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MAY 19 MEDIA RELEASE__The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame announces the 2025 Wes Davis Memorial Scholarship recipients.  Allison Woodruff of Riverdale High School and Maddox Underwood of Upper Scioto Valley High School will each receive a one-time $500.00 scholarship towards their academic endeavors at the HCSH of Fame banquet on Saturday, June 14 at St. John's Church in Kenton.

Riverdale High School Class of 2025 - Allison Woodruff
Allison, daughter of Michael and Jessica Woodruff, is a 2025 Riverdale High School graduate. While attending RHS, she compiled 11 Varsity Rs: 4 in cross country, 4 in track, and 3 in soccer. In cross country,

By Cort Reynolds

BATH – The Ada High School softball team pulled away late to run-rule Columbus Grove 10-0 in the Div. VI district semifinals on a sunny Monday, May 19, at Lima Bath. 

The game was moved up a day due to expected rain Tuesday.

The Ada girls improved to 20-4 overall with the victory in the battle of the Bulldogs. They will face Carey (7-13) in the district finals Thursday, May 22, weather permitting. 

Columbus Grove finished its season 5-17 after their second 10-0 loss to Ada this spring. 

Montford Avenue is closed for storm sewer work, concrete removal, underdrain installation, curb and gutter preparation and concrete pour, alley approach work, asphalt paving and then signs and pavement markings.  Email [email protected] if you would like project email updates.

Ada residents have two opportunities this week to meet new Village Administrator Amanda Sears.

The Village will host a meet and greet from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20 at the Ada Municipal Building, 115 W. Buckeye Ave.

Sears will also be featured at the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce member meeting on Wednesday, May 21 at 8:30 a.m. at the Ada Public Library. 

Jamie Hall, who has been the Village Administrator for 11 years, will retire in June 2025.

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UPDATED MAY 19 at 1:10 p.m.  The board meeting on Monday, May 19 has been cancelled due to lack of a quorum. *** Where does the Liberty Township board meet? At 110 E Buckeye Ave, a few doors down from Main St. On a recent day, the office window provided this reflection of Ada's historic Pennsylvania Depot.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On May 15 the Ada Schools board of education approved the required 5-year financial forecast submitted by treasurer Kim Light. The forecast is required by the State of Ohio in May and November of each year. 

As Light noted in her presentation, it has always been challenging to provide a five-year picture when the state legislature provides a two-year budget. With this report, she noted that prospects for 2025-2029 are even murkier given a number of bills in the Ohio legislature that could dramatically reduce public school funding and change how schools can save for anticipated expenses. She expects the November 2025 update to be “more telling.”

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