By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada Alligator summer swim team lost a dual meet at West Ohio Aquatic League foe Bluffton on a cool, overcast Monday evening.
Versatile Adaite Carlie Oldfield won five individual races across all strokes in the girls 13-14 age bracket to pace the Gators. She won the 50-meter freestyle, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 100 free and 100 individual medley.
Gator Chloe Kemmere took first in four races in the girls 9-10 division. She won the 50 fly, 50 back, 50 free and 100 IM. Claire Kemmere finished first in three 11-12 events: the 100 free, 50 fly and 50 back.
Ohio Northern University is currently registering organizations, businesses and residents for its sixth annual Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day to be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, according to Jacob Isaacson, ONU coordinator of student activities.
The village of Ada is accepting bids for its 2019 street projects, according to Jami Hall, village administrator.
Bids are due at noon, Friday, June 28, and will be opened at that time in the village municipal building. The village has placed an Oct. 31, 2019, deadline on all projects
A map at the bottom of this story shows the project areas.
This year’s projects include:
Alleys – mill and compact
• North Johnson to North Simon between East Buckeye and East Highland
• East Highland to East Montford between Johnson and Simon
Anna Mae Spallinger, resident of Vancrest of Ada, shows off her painted face during Saturday's Vancrest carnival. Watch the Icon for more photo from the carnival all weeklong.
The VBS theme is “To Mars and Beyond,” and features galaxy voyagers journeying from their galactic outpost on a special mission to collect power sources.
Along the way VBSers will learn how God walked with heroes of the Bible and that God is always with them, too. The VBS features a daily appearance of the real robot “Captain 2Beyond.”
