Seventy-six vehicles, including many V-8s that guzzled lead gas a long time ago, came to Ada on Saturday. It was the Ada VFW's 5th annual Ada Cruz-In. Here's a list of winners, provided by Win Hauenstein. Several winner photos are below.
Women's basketball coach Michele Durand announces her retirement
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By Tim Glon
Ohio Northern women's basketball coach Michele Durand has announced her retirement from coaching at the end of the 2019-20 season after 19 years as head coach of the program.
After the season, she will move to a position as ONU's full-time assistant director of athletics.
Current assistant coach Mark Huelsman will replace Durand at the end of the season.
Seventy-six vehicles that you don't see every day, lined Main Street Ada during Saturday's VFW Cruz-In. This year's best of show was a beautiful 1956 Chevy Bel-aire owned by Larry and Pam Reinhart of Ottawa. Matt Day of Lafayette won the burn out competition.
Frances E. Nichols, 92, died Monday, July 22, 2019, at 9:28 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1927, in Hardin County, Ohio, to the late Royal and Rosa (Coppler) Nichols.
Frances retired from Trend Trim Company of Spencerville after working for 34 years. She graduated from Alger High School class of 1945. She resided with her niece, Teresa (Bernie) Rowe of Harrod for the last seven years.
Also surviving are her adopted brother and sister: Larry Allen Coppler-Nichols and Joyce Coppler; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Helms and Sons Excavating was awarded the Ada street maintenance program contract for 2019. The Ada council accepted the bid this month.
The company submitted a bid of $172,756, and bids were opened in late June. The bid, posted above, lists its bid estimates for asphalt, street grinding and alley grinding.
Helms was the lowest bid received, according to Jami Hall, village administrator.
Janet Fisher, a life-long Ada resident, is this month's Vancrest resident spotlight.
She grew up in Ada and graduated from Ada High School. She worked at Hal and Jean's restaurant for many years, saying that she took the job because a teacher told her that it would "break her shyness."
She enjoyed bowling and now her favorite game is balloon volleyball. Janet is a long-term care resident of Vancrest.
