June 2025

MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada VFW Post 9381 Annual Park in the Park car show will be July 12 at Ada War Memorial Park.

Registration is from 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 4:00 p.m. for $10 per vehicle.

The mini tank "Half Pint" will be shooting T-shirts. The venue is a shaded park with open shelter houses. 

MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Schools will hold a Special Board Of Education Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 in the district boardroom for the purpose of holding an executive session on employment-related matters.

Board Members are Troy Erickson, President, Matt Gossman, Ted Griffith, Justin Hollon and Ronald Fleming.

Ada Exempted Village Schools
725 W. North Ave. Ada, OH 45810 
www.adabulldogs.org/
419-634-2746 (Main Office)

The next park board meeting is June 16, 2025

JUNE 4 MEDIA RELEASE

May 19, 2025 

The Park District Liberty Twp Hardin Co Ohio met on the above date in the park office. Present were Bob Szuch, Fred Reichert, Neal Dumbaugh, Ken Wolke Park Manager and Mary Jane Lee, clerk. Guest present were the Architect from Ottawa Oh who is working on the Shelter house and concession stand drawings. Also present were representatives of the Pony Pals horse club. They are going to have several events at the park and had some questions. Ada Athletic Booster officers were present to have the architect design how they wanted the layout of the inside of the concession stand to be. [Ada High School Principal] Dan Lee was also present. 

Compiled by Paula Pyzik Scott

The following 15 land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in May 2025 as reported on the websites of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.

ADDRESS - SALE DATE - SALE PRICE - LAND USE - FROM/TO

5494 CR 35 - 2025-05-12 - $275,000.00 - Residential Dwelling Unplatted Land - From , Janis A Large to Kristin A Purdy

CR 65 - 2025-05-08 - $1,150,000.00- Agricultural Vacant Land - From Kenneth D Rader to Heartlight Properties LLC

An ice cream social with Dietsch’s Ice Cream will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025 from 5-7:00 p.m. at Ada First United Methodist Church, 301 North Main St.

The menu includes a Hot Sandwich Brownie, Sides, Beverages and Make your own Ice Cream
Sundae.

Suggested donation will be $8.00, for children under 10, $4.00.

This event is sponsored by Ada First United Women in Faith.

By Kennedy Kosikowski, Student Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of ONU Healthwise Pharmacy 

Land of Confusion is a song released in 1986 by the British rock band Genesis. The song was on their thirteenth studio album titled Invisible Touch. At the time, the members of Genesis included Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Land of Confusion was written by Mike Rutherford.  Genesis was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. 

Could cannabis be leading to a land of confusion?

Blacksmith Keith Sommer / PHOTO Midwest Settlers and Threshers Association

From www.BlufftonIcon.com

MEDIA RELEASE__On Saturday, June 14, the Swiss Community Historical Society will host a blacksmithing demonstration by Keith Sommer, SCHS curator. This is the first of three Second Saturday events to be held at the homestead in 2025.

Blacksmithing was a once-common task at the Schumacher Homestead. Sommer will work with various blacksmith tools for hammering, punching and welding wrought iron and steel, while using a forge fire to heat the metal to “white hot” before shaping into the desired end result. 

MAY 29 MEDIA RELEASE__Crime Victim Services is pleased to announce their second annual Anti-Violence Teen Summer Retreat happening July 14th-July 18th.

This week, ONU's 2025 ACE Day Committee is reaching out to individuals and businesses for community service project ideas for the next event on the morning of Saturday, August 23, 2025

ACE stands for "Ada Community Engagement Day." Annually, over 300 students, faculty and staff members take to the streets of Ada to perform community service projects. These projects include visiting with the elderly, cleaning, landscaping, painting, and organizing for a variety of businesses, agencies, and individual households in Ada and the surrounding communities. ACE Day is on its 13th year.

JUNE 3 FACEBOOK__The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance announces an Economic Incentive Grant of $5,000 has been awarded to Old Route 69 Brewery for building signage and mural.

For more information about the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance, visit  at: www.hccba.com

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