The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its eighth annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival on Saturday, August 24. The listing of events and activities below show the festival’s growth and how each year organizers find a new way to celebrate football and footballs.
The Ada Public LIbrary has announced, "We had prizes coming out of our book stacks this year thanks to the generous contributions of the following people, local businesses and organizations. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! The kids were so excited this year and we had our kids (and adults), reading all summer long!!!"
The Ada Public Library is issuing thanks to 16 financial supporters of the 2024 Summer Reading Program:
"Thank you to the following list of people, businesses, and organizations that monetarily supported our Adventure at the Library Summer Reading Program. It takes a village and our village lays the foundation for our children to succeed and thrive. We are humbled and in awe of the support we received to help with programming, decorations, Story Times, Kick Off and so much more. Thank You!!!!"
The Ada High School varsity boys soccer team opened its fall 2024 campaign with an 11-0 shellacking of visiting Tiffin Columbian on Saturday, August 17 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs raced to a 7-0 lead at the half and cruised to the lopsided victory in the coaching debut of new Bulldog mentor Aaron Acheson.
“Overall, I am very happy with the result,” said coach Acheson. “I loved the team spirit and the unity. We moved the ball around and were very unselfish.
“It was a nice start to the season,” he added.
Ada sophomore Andrew Allen tallied a career-high four goals to lead the barrage.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joined Ohio Department of Commerce Director Sherry Maxfield and State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon on Aug. 16 to announce a Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to raise awareness for Ohio's need for volunteer firefighters.
Liberty Preschool, a service of the Midwest Educational Service Center and located in the Ada Schools, now has a second classroom as mandated by the State of Ohio. The space (shown in the top photo) had been used as storage and was renovated over the summer.
