At a recent Ada council meeting, village administrator Jamie Hall reminded residents that what ends up on Ada streets ends up in the Ada municipal storm sewer system. Never treat drainage grates and streets as the last resting place for trash, grass clippings and other junk.
Ohio Northern University’s literary magazine, Polaris, remains focused on the act of transportation. Not of the physical kind, but of the emotional and imaginative transporting we do when we experience something exceptionally creative. For 65 years, each volume has offered numerous excursions to the unknown while also providing valuable hands-on learning for the students who annually produce it.
SPENCERVILLE – The visiting Ada High School baseball team rallied late but lost 5-3 at Spencerville in the Northwest Conference season closer on Thursday evening, May 4.
The Bulldog boys fell to 4-13 overall and finished 0-8 in the NWC with the tough loss. The Bearcats improved to 2-15 overall and 2-5 in the NWC after the win.
SPENCERVILLE–The visiting Ada High School softball team convincingly defeated Spencerville 10-2 in their Northwest Conference season closer on Thursday evening, May 4, accomplishing their best league finish ever.
The win, coupled with a 7-4 Crestview victory at Lincolnview, gave Ada sole possession of second place in the final conference standings.
Ada finished one game behind champion Crestview (8-0) and a game ahead of third-place Lincolnview (6-2) in the nine-team league standings.
After tying for second place twice before, coming in second alone marked the best NWC finish in program history for the Bulldog girls. A Knight loss to the Lancers would have given Ada a three-way tie for first in the league.
May is Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month. Nearly 10,000 bicycle helmets will be going to children across Ohio this spring thanks to the Put A Lid On It! campaign, a continued partnership between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Academy of Pediatrics--Ohio Chapter.
Partners from nearly 160 law enforcement agencies and community organizations, Safe Routes to School programs, and Safe Communities programs traveled to Columbus to pick up their allotment of helmets.
Hardin County native Jessica Weyer-Bentley has published her second book of poetry, Down Below Where the Canary Sings. Issued on May 2, 2023, the colletion was published by Sage Owl Publishing in Massachusetts.
Weyer-Bentley is an author, poet and photographer. Her first collection of poetry, Crimson Sunshine, was published in May 2020 by AlyBlue Media.
