This article is the first of several pieces on the village’s history and written by members of The Ada Historical Society.
Sousa Comes to Ada - October 24, 1892
By Paul Logsdon, retired Ohio Northern University Librarian and Archivist
In Fall of 1892, a happy set of events brought John Philip Sousa and his Great Marine Corps. Band to Ada.
The first of these was the completion of the Ada Opera House 11 years earlier. This combination city hall and theater stood on East Buckeye Avenue, the site of the current municipal building, between 1881 and 1930s.
It was different kind of field trip. On Monday, ONU 4 Paws for Ability dogs took a field trip the the Ada preschool. Founded in 2014, Polar Paws is an ONU organizataion involving ONU students training service dogs. Several additional photos follow. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Kikuko T. Hollan, 87, died on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 3:47 p.m. at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton, Ohio.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan to Tomo and Kichi Takahashi who preceded her in death. On Dec. 28, 1956, she married Abe Hollan on in Yokohama, Japan. He died March 23, 2005.
Kikuko worked for 15 years as a seamstress for Elder Beerman in Lima. She also worked at the the U.S. Army Yokohama Ordnance Depot #229. She met her loving husband of over 60 years, Abe Hollan, in Japan, having her first date with him with an interpreter present.
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal injury crash that occurred in Kenton just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.
A car driven by Kikuko T. Hollan, 87, of Kenton, was traveling east on East Espy Street when it crossed over South Wayne Street into the driveway of a residence at 501 S. Wayne St. There the vehicle crashed into a tree.
Ms. Hollan was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital by BKP Ambulance, where she later succumbed from her injuries.
The sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by the BKP Ambulance, Kenton Fire Department and Minich’s Towing.
The Hardin County Crime Task Force made two arrests arising from two traffic stops on March 13. The Task Force also made one arrest on March 18. Details of those arrests follow:
The first stop was in the 4000 block of County Road 60. It resulted in the arrest of a woman found to be in possession of 39 hits of heroin.
She has been charged with possession of heroin and trafficking in heroin.
The second stop occurred near the intersection of State Route 67 and County Road 75. There a man was arrested for the possession of and trafficking in Fentanyl. More than 8 grams of Fentanyl were confiscated.
Earlier this week Dominick Sara and Carah Porter from Ohio Northern University updated Ada Kiwanis members best about the 4 Paws for Ability program involving ONU student training service dogs
Founded in 2014, Polar Paws is an Ohio Northern University student organization that raises service dogs through 4 Paws for Ability in Xenia, Ohio.
The active campus of Ohio Northern offers a wide variety of events and social situations for dogs to experience and is the key to a service dog in training's development and socialization.
