The ribbon-cutting and official opening of the Hardin County Democrats Headquarters office will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 16 North Main Street, Kenton. The headquarters will remain open for one hour.
Candidate information, yard signs and other campaign materials will be available. If you would like to volunteer to work in the headquarters or help our candidates in any way, please come to sign up on Wednesday or any time the headquarters is open. The Democrat Headquarters will be open noon until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m until noon on Saturdays.
The 29th annual Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival, tied to the Ohio Northern University Parents' Weekend and Wilson garage sale brought thousands of visitors to Ada.
Alexis Amburgey is this year's reigning festival queen and Gabby Linnon is runner-up.
Please open the attachment at the bottom of this story for a photo scrapbook showing 17 images of this year's festival.
The winner of Week 4 of the Icon Football Contest is Kim Badertscher. Sixcontestants correctly picked all 10 games. Five of those had the correct tie-breaker #1. But, Kim was the only one to correctly pick tie-breaker #2.
Is it possible that Ada's population doubled in size on Saturday? Thanks to the Harvest and Herb Festivall, the Wilson sports garage sale and ONU's Parents' Weekend, the population of the village swelled. Here's a view of Main Street looking south from the railroad during the Harvest and Herb Fest. Watch for more photos coming.
A huge night from Freshman quarterback Seth Conley wasn't enough as the visiting Fort Loramie Redskins marched into War Memorial Stadium and defeated the Bulldogs, 35-21. Conley passed for 433 yards and two scores, but two costly turnovers and a strong night from Redskin quarterback Andy Grewe dealt the Bulldogs their third loss in as many weeks. The non-conference defeat drops Ada to (1-3) on the season.
Fort Loramie struck first, as halfback Nathan Plieman scored on a fourth and goal from the one, capping an 11 play, 55 yard drive. The missed extra point gave the Redskins a 6-0 lead with 7:24 to play in the first quarter.
Ohio Northern University will observe Constitution Day with a presentation from prominent labor and employment attorney Gary Lofland in the Pettit College of Law’s Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Thursday, Sept. 25, at noon. The event is free and open to the public.
