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Order tickets for March 22 Beef Banquet

Hardin County – The annual Hardin County Beef Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 22 at the Hardin County  Fair Community Building. The banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. 

RSVP for March 29 Poultry Banquet

Hardin County – The 2025 Hardin County Poultry Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 29 at Missionary Alliance Church located at 15436 OH-309, Kenton, OH 43326. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the banquet will begin at 6:00 p.m.

There is no charge to attend the banquet, but reservations need to be made by March 15 by contacting Catherine Scharf at 419-996-9234 or [email protected]. The OSU Extension office can also take reservations by calling 419-674-2297.

Chicken will be provided as the main course. Each family is asked to bring their most requested, best-tasing side dish and dessert to share.

Baumgartner wins 2 titles, 8 Ada swimmers advance to districts

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA – The Ada High School swim teams competed well at the Div. II sectional meet in the Lima YMCA on February 8, with eight Bulldogs qualifying for districts.

Ada senior Lily Baumgartner captured two individual sectional championships. She touched first in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke races, automatically advancing her to districts. 

She is on a quest for her fourth straight trip to the state meet in Canton.

“Everyone did amazing,” said Ada head coach Ashley Robey. “Eighty-five percent of events we swam were personal-bests.

Ada boys basketball seeded 6th 

Bulldogs play at top seed T-Birds in round 1

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School boys basketball team was seeded sixth in their tough Elida Northwest 4 Div. VI sectional drawing Sunday, February 9.

The Bulldogs (13-7) play at top seed Lima Central Catholic (13-6) Friday, February 21 at 7 p.m. Ada also played the Thunderbirds in the first round last year, giving LCC a tough game before they advanced to state.

The Ada/LCC survivor advances to take on the victor between third seed Bluffton (12-7) and fifth seed Wayne Trace (11-8) Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:15 p.m. in the Elida district semifinals.

Check out APL events, February 10-15

The Ada Public Library will host the following events and activities, February 10-14. For further details and dates, visit https://adalibrary.org/calendar/

Monday, February 10

Chess Club - 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11

Tween Time (6th grade) - 6-7 p.m.

Family Storytime - 6-7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 12

Tech Assistance - 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Family Storytime - 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Chair Zumba - 4:15-5:15 p.m.

Zumba - 4:15-5:15 p.m.

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