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Ada Police Department non-emergency phone back in service

UPDATE: 8:40 p.m., July 22

ADA POLICE: Ada Police non emergency number 419.634.0010 is back in service. As always use 911 for all emergecies.

Mini Football Drop will raise funds for United Way agencies

The United Way of Hardin County is working to raise $4,000 with sales of Football Drop tickets.

The event will take place on Friday, September 2 at Ada War Memorial Park prior to the Ada Bulldogs vs Hardin Northern Polar Bears game.

Tickets are $5 each. The $1,000 prize will be split between the numbers of the footballs that land in the helmet. You need not be present to win. The decision of the United Way judge is final.

Soil Health Field Day report

By Matt Burkholder

It was 101 degrees but that didn’t stop 65 farmers and land owners from attending our Soil Health Field Day at Burkholder Healthy Farms in Cairo, Ohio.

Our field day was in partnership with Cargill and American Farmland Trust. We discussed soil health practices such as no till, planting cover crops, carbon sequestration, water infiltration, seed treatment options and much more.

Lily, lily, lily

A glorious garden of lilies adorns a yard at Lima Ave. and Christopher Circle. 

Summary of July Board of Education meeting

End of fiscal year reports, preparations for school to begin August 18

On July 21, the Ada Schools Board of Education met to with the attached agenda. All five members of the board were present: Ron Fleming, Matt Gossman, Ted Griffith, Steve Ramey and Amy Mullins. As president of the board, Mullins conducted the meeting.

Hardin County Extension rainfall report for June 2022

By Mark Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator

Hardin County–Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 2.29 inches of rain in Hardin County during June. Last year, the average rainfall for June was 3.12 inches. Rainfall for the month was 3.08 inches less than the ten-year average rainfall in the month of June. Buck Township received 3.67 inches,  the most rainfall of the township sites. The least rain in June, 1.55 inches, was reported in Blanchard Township. For the growing season since April 15, the average precipitation in all the townships was 8.62 inches, with a range from 6.15 inches in Hale Township to 11.14 inches in Marion Township.  

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