Betty L. Hall, 82, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 12:35 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, surrounded by her family.
She was born on July 24, 1937, in Alger, Ohio, to the late Marion and Charlotte (Stanley) Gross, Sr. On Nov. 4, 1955, Betty married Lyle “Ned” Hall and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2016.
Betty worked as a waitress in food service. She previously worked at the Northern Freeze of Ada.
Vehicle registration for this 53rd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels is underway according to Dan Diller, festival director.
The show is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Club.
This year’s festival is Friday, June 19, in downtown Bluffton. Registration is from 2 to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Vehicle judging is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 p.m.
The show is open to antique cars, classic cars, trucks, tractors, golf carts, fire engines, motorcycles and Cushmans.
Registration fees by May 31 are $10 per vehicle. Registration thereafter is $12.
Following Governor DeWine’s strong recommendation to limit large, mass, indoor events in order to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Ada Exempted Village School District will be making decisions to proceed, cancel, or postpone approaching events based on Social Distancing Protocol and the best information available at the time.
As such, Superintendent Meri Skilliter has made the following decisions about approaching events.
Several significant village-related expenditures were approved by Ada council on Feb. 25.
Among these include the purchase of a Bobcat compact excavator at a cost of $53,077.
The excavator is in the current village budget and will be used by the public works department for work on streets, water distribution and sanitary and storm collection systems. The purchase is from Bobcat of Lima.
Village officials priced seven machines and visited four dealerships prior to making its selection.
What would you like on your pizza? How about apples, marshmallows, chocolate, Oreo cream, or just loaded with candy? Ada third grade art students created pizzas this month that adorn the hallway near the art room. The project's purpose was to show texture - not to mention imagination.
By Barbara Lockard
In 2015, Dusty Donley decided to make a giant career leap. The 1996 Ada High School graduate began the process that would take him from the typically male world of the local hardware store, to teaching 7-year-old girls how to add, subtract and not irritate each other!
Donley worked at Keith’s Hardware Store, Ada, while earning a bachelor’s degree in communication from Ohio Northern University. He wanted to stay in the area, so when the store offered him the manager’s position after his graduation in 2000, he accepted.
“That position lasted more than 20 years,” he said.
