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Ada hosts district track meet at War Memorial Stadium

Jolliff, Brown score 2nd place event finishes, King takes a 3rd

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams competed at and hosted the 15-team Div. III district meet Thursday and Saturday, May 18 and 20, at War Memorial Stadium.

Columbus Grove captured the boys team title, while Riverdale captured the girls team title.

Ada municipal pool opens May 27

Save on passes purchased before opening day; schedule rentals early

By Paula Scott

Ada’s municipal pool, 426 S Park Dr, will open on Saturday, May 27. That means this is the last week for discounted pool passes, which may be purchased at the Ada Water Department, 115 Buckeye Ave. The discount is $25 on family passes and $10 on single passes. Proof of tax payment must be presented to receive this discount.

Credit cards are accepted for these advance passes. Passes purchased at the pool are by cash or check only.

What's that field of yellow flowers?

By Alyssa Essman
OSU Extension

Fields of yellow flowers can be found all over the state. Issues with cressleaf groundsel can bring about questions concerning toxicity to livestock. Previous C.O.R.N. articles have covered management and can be found at https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-08/cressleaf-gro....

WANTED Students who planted Arbor Day trees in Ada

From the Village of Ada:

The Village of Ada Tree Commission seeks former third grade students from Ada Elementary School who received a tree as a part of Arbor Day celebrations.

Summary of May 16 Village Council meeting

By Paula Scott

The Village of Ada council held a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 16. Council meetings are chaired by Mayor David Retterer who presented minutes from prior meeting and four claims registers, which were approved unanimously.

In addition to two reporters, there was one guest at the meeting. No one came forward during the public comments item.

MAYOR’S COMMENTS
Retterer updated the council on the “wonderful” groundbreaking event earlier in the day to celebrate construction of a new Wilson Football Factory. He presented a construction helmet with a big red Wilson W that will be inscribed with details from the day as a memento. 

RESOLUTIONS
Council unanimously approved an Enterprise Zone agreement between the Hardin Council Board of Commissioners and Wilson Football Factory, by emergency. This document is included in the 33-page meeting packet, available on the Village of Ada website HERE.

OLD BUSINESS
Councilor Bob Simmons reported on an ad hoc group that is looking at Christmas decorations for downtown Main Street. Samples will be displayed at the Harvest & Herb festival for community feedback.

Bulldog baseball eliminated by Panthers in sectional final

By Cort Reynolds

McCOMB–The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 10-0 to McComb in Div. IV sectional final action Thursday evening, May 18, to end their season.

The Bulldogs finished up 9-15 following the five-inning defeat.

McComb improved to 15-8 after the run-rule shortened win. The Panthers move on to the district semifinals at Findlay May 24. 

“We ran into a buzzsaw,” said Ada first-year baseball head coach Toby Smith. “Baseball is tough sometimes. They hit everything where we weren’t.

“We just could not get that important out when we needed to stop the bleeding,” he continued. “Give them credit. They hit and pitched well. They are a good team and deserve to move on.”

The Panthers plated four runs in each of the first two innings to seize command early, 8-0.

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