Hardin County — The final program of the Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteers Summer Program Series is set to take place on Tuesday, August 19. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the topic has been changed to Companion Planting which will be presented by Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteer, Christine Heilman. Companion planting is a gardening technique where plants that mutually benefit one another are planted together rather than separately in traditional garden planting.
On April 28, 1978, Steve Martin released King Tut on his album A Wild and Crazy Guy. The song was previewed on Saturday Night Live (SNL) on April 22nd of the same year. The song hit number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was great advertising for the Tutankhamun Treasures exhibit touring in 7 U.S. cities at the time.
Steve Martin is a very talented songwriter and musician. He continues to do a bluegrass arrangement of King Tut with his band the Steep Canyon Rangers. Steve Martin still goes out on comedy and musical tours. He and Martin Short are coming to Indianapolis, Indiana in October of 2025.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
A tour of Ada’s Wilson Football (and basketball) factory, 517 E. Highland, with Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel hits just a little differently than other tours. On a day filled with stops around the state including meetings with OSU-Lima, UNOH, Rhodes State College and Ohio Northern University, he also toured the new manufacturing facility that was opened in June 2024.
FINDLAY – The Ada High School boys golf team competed in the first of three Blanchard Valley Conference tournaments on Monday, August 4 at the Findlay Country Club.
The Bulldog linksters finished tied for eighth with McComb at the day-long, 10-team event, which was won by Van Buren with 313 strokes.
Monday was the first of three tournaments which will combine to determine the 2025 BVC boys golf champion. A mid-season tournament will be held Aug. 18 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, with the BVC finale on Sept. 19 at Kalida’s Moose Landing.
DELPHOS__The Ada High School boys golf team lost a close dual match vs. Fort Jennings Tuesday, August 5, at the Delphos Country Club.
FJ nipped the Bulldogs, 201-207.
Ada junior ace Brody Rister tied for match medalist honors by carding a nine-hole score of 44 on the par-36 course. Musketeer Ryan Aldrich also shot a 44.
“We continue to show improvement, we cut strokes from our first two matches,” said Ada head coach Tod Schmidt. “We are moving in the right direction.”
Ada freshman Arden Shook and senior Sam Crawford each shot a 54. Junior Lawson Kingler carded a 55.
FROM FACEBOOK__Ada Area Chamber of Commerce announcement:
39th Annual Harvest & Herb Festival - we are still accepting non-food vendors for 2025. We have maxed out on food truck space and home bakeries.
We currently have over 150 vendors & businesses participating. It's going to be another record breaking year, we have some fun announcements coming soon.
