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June 2018

Craft beer and BBQ evening at The Inn at ONU July 19

The Inn at ONU, 401 W. College Ave., Ada, presents an evening of Craft Beer and BBQ on Thursday, July 19, at 5:30 p.m.

The event takes place in the garden courtyard (weather permitting). Five craft beer samplings from Fat Head’s Brewing along with great food will be served.

The event features guest speaker Downtown Danny from Fat Head’s Brewing, live music yard games and much more.

Advanced ticket purchase is required. Please call 419-772-4112. Tickets are $30 per person and includes tax and gratuity.

The Centennial Dixieland Jazz Band

Ada swim meet photos

Boy freestyler competes in the Ada/Bluffton dual meet at Ada
Thursday night.

All photos by Cort Reynolds

Ada swimmers fall to Bluffton

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada Alligator swim team dove into the first home meet of its 2018 summer campaign with a boys and girls dual meet vs. West Ohio Aquatic League foe Bluffton on  a warm Thursday evening.

The Gator boys lost a close battle to the Sardines by a 208-190 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were beaten by a 317-122 count. Bluffton thus won the combined meet team score,  525-312.

The Ada boys and girls each fell to 1-1 in dual meets this summer with the losses.

Historical Society to meet

The Ada Historical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 18 at the Ada Public Library.

 

Once upon a time in Ada

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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December 1936 the Ada council started the proceeding for a 14 year age limit on drivers in Ada. Nearly 100 licenses have been issued to minors by the highway patrol who passed the drivers test as young as 11 and twelve years of age.

Molinaro to turn professional

Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) will join Hoka's New Jersey New York Track Club, a premier elite track club based in New York to begin his professional running career.

 

Molinaro, the 2018 Indoor 800-meter run National Champion, met with Hoka in early June and agreed to train with the club in New York.

Brent L Wireman, 1974 - 2018

 Brent L. Wireman, age 43, died on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 6:03 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          He was born on August 24, 1974 in Lima, Ohio to the late Gary and Elma “Faye” (Slone) Wireman.  On April 10, 2009 Brent married Amy L. Prine and she survives in Dunkirk, Ohio.

          Brent formerly worked as a fork lift driver at Honda.  He was a 1993 graduate of Allen East High School.  He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed playing golf.

Ada raises the flag

June 14 - it's Flag Day

Today is Flag Day, and the Lila Pifer home at Main and State Route 81 is all decked out to observe the occasion. Lila stands on the balcony of her big brick home surrounded by a flag and a red, white, and blue umbrella turned on its side.

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