Another great Harvest and Herb Festival filled Main Street on Saturday! Downtown Ada was full of people, festival food, vendors and of course, the parade. Ada certainly put its best face forward.
This year, the beautiful flower baskets on our decorative light poles in the Depot had a light shown on them during the Harvest and Herb Festival. Many people stopped by to admire the flower baskets and donate to the flower fund. We want to thank everyone for the appreciative words and donations to the fund!
The winner of Week 5 of The Icon Football Contest is Brad Jones. He correctly picked 9 games this week.
Other contestants:
8 correct - Jerry Cupples, Luke Amstutz, John Clevidence, Silas Amstutz, Lisa Paugh, Ross Emans, Landyn Fleharty, Scott Weissling, Brad Smith, Duane Bollenbacher, Nancy Armour, Shannon Weissling and Marc Staley.
The Ada Public Library Board of Trustees, recognized Janet Klingler, for her 25 years of employment as the fiscal officer of the Library, as part of the September Board meeting.
President Mike Hurtig showed the Board's appreciation by presenting Janet with a 25-year plaque.
A monster 28-point fourth quarter and a late game blocked extra point helped the visiting Ada Bulldogs secure an amazing comeback victory as they defeated the Bluffton Pirates, 42-41. Down 35-14 with just over a quarter to play, the Bulldogs rallied behind the arm of Freshman gunslinger Seth Conley, scoring four times in a thrilling fourth period. The win moves Ada to (2-3) overall and (1-2) in the Northwest Conference.
Both offenses started slow, with neither finding the end zone in the first quarter, but once the scoring started, it didn't stop until the final seconds ticked off the clock.
You graduated from Ada in 2010 and from the University of Dayton in 2014. How does it feel to now be a high school and college alum?
It feels great! My dad once told me to “enjoy every part of your life.” I loved high school, had a great college experience, and am now having so much fun living in a big city. I have great memories from all my years of schooling and am looking forward to making even better ones post-graduation!
I understand you’re living in Chicago now. What do you do for a living? Do you like your job?
The Bluffton community’s 11th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 27, according to Daren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, who coordinates the festival.
Here’s the schedule:
Maple Crest Senior Living Village, 700 Maple Crest Ct.
• Antique tractor show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Music by Easy Ed and The Country Pals (Bluegrass), 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1-1:45 p.m.
• Kiddie tractor pull, registration 1-1:30 p.m., pull starts 1:30 p.m.
• Fishing derby, 2-3:30 p.m.
• Food available 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a celebration of choral music as part of the ONU Homecoming festivities in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Friday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The evening’s program will begin with the ONU Men’s Chorus presenting a variety of glee club pieces and ending with a setting of “Kiss the Girl.” The ONU Women’s Chorus will follow with musical settings by John Rutter, Jonny Priano and Moses Hogan.
Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Reed Noss, the provost’s distinguished research professor at the University of Central Florida, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Hardin County Dairy Service Unit is holding their semi-annual cheese sale. The fall sale has a variety of cheeses to choose from including colby, Muenster, smoked cheddar, mozzarella, marble, American processed, farmer’s cheese, cheddar, big eye Swiss, baby Swiss, lacey Swiss (low cholesterol, low fat), hot pepper, and also trail bologna. Cheese is in approximately 2 pound units, except for Muenster, hot pepper, American processed cheese, which are sold in 5 pound loaves. The American processed cheese is sliced, while the mozzarella and cheddar cheese are shredded. The trail bologna comes in 1-1 3/4 pound rings.
