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By Paula Pyzik Scott

The 57th annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels presented by the Bluffton Lions Club will take place on Friday, July 13 with parts of downtown Bluffton closed to traffic beginning at 1:00 p.m. (rain or shine). The show ends with a cruise down S. Main St. at 8:00 p.m. See the attached poster and details below for the full schedule of events.

Registration for Antique Cars, Classic Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Fire Engines and Motorcycles begins at 1:00 p.m. Dash plaques will be provided to the first 280 registered; the fee is $12.00.

The event will include a DJ, food trucks and 50/50 Raffle.

JUNE 10 MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Exempted Village School District is among thirty-one governments, businesses, schools, and nonprofits in northwest Ohio receiving a total of $1.2 million in Recycle Ohio Grants. Funding will provide litter prevention and cleanup programs, education and outreach, scrap tire collections, recycling market development, and expansion of recycling facilities and infrastructure.

JUNE 10 PRESS RELEASE VIA FACEBOOK__On June 7th, 2025 at approximately 11:39 p.m. an Ada Officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle he observed to be traveling at a high rate of speed in the 600 block of West North Avenue.

The vehicle failed to stop continuing westbound. The vehicle turned South onto County Road 25. At State Route 309 the Ada Officer lost sight of the vehicle, but it was located by an assisting Deputy from the Hardin County Sheriff's Office.

MEDIA RELEASE FROM HARDIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS__Join us for our summer program series at the Hardin County Friendship Gardens, located at 960 W. Kohler St. in Kenton. All workshops in this series begin at 6 p.m.

June 17, 2025
Tours of the Friendship Gardens You are invited to explore the gardens. firing your gardening questions and our experts will be glad to answer!

July 15, 2025
Brambles & Currants

August 19, 2025
Growing Mushrooms

Topics are subject to change. Parking is available at the Friendship Gardens.

JUNE 9 HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK POST__Please see the below text [message]. This text is being received by many in the county recently. This is a scam, please report as junk and delete. Do not respond to these scammers.

Ohio Department of Vehicles(BMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Penalties Begin on June 11.

Our records show that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. In accordance with ohio State State Administrative Code 15C-16.003, if you do not complete payment by June 10, 2025, we will take the following actions:

1. Report to the BMV violation database

The Village of Ada 2025 Paving Program will begin on Tuesday, June 10 including milling and repaving the following:

  • E. Highland, Liberty to Simon
  • N Johnson, Montford to RR tracks
  • S Johnson, RR tracks to Lincoln
  • S Johnson, mid-block High to Lima
  • E High, S Main to Simon
  • S Simon,  High to Lima
  • Depot Parking Lot

Parking will be limited in these areas while the project is ongoing. Please follow the no parking signage that will be placed. The project is expected to last through Wednesday, June 11 depending on weather. 

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