Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist
The spirit of sharing flexed its muscle this week in Ada.
Thanks to the efforts of the Ada Food Pantry the traditional Fourth of July picnic enjoyed by many of us will be celebrated by all of us.
For the fourth year the pantry board provided its clients with a “basket” of food associated with a summer picnic.
What’s in the basket? You know: hamburgers or hotdogs, buns, potato salad, corn on the cob and watermelon.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are the holidays typically associated with charitable food distributions, but in 2011 Beth Gray had a different idea.
Beth, a member of the Ada Food Pantry Board, suggested a food distribution associated with the 4th of July. Starting that year the Pantry has during the first week of July distributed to its clients a “basket” of food associated with a summer picnic.
Included were hamburgers or hotdogs, buns, potato salad, corn on the cob and watermelon.
Vacation Bible School begins at 6 p.m. on July 7 at the First Baptist Church of Ada, 350 West North Street, Ada, Ohio.
Themed “International Spy Academy- Agents for the One True God,” the VBS sessions with run from 6-8 p.m., July 7-11. Children ages 4-12 years old are invited to attend.
For more information, email the church at [email protected] or call 419-634-9308.
With the cool, wet spring, farmers have had trouble getting their planting of corn and soybeans done in a timely manner. Up until June 25, there has been a pattern of heavy rains every week or so which has saturated the soil and increased the length of the planting season. Crops that were planted early and have good drainage in the field have done well and are progressing well except for low areas that have been flooded out. These lower areas have slowed root growth and therefore delayed the availability of nutrients to the plants.
