Ada's latest news

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Solid refuse collection rates may be lower for two years, thanks to removal of fuel adder

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Village of Ada Council met for a regular session on Tuesday, September 17. (Meeting packet is HERE.)

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Ada's Civil War Monument at the Depot Park--a cannon on a stone base enscribed "Lest We Forget - In Memory of Our Soldiers, 1961-1865" has been cleaned of many years of rust and weathering.

Surface Solution Painting power-washed the granite base and will begin painting the seacoast cannon, forged in 1859 at the historic Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va.

The decommissioned cannon was used during the Civil War in Fort Mifflin, Penn., and arrived in Ada in 1903.

For more details about the cannon and historical facts and video about the Civil War, visit the Community Bulletin Board at the Ada Depot Park.

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Township Rd 35 will be closed to thru traffic from CR 50 to CR 60 onTuesday and Wednesday, Sept 24-25.

The road will be widened and paved. Please plan to take an alternate route on those days.

Liberty Township also posts announcement on its Facebook page.

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Join the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce for a grand opening celebration at The Regal Beagle on October 5. Follow their Facebook page to stay up to date on potential soft opening events.

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The following results are from September 11-17 of the Ohio Northern University Fall 2024 athletics season:

Men's golf results at John Carroll Donald Ross Invitational

Women's golf results at John Carroll Donald Ross Invitational

Women's golf results at Heidelberg Fall Invitational

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Foneta F. “Boots” Burke, age 86, of Dola, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Lima Memorial Health System. 

She was born on November 17, 1937 in Compton, California.  Boots was raised by her father and mother, Walter and Pearl Lowe.  She was preceded her in death by her parents and sister, Violet Krementz.  

Boots is survived by her four children: Thomas (Maria) McCauley of Corona, CA, Ronald (Debbie) McCauley of Edgerton, Sharon (Ed) Derenia of Jenera and Carol Kay (John) Wilson of Dunkirk; eleven grandchildren: Jackie, Ronnie, John Allen, Jake, John, Tommy, Jessica, Sammy, Zachary, Kayla and Hollie; 21 great grandchildren; and a brother, James (Judy) Lowe. 

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