The event will take place on Friday, September 2 at Ada War Memorial Park prior to the Ada Bulldogs vs Hardin Northern Polar Bears game.
Tickets are $5 each. The $1,000 prize will be split between the numbers of the footballs that land in the helmet. You need not be present to win. The decision of the United Way judge is final.
It was 101 degrees but that didn’t stop 65 farmers and land owners from attending our Soil Health Field Day at Burkholder Healthy Farms in Cairo, Ohio.
Our field day was in partnership with Cargill and American Farmland Trust. We discussed soil health practices such as no till, planting cover crops, carbon sequestration, water infiltration, seed treatment options and much more.
End of fiscal year reports, preparations for school to begin August 18
On July 21, the Ada Schools Board of Education met to with the attached agenda. All five members of the board were present: Ron Fleming, Matt Gossman, Ted Griffith, Steve Ramey and Amy Mullins. As president of the board, Mullins conducted the meeting.
By Mark Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator
Hardin County–Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 2.29 inches of rain in Hardin County during June. Last year, the average rainfall for June was 3.12 inches. Rainfall for the month was 3.08 inches less than the ten-year average rainfall in the month of June. Buck Township received 3.67 inches, the most rainfall of the township sites. The least rain in June, 1.55 inches, was reported in Blanchard Township. For the growing season since April 15, the average precipitation in all the townships was 8.62 inches, with a range from 6.15 inches in Hale Township to 11.14 inches in Marion Township.
