The Ada Police Department and the Ada Kiwanis Club will hold a village bike rodeo from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 10.
The rodeo takes place in the municipal parking lot behind the police station.
There will be door prizes, a bicycle obstacle course and refreshments for youth 3 to 12. The Ada fire and EMS will be present to allow youth to see the equipment.
Blanchard Valley Health System has received a grant from the Northwest Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for $58,374 to provide free mammograms to uninsured low and middle income women and men in Hancock and surrounding counties through the Hancock County Mammography Screening Initiative (HCMSI). The mammograms are offered at both Woman Wise Mammography in Findlay and Bluffton Hospital.
By Mark Badertscher
Cool, wet soils have delayed the start of planting season this spring in Hardin County. Usually farmers would prefer to begin planting corn in late April to early May. However, the calendar doesn’t always determine the best time to put the crop in the ground. Other factors that come into play are temperature and moisture levels in the soil.
Ada third graders were the first to hear Mayor Dave Retterer proclaim Friday, May 2, 2014, as Arbor Day in the Village of Ada.
During the annual Arbor Day celebration, the Ada third graders proved to be a great audience as the Ada Tree Commission talked to them about trees, planting, dinosaurs and ‘elephant snot’. (If you are not sure what dinosaurs and ‘elephant snot’ have to do with trees, ask a third grader.)
Temperatures in the 60s as highs and 40s as daily lows. It must be May. Here's the weather summary for the first five days of May from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
