By Monty Siekerman
More than a thousand people are expected to attend the F&M Picnic Truck and Tractor Pull at War Memorial Park on Saturday.
The first session begins at 10 a.m., the second at 6:30 p.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. Food vendors will be available. Cost is $10, children 10 and under $5, veterans and seniors free.
Chris Vermillion is president of the Hardin County Pullers. About $2,000 will be given out to winners of the first session; about $12,000 in prize money for the second session winners.
Ada Schools staff meet prior to the opening of another year. The annual open house will be from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday. Classes begin at 8:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program recently returned from a preseason trip to Europe in preparation for the upcoming 2017 season.
The 11-day trip featured sightseeing in four different countries, providing both an educational and competitive experience for the team.
After arriving in Europe on the second day of the trip, Northern visited Mozart's birthplace before touring Saltzburg, Austria and competing in its first contest of the trip.
ONU would wrap up the day with a contest against FC Bergheim, a top-division Austrian Club Team, where the Polar Bears dropped a hard-fought decision 2-0.
A deputy from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office attempted to make a traffic stop in Ada after viewing a routine traffic violation. The suspect vehicle failed to stop and continued to 417 W. Highland Ave. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as John Denton, immediately became combative with the deputy and an officer from the Ada Police Department.
The deputy's cruiser was damaged by Denton who was able to get into his residence after damaging the patrol vehicle and began to barricade himself inside.
Denton’s elderly mother did exit the residence and was safely removed from the scene.
It's feeding time for the mallards and Canadian geese at the pond by the Freed Center. For the feathered friends who live there, it's always feeding time, hoping for a morsel from any passerby. They don't go hungry.
Ada Boy Scouts Kamron Wilkerson and Dexter Woods III recently returned from the 12-day national jamboree near Beckley, W Va. Dexter and Kamron (second and third on the port side of the raft) are shown whitewater rafting on the New River.
If you are near the New River, you go whitewater rafting because it's one of the best rapids around.
And, if you are near a national jamboree (held only every four years) you go. President Trump was among the speakers. More than 34,000 Scouts from 50 nations attended the jamboree.
