By Darlene Bowers Join us this summer as the Ada Public Library and the Ada Icon team up to share favorite books from readers of all ages all over the region.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Food Pantry will have a special food distribution from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, for the holiday. The package is ‘fixins’ for an traditional July 4 dinner:
• Hamburger or hotdogs,
• buns,
• potato salad, and
• watermelon.
All clients are eligible to received this package. Advanced registration is not necessary and distribution will continue until supples run out.
This package is not the same as the regular allotment; it’s essentially a bonus for the holiday.
Ada Rotary Club members say “celebrate the 4th of July in style” by attending the Picnic Meal @ The Inn at Ohio Northern University on Saturday. The cost is $25 per person. The picnic, beginning at 4:30 p.m., will preceded the Lima Symphony Orchestra patriotic pops concert at 7 p.m.
Here’s the menu: The Inn’s ‘Fresh from the Grill Buffet’ available with a choice of bratwurst or USDA prime beef burger with assorted buns, toppings and condiments. Included are sides of potato salad and garden salad, apple crisp for dessert and beverage. A cash bar will be available.
Fred Evans, long-time Ada resident, now a resident of Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, enjoys having a pigmy goat check him out. Members of the Bluffton 4-H Cattle Club brought animals to the Home for resident to see earlier this week.
The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 between county Road 99 and U.S. 224, within the city of Findlay, will be shifted overnight Monday, July 2, into the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 3.
Both lanes of Interstate 75 southbound in that area are currently located toward the center of the highway, next the median. Monday night’s traffic shift will move them to the right, allowing traffic to travel on the two outside lanes. Access to all Findlay exits from Interstate 75 southbound will be maintained.
WAPAKONETA - The Ada Alligator swim team lost a boys and girls dual meet at West Ohio Aquatic League foe Wapakoneta on a very warm Monday evening back on June 18.
The Gator boys were edged by an extremely close 316-314 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were defeated by Wapak, 416-182. The host Waves thus won the combined meet team score, 762-496.
The Ada boys and girls squads each fell to 1-2 in dual meets with the losses.
Quite a few Gator swimmers won multiple races. Tea Griffith led the way for the Ada girls with five firsts in the 7-8 age division.
