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Looking back at 2021: Homecoming in February

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, December 27, 2021

In February 2021, Paige Cole was crowned queen and Jake Poling, king, of the 2020-21 Ada High School homecoming court. Chalk it up for the record book: two Ada H.S. homecomings in 2021.

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Refuse rate increase, Village holiday

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, December 27, 2021

The Village of Ada has announced a refuse rate increase. Rumpke refuse rates will be increasing by $2.00 with the December 2021 utility billing cycle.

The rate has been $17.25 each month and will increase to $19.25 as per ordinance #2021-2. Village council approved this increase on October 5.

The Municipal Building will be closed on  Monday, January 3, 2022.

If you have a water or sewer emergency when the offices are closed, contact the Hardin County Sheriff at 419-673-1268. Dispatch will contact the Ada Public Works Department. In such an event, $48.00 fee is added onto the resident's water bill.

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Scholarship applications being accepted

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, December 26, 2021

The University Club II Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for its annual $1,000 college scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior college student who has graduated from a Hardin County (Ohio) high school.  

To receive an application,email scholarship chair Marilyn Dulin at [email protected]. The deadline for completed applications is February 1, 2022.  Questions may also be directed to 419-764-0344.

 

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St. Mark Lutheran resumes Community Meals on Dec. 29

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, December 26, 2021

St. Mark Lutheran Church is resuming Community Meal service on from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday December 29.

The church is located at the corner of East Lincoln and South Johnson.  You may drive up, carry out or dine in.  The menu is turkey dressing casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, fruit cup and cookie.

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Gossman public auction includes record prices for tractors

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, December 26, 2021

Tractors sold at a recent Ada area public auction made record prices. The Gossman farm retirement auction held on December 10 included a Ford and a New Holland Tractor which each sold for new record auction prices. The 2000 New Holland 8670 with 3131 hours sold for $71,000. 

Auction prices can be tracked on the Machinery Pete website.

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Book Review: The Stranger in the Lifeboat

By Robert McCool
Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, December 26, 2021

And now a brief word about the Lord.

Mitch Albon's new novel “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” (Harper Collins: ISBN978-0-06-288834) is a conundrum and mystery. Is it a discussion about God, or is it a study into the human condition? It is both.

A $200,000 yacht explodes in the middle of the ocean. All that's left behind is a raft containing ten people. They are a mixed group containing men and women and a young girl named Alice.

And then they are confronted by a man floating in the water three days after the explosion. When he's pulled into the raft someone says, “Thank the Lord we found you.” The man whispers back, “I am the Lord.” 

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