By Monty Siekerman
Children love animals, all kinds, and whenever a group in Ada puts on an animal show the children attend in great numbers as was evident this week when the Ada Public Library invited Exotic Zoo to Ada.
Here, Javon Stacks passes around a Flemish Giant Rabbit for youngsters to touch gently.
This breed of domesticated rabbit can weigh more than 20 pounds. The Exotic Zoo is located near Detroit. Most animals there were born on the premises.
A gator lies quietly in the grass, either sunning or ready to devour prey. In this case, the gator is a member of the Ada swim team, Carter Cleavers. The Ada team, known as The Gators, have their last meet of the season at the Kenton pool Friday and Saturday. Swimmers from the eight league teams will vie for championship status from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. those two days. So far this year, the Ada Gators are 50-50 against league foes.
(Monty Siekerman photo)
The Ada VFW third annual car and truck show will be this Saturday in the organization's big parking lot, about one mile north of Ada on SR 235.
Registration ($10) is from 1-4 p.m., judging from 4-6 p.m., awards presented at 6:30 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded for car and truck categories, best of show, people's choice award, participant's award, mayor's choice award, best prior to 1972, best from 1973 to present. The show will not include motorcycles this year.
Food and beverages will be available all afternoon. A 50/50 drawing is set for 6:15 p.m. Karaoke begins at 8 p.m. Door prizes will be awarded.
Several highways in northwest Ohio continue to be closed or monitored due to high water. Highways listed are either currently closed or affected, but closed areas on each route will vary as flood levels change.
Residents should refer to their respective county sheriff’s office for information on local road closures. Motorists are reminded not to drive through areas of high water.
Hancock County
U.S. 224
State Route 37
State Route 235
State Route 568
State Route 12 east of I-75, Findlay, (closed under the direction of the city of Findlay).
