What hasn't been written about Nikola Tesla in the past century? Books and documentaries abound around the genius of the inventor, and even Marc J. Seifer, the writer of this non-fiction tome had published a previous book in 1999, Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla. But this book, Wizard at War (Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 978-8065-4096-2) to be released at the end of August 2022, takes on a narrower subject, as it chronicles the inventions that interested the military of more than one country.
In my constant reading and search for more historical and sports knowledge, I came across an interesting bit of hoop history tied to Ada in a book I bought this spring.
As a native of Indiana and lifelong player, chronicler and historian of the game, I am always looking for new information on basketball history.
My extensive personal library has hundreds of basketball books, dozens of biographies, many old Basketball Digest and Street and Smith's magazines, annual handbooks, and other team histories, as well as some of my own self-published trivia game books.
On Thursday, July 7, members of the Ada Rotary Club gathered with Ruth Roider at the Butterfly Garden located at the Ada Pennsylvania Station and Railroad Park. The club supported the creation of the Butterfly Garden and Roider painted a sign identifying the project. The flowers and milkweed plants should bring more butterflies, especially Monarch butterflies, to the Ada area.
Patricia K. “Pat” Klingler, age 81 passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
She was born on May 2, 1941 in Shiloh, Ohio to the late Forrest “Mike” and Mildred Helen (Firestone) Gilbert. On December 18, 1955, Pat married Robert E. “Bob” Klingler and he survives in Ada.
Pat loved visiting with her family and friends. She loved country music especially Conway Twitty. She was avid flower gardener. She enjoyed reading and playing games. She enjoyed travelling for many years to Myrtle Beach with her husband. She was a wonderful homemaker.
The Hardin County Agricultural Society is hosting a cheerleading competition at the Hardin County Fair at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
The competition is for school squads, recreation squads, local gyms, USASF teams, and individuals/duos. The competition will have tumbling & non-tumbling and stunting & non-stunting divisions in the following categories:
