Includes boys basketball regional and state tournaments, along with ice hockey, wrestling and girls basketball state tournaments
At 12:45 p.m. Thursday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that all remaining winter tournament contests are immediately postponed due to the growing situation with the coronavirus COVID-19.
The suspended tournaments include the girls state basketball tournament; the state individual wrestling tournament; the state ice hockey tournament, and the boys regional and state basketball tournaments.
The Ada Public Library is closely monitoring information about the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to Rhett Grant, director.
Hia statement follows:
"The health and safety of our patrons and staff is a top priority. Currently we are open and operating under normal schedules. At this time, the library will continue to offer all regularly scheduled events and programs.
"We're working with local health officials and following directions from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
Betty L. Hall, 82, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 12:35 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, surrounded by her family.
She was born on July 24, 1937, in Alger, Ohio, to the late Marion and Charlotte (Stanley) Gross, Sr. On Nov. 4, 1955, Betty married Lyle “Ned” Hall and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2016.
Betty worked as a waitress in food service. She previously worked at the Northern Freeze of Ada.
Vehicle registration for this 53rd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels is underway according to Dan Diller, festival director.
The show is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Club.
This year’s festival is Friday, June 19, in downtown Bluffton. Registration is from 2 to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Vehicle judging is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 p.m.
The show is open to antique cars, classic cars, trucks, tractors, golf carts, fire engines, motorcycles and Cushmans.
Registration fees by May 31 are $10 per vehicle. Registration thereafter is $12.
Following Governor DeWine’s strong recommendation to limit large, mass, indoor events in order to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Ada Exempted Village School District will be making decisions to proceed, cancel, or postpone approaching events based on Social Distancing Protocol and the best information available at the time.
As such, Superintendent Meri Skilliter has made the following decisions about approaching events.
Several significant village-related expenditures were approved by Ada council on Feb. 25.
Among these include the purchase of a Bobcat compact excavator at a cost of $53,077.
The excavator is in the current village budget and will be used by the public works department for work on streets, water distribution and sanitary and storm collection systems. The purchase is from Bobcat of Lima.
Village officials priced seven machines and visited four dealerships prior to making its selection.
