Note: Ada Kiwanis Club will hold a Halloween parade this year.
In late October Ada will hold an event with masks required and few participants are complaining.
Mayor Dave Retterer announced that trick-or-treating will take place in the village from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29.
Like most Ohio communities, Ada awaited the covid-19 guidelines from the governor’s office before making an announcement. That green light arrived last week.
Click here to read the recommended best practices for trick-or-treating from the governor.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada cross country teams competed at the Bath Invitational Tuesday.
"We had a great night," said Bulldog head coach Josh Klein. "Both girls ran under 30 minutes again."
Bulldog freshman Melia Santillanez ran a personal-best time of 29:24 to finish 57th out of 63 female runners in the meet. Classmate Elsie Allen came home at 29:39, good for 58th place.
Junior Riley Ferguson paced the Bulldog boys with a time of 21:27 to cross the finish line 58th out of 115 runners.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team lost in straight sets to Lima Central Catholic in a non-league match Tuesday night.
The 25-15, 25-10, 25-17 defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog overall record to 7-8. LCC won behind strong serving and powerful hitting to improve to 8-7.
"Our serve receive wasn't as strong as in the past," said Bulldog third-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor said. "But LCC had a lot of good servers. They kept us off balance with their serves.
"Our blocking was off, we had zero blocks in the match," Tabor added. "They had some good outside hitters who put the ball away, and they killed us on tips."
Rita M. Stahl, 82, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at her residence in Ada.
She was born on March 5, 1938, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Stephen and Mary (Kopkash) Vidman who preceded her in death. On July 25, 1959, she married John P. “Jack” Stahl who preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 2010.
Rita was a homemaker. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church of Ada and the Altar & Rosary Society of the church. She was a Eucharistic Minister and she taught CCD at the church. She was the owner of the Day-By-Day Child Care Center and the Red Fox Inn of Ada. Rita volunteered with Lima Memorial Hospital and Catholic Charities.
Students at Ready, Set, Grow Preschool students have lots of fun activities. One of the popular ones is to see if you can control your balance as these student seem to be doing.
