At noon on Monday, March 31, the keys and ownership of Keith's Hardware officially passed from Keith and Kathy Wire to Jason and Ursula Minich. The two local families, Century 21 Real Estate and Quest Federal Credit Union gathered on a day when the store closed for this purpose.
The Wires purchased Baker’s Hardware 45 years ago and first operated from rented space on Main St. They changed the name to Keith’s Hardware in 1986 and built the 106 S Johnson St store when part of their space was sold in 1989.
At 920 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wapakoneta, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Roundhead, Fryburg, Jumbo, New Hampshire, Uniopolis, Buckland, Waynesfield, Wapakoneta, Cridersville, St. Johns, State Route 195 at State Route 235, and Fort Shawnee. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
BLUFFTON – The visiting Ada High School softball team hammered Bluffton 12-1 Tuesday, April 1 to stay undefeated.
“It was nice to get another win and play a clean game,” said fourth-year Ada head coach Jeff Bassitt. “We didn’t make any errors. It is nice to play solid defense.”
The Bulldogs out-hit the Pirates 12-1 in the run-rule shortened contest.
Ada improves to 3-0 with the non-league victory, while Bluffton lost its opener to start out 0-1.
BLUFFTON – The visiting Ada High School baseball team used two big innings and solid defense to knock off local rival Bluffton 9-3 in a non-league game on Tuesday evening, April 1.
Neither team scored in the first three innings of what started out as a pitchers’ duel.
The Bulldogs then scored five runs in the fourth inning, and tallied four more in the fifth to break open the scoreless battle and win.
Ada improved to 1-1 after earning their first victory, while Bluffton dropped to 2-1 with the defeat.
The mayor, all councilors, fiscal officer, police chief and legal advisor were all present for the April 1 regular meeting of the Village of Ada Council, which was dispatched in under an hour. (Agenda)
Three names were listed under the Open Floor segment on the agenda with the expectation that they would comment on a proposed ordinance regarding vendors including food trucks. Discussion indicated that two had spoken to the mayor and councilor Bob Simmons prior to the meeting.
There were no resolutions or ordinances on the agenda.
