By Monty Siekerman
Spring begins at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, but there are few signs of Spring this year, and several chances of snow the next few days doesn’t bode well for Spring’s appearance anytime soon.
However, the camera did catch a few crocus in bloom on Monday at a home on East Lehr Avenue. You’ll also notice a daffodil bud in the upper left hand corner of the picture.
Not every one deserves a zip code on a license plate. 45816 is Benton Ridge's zip code and that means this plate belongs to Fairy Parkins, the former postmaster in that village. You'll find this plate on blue-grey Buick LaCrosse CX.
Phoebe G. Holloway, age 82, died on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born on February 25, 1936 in Lima, Ohio to the late Hugh and Ruby (Shaw) Holloway.
Phoebe retired from HARCO Sheltered Workshop in Kenton. She was a member of the Ada Church of Christ Disciples and previously attended the First United Methodist Church of Ada.
She is survived by her guardians, Eric and Kim Archer of Ada; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews; and special friend, David Patton.
Two Indiana residents died in a head-on crash at 9:44 p.m. on Sunday on SR 117 south of Holden. The unincorporated village of Holden is located between Alger and Roundhead, west of SR 235.
A southbound car crashed head-on with a pickup truck. The occupants of the car, Marcus Daniel Cory, 33, Ft. Wayne, and Michelle Hakey, 29, Columbia City, were pronounced dead at the scene
Occupants of the pickup truck were taken by medical helicopter to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo with serious injuries. They include the driver Sonia Kropaczewski-McNamara, 39, and two children, ages 5 and 9 months of Grand Junction, Michigan.
Anyone interested in helping to form an Historical Society in Ada is welcome to attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m.tonight (Monday) at the Ada Public Library. Several interested citizens from Ada and Liberty Township have been meeting monthly since last fall to organize the Society. The meeting will conclude by 8 p.m.
