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Bulldog boys soccer nipped by Mustangs

UPDATE: Clayton McClain scored the Ada goal off a hooking corner kick from Logan Jolliff.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys soccer team kicked off Northwest Conference play at backyard rival Allen East with a 2-1 loss Monday evening, August 28, in the back half of a girls/boys doubleheader at Goodwin Field.

Ada fell to 2-2-1 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the tough defeat.

ONU Featured in The Princeton Review’s ‘Best 389 Colleges for 2024’

Ohio Northern University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends ONU in the new edition of its annual college guide, The Best 389 Colleges: 2024 Edition.

Downtown Kenton program awards grants for roof repair and building revitalization

The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance and the Kenton Historic Courthouse District (HCD) announces the 2023 Kenton Historic Courthouse District Downtown Building & Business Owners Association Downtown Improvement Grant Program award recipients. Brad Bailey has been awarded grants for roof repair and building revitalization. Not By Choice Outreach has been awarded a grant for building revitalization.

The Kenton Historic Courthouse District is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance. The purpose of this nonprofit corporation is supporting preservation and business in Kenton’s historic downtown. Recently, a Downtown Kenton Building and Business Owners’ Association (DBA) was created to offer grants to incentivize improvements and other worthy projects that enhance downtown Kenton.

For more information about the Kenton Historic Courthouse District, visit its website at: www.hccba.com/hcd

APL book group to discuss Ordinary Grace

The Adult Book Group's next meeting at Ada Public Library has been rescheduled from Tuesday, September 5 to Tuesday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m.

That means an extra week of reading time. Copies of Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger are still available (as of Aug 29) for those interested in joining the discussion.

Over half of Hardin Co. children are enrolled in Imagination Library

A reminder from the Ada Public Library:

Get FREE BOOKS for your child each month! Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails free high-quality, age appropriate books to children from birth to age five!

According to imaginationlibrary.com, there are 2,036 eligible children in Hardin County and 1,101 are enrolled.

A higher calling?

Does this look like heavenly work to you or would you rather not be in this man's shoes? On August 28, photographer Ken Collins looked up to this worker on the Ada First Presbyterian Church steeple. For a close up, click HERE.

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