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By Paula Scott
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A large decorative black bench now sits in front of the Beatitudes Community Center at 210 N. Main St., as an invitation to sit and watch the world go by, to stop and chat with someone you meet or to simply pause and take a moment of needed rest.

The bench is the gift of Penny Keller-Clark, known in the community as Officer Penney of the Ada Police Department. Keller-Clark made the gift as a memorial to her husband Patrick, who passed away in 2020 at age 92. A plaque is inscribed with his name, Patrick Joseph Clark, and The Irish Blessing (May the road rise up to meet you…).

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Three Ada Girl Scouts from Troop 2006 have spent more than a year on a project at Ada's Dog Park. Emma Lambdin, Jordyn Smith and Allysa Nau have created new features for the park while earning the Silver Award.

On Saturday, August 27, Ada Area Chamber of Commerce director Lindsay Walden joined the scouts for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the park, 525 E Lehr Ave., where the girls demostrated four new obstacles they built. 

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Kan Du Group artists have made this adorable collection of football rocks for the August 27 Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

If you find one, why not send a picture of your moment of discovery to the Ada Icon at [email protected]?

The Kan Du Group has an Ada location at 4171 State Route 235, serving adults with developmental disabilities.

From https://kandugroup.org

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This month the Ada Rotary Club welcomed two new members, Cathy Clark (sponsored by Becky Neville) and Del Cogar (sponsored by Rhonda McKinley).

At the same meeting, the program included an update from Brian Barrington and Tracy Hollar of Pegasus Specialty Vehicles.

Deb Curlis also gave an update on the Beatitudes community center and thrift store.

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HARDIN COUNTY–Mark Badertscher was selected as one of two Ohio Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension  Educators to be recognized for the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Achievement  Award. The NACAA Achievement Award recognizes Extension Educators with less than ten years in the profession.  The award was presented at the 2022 NACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference held in  West Palm Beach, Florida July 18-21. 

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Photos of the winners follow this article.

The Ada Kiwanis has announced the following winners of the Pedal Pull competition at the 2022 Farmers & Merchants picnic on August 13.

A total of 38 contestants were interviewed and competed at the War Memorial Park bandshell.

Class 1 - 3-4 year olds - 8 contestants

1st - Declan Johnson, Bluffton, OH

2nd - Wyatt Clum, Ada, OH

3rd - Asher Sprang, Forest, OH

4th - Hank Klear, Ada, OH

 

Class 2, 5-6 year olds, 19 contestants

1st - Chandler Salyer, Ada, OH

2nd - Margaret Price, Ada, OH

3rd - Kamden Sampson, Alger, OH

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