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March 2018

Country-style breakfast on Saturday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, March 20, 2018

The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a Country-Style breakfast on Saturday,April 7 from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. 

They will be serving biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage.

Suggested donation is $7.00. All-you-can-eat (on premises only). Carry out is available, 

If you can’t get there call 419- 679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery. 

Located at the Alger Social Center at 210 N. Main St. in Alger. Call 419-757-3891 for more information.

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Lugibihl Spray Service wants to help you get a jump on spring lawn care

Offers grass seed, soil testing and other services
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Lugibihl Spray Service, 6705 Tom Fett Road, Bluffton, has lawn and garden supplies and lots of other supplies for persons interesting in getting a jump on their spring lawn care.

Lugibihl offers:
• Grass seed and soil tests
• Round-up Quik Pro
• Lawn fertilizer with crabgrass control
• Blended fertilizer for lawns
• Garden fertilizer
• Lime and gypsum
• Spray for lawn weeds

An attachment at the bottom of this story offers additional information.
Lugibihl Spray Service
6705 Tom Fett Road
Bluffton
419-358-6372

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Lucie Anna Shepherd, 1918 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 19, 2018

Lucie Anna Shepherd, age 99, died on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 1:29 p.m. at Lima Convalescent Home.

          She was born on April 4, 1918 in Pyramid, Kentucky to the late Peter and Emiline (Hicks) Moore.  On February 14, 1934 Lucie married George Shepherd and he died on March 20, 1979.   

          Lucie was a homemaker.  She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church, Alger.  

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Two 7th grade teams advance to Columbus - state science fair

Dylan Hartman, Logan House, Amelia Alexander and Miranda Wibbing
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 19, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Two 7th grade teams from Ada advanced to the state Science Day in Columbus.

Dylan Hartman and Logan House advanced and also won the district engineering award. Their project was titled “Do Bearings Reduce Friction?”

The other team advancing is Amelia Alexander and Miranda Wibbing with the project "Water Transportation.” They also received the B-Weiser award at the district fair.

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Crocus blooming means one thing

Spring is on the way in Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 19, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Spring begins at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, but there are few signs of Spring this year, and several chances of snow the next few days doesn’t bode well for Spring’s appearance anytime soon.

However, the camera did catch a few crocus in bloom on Monday at a home on East Lehr Avenue. You’ll also notice a daffodil bud in the upper left hand corner of the picture.

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Scholastic bowl team 32 seasons ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 19, 2018

It's Ada High School's scholastic bowl team from the 1985-86 school year.

Members are Philip Allen, Cameron Nelson, Jean Baughman and Andrea Traster.

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45816

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 19, 2018

Not every one deserves a zip code on a license plate. 45816 is Benton Ridge's zip code and that means this plate belongs to Fairy Parkins, the former postmaster in that village. You'll find this plate on blue-grey Buick LaCrosse CX.

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Phoebe G Holloway, 1936 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 19, 2018

Phoebe G. Holloway, age 82, died on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

          She was born on February 25, 1936 in Lima, Ohio to the late Hugh and Ruby (Shaw) Holloway. 

          Phoebe retired from HARCO Sheltered Workshop in Kenton.  She was a member of the Ada Church of Christ Disciples and previously attended the First United Methodist Church of Ada.

          She is survived by her guardians, Eric and Kim Archer of Ada; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews; and special friend, David Patton. 

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2 die in crash Sunday night

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 19, 2018

Two Indiana residents died in a head-on crash at 9:44 p.m. on Sunday on SR 117 south of Holden. The unincorporated village of Holden is located between Alger and Roundhead, west of SR 235.

 

A southbound car crashed head-on with a pickup truck. The occupants of the car, Marcus Daniel Cory, 33, Ft. Wayne, and Michelle Hakey, 29, Columbia City, were pronounced dead at the scene

 

Occupants of the pickup truck were taken by medical helicopter to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo with serious injuries. They include the driver Sonia Kropaczewski-McNamara, 39, and two children, ages 5 and 9 months of Grand Junction, Michigan.

 

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Want to help organize the Ada Historical Society?

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 19, 2018

Anyone interested in helping to form an Historical Society in Ada is welcome to attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m.tonight (Monday) at the Ada Public Library. Several interested citizens from Ada and Liberty Township have been meeting monthly since last fall to organize the Society. The meeting will conclude by 8 p.m.

 

For additional information, go to AdaOhioHS.com.

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