Wilson employees shared their trade secrets with persons attending Saturday's Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival. During the fest', fans had the unique opportunity to buy a one-of-a-kind football and watch it being created.
Four stations in the process included: sewing, turning, lacing and molding the footballs in a unique assemblyline fashion.
In these photos are Ashley Lamb, sewing; Derek Gibson, turning, Chrissie Oakes, lacing and Gibson, at the molder.
One of fans to purchase a football was Zane Wilson, 8, of Findlay, who now has a football with a "Wilson" name on it.
By Monty Siekerman
Aaron Maidlow is the new administrator of Vancrest of Ada. Today, he was found serving pancakes for National Senior Citizens Day. Vancrest invited the community and its residents to a full breakfast at the $6 million facility that opened in May of 2016 and filled rapidly.
Maidlow comes to Ada having served with Autumn Court Healthcare Center in Ottawa and Cridersville Healthcare Center. He and his wife Andrea are the parents of three children, Kaedence, 6, Emmett, 4, and Camry, 1. The family lives in Ottawa.
The new administrator is a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and Bowling Green State University.
By Monty Siekerman
"Bonjour,” Philip would have said many times in his native French, but here in Ada he gives the greeting, “Hi, glad to meet you,” in English. Philip Gautier, an Ada Rotary Club exchange student from the Normandy area of France, has had a whirlwind first week in Ada.
Within hours of arriving in Ada. Philip, attended the Farmers and Merchants picnic, not as a streetside spectator, but riding in a car emblazoned with his name and that of Rotary.
After the parade, he attended the F&M picnic, greeting many more people.
Splish, splash. Three-year-old Drew Mowery enjoys a flooded sidewalk in front of his home on Monday. He could run barefoot in the water without getting rained on. The village was testing water pressure nearby, so for a few minutes the sidewalk, grass, and driveway at the Mowery home were soaked with water. But the fun soon ended when the water dissipated. Click here for the "geyer" photo. (Photos by Monty Siekerman)
Here is the current artwork by Ada High School students now on display at Vancrest.
• Klava Katayama, junior
• Caity Kilgallon, junior
• Rebekah Walker, sophomore
