St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 4443 Township Road 25, Ada, installed John Nagel as its full-time pastor on Oct. 5.
He and his wife, Victoria, recently moved to Ada from Marion, and have become active members of the Ada community.
The installation service included prayer, commitment, and a special song "Scars," sung by Pastor Nagel. This song had special meaning to him and the congregation since he had been in a head-on collision in 2016 and was very seriously injured and still has many scars.
By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The Ada girls soccer team traveled to local rival Allen East and lost 3-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday night.
The defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 3-11-1 overall and 2-4-1 in NWC play. Ada tied for fourth place in the league standings with Crestview.
AE improved to 9-5-1 overall with the win and is 4-2 in the NWC, good for third place. Spencerville is first in the league race at 6-0, with Bluffton second at 5-1.
"The first half was fairly even," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We had a great opportunity to close the gap late in the second half but hit the crossbar."
By Cort Reynold
HARROD - Visiting Ada lost to backyard rival Allen East 2-0 in boys Northwest Conference soccer action Monday night.
The win lifted the AE record to 6-6-1 overall and a perfect 4-0 in NWC play. Ada fell to 8-6-1 overall and finished 3-2 in the NWC, good for third in the six-team league.
AE and Bluffton (11-2-1, 4-0 NWC) will meet for the outright NWC title in Harrod on Thursday, October 10 at 5 p.m. The Pirates have captured four straight NWC titles and have won 24 consecutive league matches.
Ada hosts non-league foe Liberty-Benton Wednesday, October 9 in their regular season finale.
Icon viewers:
The Ada Public Library is the greatest! I stop by at least once a week to update my movie selection and reading material.
Through the library's website adalibrary.org, I can easily order movies and books from over 100 other libraries, allowing me to get items that the Ada library doesn't own. Along with popular titles, it's surprising how many old and obscure films are available!
The library's recent renovation is well done with bright colors, additional space for activities (check out the children's area), a nice meeting room and convenient parking.
The Hardin County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will be hold its full-scale emergency drill on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12 in the Village of Forest.
During daytime hours on both days, residents may notice an increased presence of firefighter, EMS, law enforcement, and hazardous materials team personnel.
Residents may also notice an increased amount of emergency vehicles, lights, sirens, and medical helicopter traffic. Additionally, the public service communication tool Nixel will be utilized to send public safety messages. Those messages will be marked as being part of the drill.
