fire pit and that The Inn will soon have a new website. Violet invites all businesses to contact her about services at The Inn.
Nancy Lou Gierhart, age 84, was called into the presence of the Lord at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 2022, at Van Crest of Ada with the love of her family by her side.
Nancy was born July 28, 1937 in Lima, OH, to the late Michael M. Werner and Helen Irene (Wellbaum) Werner Metzger. On June 2, 1956 she married the love of her life, Jack D. Gierhart.
