After seemingly endless days of rain, suddenly there's no rain in sight. Here's the seven-day weather report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Date High Low Prec.
July 9 86 72 0.13
July 10 87 66 0.83
July 11 78 63
July 12 79 57
July 13 85 60
July 14 87 67
July 15 90 72
The Keep Hardin County Beautiful Commission is sponsoring a monthly Beautification Award Program this summer.
Categories are:
• Farm/Business,
• Residential and
• Non-Profit.
Deadline for the August awards is July 16. Forms are available at the Ada Library or by calling 419-674-2216. Winners will be honored at the Annual Keep Hardin County Beautiful Banquet in the fall.
• Be healthy
• Be at least 17 years old in most states, or 16 years old with parental consent if allowed by state law
• Weigh at least 110 lbs.
• Additional weight requirements apply for donors 18 years old and younger and all high school donors.
Ada/Lost Creek swim team will travel to Bluffton on Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, to compete in the Western Ohio Aquatic League swim championships.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool is host to the league meet. Bluffton officials putting on the meet anticipate between 500 and 600 swimmers (between the ages of 4 and 18). Add parents and fans and there will be 2000-plus visitors in town.
Teams from the following swimming pools will be in Bluffton:
Ada/Lost Creek
Bluffton
Shawnee
Sherwood
Kenton
Wapakoneta
Westside
Van Wert
It’s one month away – the 100th anniversary of the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic. The two-day event at the War Memorial Park takes place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10.
Here’s this year’s schedule:
Friday, Aug. 9
• 5 p.m. – Gates open Party in the Back 40 – Exploit of Lima, on stage from 8 p.m. to midnight
• 7 p.m. – Corn hole tournament, Back 40, east of park
• 7 p.m. Pulls
6500 street stock gas 4 x4
6500 hot street gas 4x4
6500 stock altered gas 4x4
8000 workstock diesel
8000 2.6 diesel
Street legal semis
Altered semis
100 open
Depending upon which field you were standing in, the rain on your property was either more or less than that of The Icon's weather observer. Here's our high and low temperature report and total precipitation reading for the past seven day. We received 2.31 inches of rain. How about you?
