By Monty Siekerman
Forty million (yes, million) footballs have been produced at Wilson Sporting Goods Company in Ada since Dan Riegle began there 37 years ago. On Friday he retired as plant manager.
Dan began at the plant on North Liberty Street following graduation from the University of Findlay. He started in accounting, moved up through the ranks, and has been plant manager for a long time.
He says, kiddingly, that now he can farm in the daylight. He and wife Cindy live on a 500-acre farm near Arlington. In the past, he did his grain farming at night and on the weekends. For a number of years, he also raised hogs.
TROY - Ada senior grappler Chase Sumner won both of his matches in the 145 lbs. bracket on the first day of competition at the Div. III Troy wrestling districts Friday in Hobart Arena to clinch no less than a top four finish.
In the first round of the double-elimination event Friday, Sumner defeated freshman Lane Mefford of Indian Lake by technical fall, 17-0. Mefford dropped to 13-6 with the loss.
In the quarterfinals, Sumner beat familiar foe Zane Strubler (46-10) of Miami East by a 6-2 decision to clinch another trip to the state meet in Columbus.
The Ada Academic Boosters and Ada Music Boosters would like to thank the community for their support of the sixth annual purse and jewelry raffle held Feb. 18 to benefit Ada School students.
About $12,000 was raised for awards, scholarships, and programming.
Yes, it's ONU baseball. No, it's not a photo from Ohio. The ONU baseball and softball teams are in sunny Florida this week in their own version of spring training. Watch the Icon for game updates.
By Monty Siekerman
Janet Roll says there is a lot of math in quilting...and she should know because she is a math teacher and an expert quilter. Four of her wall hangings are on display at the Gallery for the Arts through March.
Janet has made quilts for queen-sized beds, wall hangings, and table runners. Her style? She calls it eclectic, very colorful. She puts together some quilts in the traditional style, however. Occasionally, she will use a pattern but mostly she devises the design herself.
By Monty Siekerman
“If March comes in like a lion, it will go out as a lamb,” says weather folklore. Thursday, March 1, in Ada saw nearly two inches of rain, wind gusts to near 40 mph, then snow, which all qualify as roaring-lion weather. We can look forward to weather like a docile lamb by month’s end. No lyin.
If you don’t believe that March weather forecast, pick one of these:
• A dry March and a wet May? Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.
• As it rains in March, so it rains in June.
• March winds and April showers? Bring forth May flowers.
• So many mists in March you see, so many frosts in May will be.
