ADA - The Ada Alligator swim team lost a boys and girls dual meet to visiting West Ohio Aquatic League rival Westside Wednesday evening.
The Alligator boys fell by a relatively close 222-194 count. Meanwhile, the Ada girls lost 306-119. Westside won the combined meet team score, 528-313.
The Ada boys dropped to 2-3 in dual meets this summer with the defeat, while the Gator girls fell to 1-4. In combined team meets, Ada is 2-3 this season.
Austin Veltman has been named the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Ohio Northern University. He comes to ONU after serving as the head coach at Hiram last year.
Veltman is just the fifth head coach of the ONU swimming and diving programs since 1990 and takes over for former head coach Peggy Ewald, who guided the Polar Bears to 19 Ohio Athletic Conference team titles from 2005-18.
By Darlene Bowers Join us this summer as the Ada Public Library and the Ada Icon team up to share favorite books from readers of all ages all over the region.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Food Pantry will have a special food distribution from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, for the holiday. The package is ‘fixins’ for an traditional July 4 dinner:
• Hamburger or hotdogs,
• buns,
• potato salad, and
• watermelon.
All clients are eligible to received this package. Advanced registration is not necessary and distribution will continue until supples run out.
This package is not the same as the regular allotment; it’s essentially a bonus for the holiday.
Ada Rotary Club members say “celebrate the 4th of July in style” by attending the Picnic Meal @ The Inn at Ohio Northern University on Saturday. The cost is $25 per person. The picnic, beginning at 4:30 p.m., will preceded the Lima Symphony Orchestra patriotic pops concert at 7 p.m.
Here’s the menu: The Inn’s ‘Fresh from the Grill Buffet’ available with a choice of bratwurst or USDA prime beef burger with assorted buns, toppings and condiments. Included are sides of potato salad and garden salad, apple crisp for dessert and beverage. A cash bar will be available.
Fred Evans, long-time Ada resident, now a resident of Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, enjoys having a pigmy goat check him out. Members of the Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club brought animals to the Home for resident to see earlier this week.
