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Several items are on Wednesday morning’s chamber agenda, according to Deb Curlis, director of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce. The free breakfast meeting is at 8 a.m. in the Ada Public Library.

Here’s an update on chamber-related activities:

• Mark Wipper has resigned from the board and will move to Colorado this summer. His term ends Dec. 31, and the board chose not to replace him at this time.

• Chamber president Heather Cox said that the chamber’s Facebook continues to add friends. Persons interested in following it may click here.

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Ada Junior high football will start  Monday, July 22,  at 6:30  p.m. at the football practice field at the high school.

Dayton team is part of a 64-team tourney competition

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Ohio Northern All-American Ryan Bruns  will participate in this year's The Basketball Tournament (TBT) with the Dayton Red Scare.

TBT is a 64-team tournament of top-notch professional basketball, featuring college alumni teams, international basketball stars, ex-NBA players and future NBA players competing in a single-elimination 5-on-5 tournament.

The champions from each regional site will move on to Championship Weekend to play for the $2 million, winner-take-all prize in Chicago from Aug. 1-6.

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Ada's street cleaner is busy this summer. The Icon caught up with the vehicle recently on the west side of town. The vehicle is well focused: its main task is to make certain the streets are clean, and it succeeds in that task very well.

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In 1996-1997 Ada VFW Post 9381 sponsored a girls' softball team.

Coaching the team was Keith Miller (red hat) and Randy Fetter (white visor).

Back row, Kate Fletcher, Heather Stratton, Erin Sizemore, Chassidy Boutwell, Jenny Sharock.

Middle row, Kelly Vermillion, Elicia Klopfenstein, Lindsey Conley, Ashley East, Beth Stewart, Courtney East.

Front row, Alicia Fetter, Casey Christopher, Kelly Brant, Kristin Zsembik. (From the collection of Leland Crouse)

 

For the growing season since April 15, the average precipitation in all the townships was 16.29 inches, with a wide range from 12.82 inches in Liberty Township to 19.23 inches in Pleasant Township

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Hardin County Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 7.08 inches of rain in Hardin County during June, according to Mark Badertscher, extension agent.

Last year, the average rainfall for June was 6.09 inches. Rainfall for June 2019 was 1.46 inches more than the ten-year average rainfall in the month of June.  

Dudley Township received 10.24 inches, the most of the township sites. The least rain in June, 4.51 inches was collected in Liberty Township.  

For the growing season since April 15, the average precipitation in all the townships was 16.29 inches, with a wide range from 12.82 inches in Liberty Township to 19.23 inches in Pleasant Township.  

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