The Ada football team visits slumping league foe Spencerville on Friday, October 6, looking for their second straight win to reach .500 after week eight.
Ada is 1-2 at home this season and 2-2 on the road after the 28-0 win at Delphos Jefferson last Friday. The Bearcats are 0-3 at home and 0-4 on the road.
The Ada mayoral candidate forum on Wednesday, October 4 provided a public platform for the two men running for the four-year term to commence in January 2024. Incumbent David Retterer (Republican) and challenger Howard Fenton (Democrat) presented their qualifications, interests and ideas for serving as Mayor of the Village of Ada.
The candidates are friends and friendly rivals. Both worked as professors at Ohio Northern University. Retterer was an associate professor of math and computer sciences until retiring in 2012. Fenton was a professor of law until retiring in 2018.
By Mark Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator
HARDIN COUNTY__The Hardin County Carcass Show of Champions was evaluated Monday, September 18 at Jenkins Meats in Mt. Victory. This year’s event was held in-person and featured OSU Department of Animal Sciences Associate Professor of Meat Science Dr. Lyda Garcia as the judge. She discussed the merits of the winning market livestock carcasses from the 2023 Hardin County Fair.
The Ada High School girls soccer team lost 3-0 to visiting Van Buren in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match on a warm Wednesday evening, October 4, at War Memorial Stadium.
With the defeat, Ada is 6-4-3 overall and finished 2-2-1 in NCOSA play. The Bulldogs are third in the six-team league.
LIMA__One year after opening the State Route 309 roundabouts at Napoleon Road and Thayer Road, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 declares the project a safety success. Traffic crashes and injury rates have dramatically decreased at both intersections.
“As a traffic engineer, you understand why constructing a roundabout will improve safety, but seeing the numbers is definitely satisfying,” said ODOT District 1 Deputy Director Chris Hughes. “These roundabouts are most certainly saving lives,” he said.
Between January 2019 to May 2022, the State Route 309/Thayer Road intersection had 29 crashes, with one fatal crash and 16 injury crashes. Since opening in August 2022, four crashes occurred, resulting in one minor injury, and three with property damage only. Not only did the number of crashes per year drop but the injury rate went from 58.6% to 25%.
