People

All about a friendly competition between elementary students in Ada and USV

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
McDonald's was packed at 5 p.m. on Monday, the beginning of competition between Ada and USV elementary teachers to see who could sell the most in a three-hour period.

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -

USV's  time slot is next Monday, Oct. 16, from 5-8 p.m. USV has their work cut out for them.

When 5 o'clock came, the local restaurant was packed: 150 customers inside, hungry diners lined up outside to the sidewalk, the parking lot full, cars at the drive thru backed up to the highway.

And the Ada Bulldog was there, too.

Take a little extra money with you next time you attend a soccer match because Beta Club members will collect money for victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma at the game that begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday at War Memorial Park.

The donations will be added to the $80 that the club collected at a football game on Sept. 8.

The Beta Club is the junior high honor society and service club. Julie Thaxton is advisor.

Meet Sawyer. He is a 7 year old neutered male shepherd mix. He weighs 66 pounds. This senior boy needs a home or rescue .Sawyer is a sweetheart of a dog, but needs a home soon. Please check him out at the shelter if you can give him a forever home.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

Competition performance earns a chance to participate in OMEA state finals

Over the weekend, the Ada High School marching band and color guard earned the chance to participate in the Ohio Music Education (OMEA) state marching band finals later this fall.

Their outstanding Oct. 7 performance at Norton earned the band and color guard that opportunity.

At Norton, the band and color guard received first place in Class C (schools with less than 300 students in grades 10-12) at the “Art in Motion” OMEA competition.

The group also received the following awards when combining classes B and C:

Firefighter Phil talked to Ada kindergarten through second grade students Thursdayabout fire safety.

During the past week soybean harvest has kicked into high gear.  The extended dry period has allowed farmers an uncommon opportunity to harvest non-stop. In some fields they are having trouble staying ahead of the drying beans – grain moisture dropping as low as 10%, increasing the chance of shattering before harvest.

 

Soybeans generally are the first crop to be harvested, but even then it depends on the planting date of the corn and soybeans.  Some years, the soybeans are planted late enough that both crops are ready to harvest about the same time.  Corn harvest will begin in the next seven to ten days for many fields.

 

Pages