By Monty Siekerman
Mackalyn Figgins heads up the lunches for ReStore Community Center at Ada War Memorial Park.
The free lunches are held from noon until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday until Aug. 3. All are welcome.
Twelve people took advantage of the lunches on Wednesday. Mackalyn, from Fayette, Ohio, is helping as an intern, which she said is good experience for her since she majoring in youth ministry and music at Ohio Northern. Her musical talent includes singing and playing piano, trombone, and guitar. She will be an ONU junior this fall. She is also helping to start a youth ministry at the Alger First United Methodist Church this summer.
The Hardin County Extension Office reports that the rest of June is likely to be warmer than normal with high variability of rainfall but tendency to above normal rainfall.
It appears a heat dome will be centered in the south central U.S. this summer with periods where it shifts over the corn and soybean belt and Ohio Valley.
The next surge of heat will come this weekend into early next week. With these surges come a ring of fire of storms around the heat dome leading to locally heavy rainfall. However, that rain will be scattered.
The Ada Junior Civic League announced several year-end donations to various Ada community programs. The league’s special projects committee announced the club’s donation of $255 to following groups:
• Ada Public Library summer reading program
• ReStore Lunch in the Park program,
• Ada Schools lunch program (for children who forget their lunch money)
• resurfacing of the Ada park tennis courts.
The 2018-19 installation of officers was also announced. Those officers are Sherry Evans, president; Diane Sharrock and Linda Ferguson, co-vice presidents; Sandy Neely, secretary; Erin Swick, treasurer; and Phyllis Griffith, corresponding secretary.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Who likes to play ball? Kids
Who likes to chase around? Kids
Who likes to eat a treat? Kids
Who likes to play in the rain? Kids
Who likes to splash in mud puddles? Kids
Who likes to give kisses? Kids
But we are not talking kids here, we are describing dogs who had the time of their lives at the official opening of the Ada Dog Park on Saturday morning. Despite on-and-off drizzle, about 40 people and 10 dogs were on hand for the festivities.
