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Keep your eye on weekend weather

The US National Weather Service Wilmington OH has issued the following information for the period of December 23-24.

We are still expecting impactful weather to close out of the workweek into the holiday weekend, with a concerning signal for cold temperatures and strong wind to produce dangerous wind chills.

Bulldog swimmers 4th at Lima Sr. Invite

Recovered from illness, team returns to competition

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA--The Ada High School swim team finished a solid fourth at the nine-team Lima Senior Invitational behind some winning individual finishes Saturday, December 27.

“Saturday’s meet was definitely a learning experience,” said first-year Ada swim coach Ashley Robey. “We got a late start to the meet and ended up with only 10 minutes of warm up time instead of 20. Then there were issues with the starters and technical difficulties with the operating systems. 

County Line Church creates winter VBS

County Line Church, 4227 N. Hardin Rd (County Line Road), has moved their VBS program to winter. A free Winter Bible School program will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, starting January 11 for six weeks (through February 15). 

The program is free and open to children 3 years old through 5th grade. 

New pesticide applicator class; register by Jan. 5

HARDIN COUNTY–A class to help farmers prepare to become private pesticide applicators has been planned for January 19 at the Hardin County Extension office, 1021 West Lima Street, Kenton. In Ohio, pesticide applicators are required by law to have an Ohio Pesticide Applicators License to purchase and apply restricted-use chemicals.

These pesticides include but are not limited to herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. This class will begin at 12:00 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. There is a $30 registration fee which covers books for those enrolled.

Jeannie Blevins celebrates retirement

ONU Dining Services congratulated Jeannie Blevins on her retirement and 40 years of service to the university. A Facebook comment identified Blevins as being as "ONU iconic" as mascot Klondike.

Bulldog wrestlers 10th at Elgin tourney; Ada frosh Riblet 2nd

Ada hosts Bath and McComb at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 20

By Cort Reynolds

ELGIN - The Ada High School boys wrestling team finished 10th out of 17 teams at the Elgin Pool tournament Saturday, December 17.

Bulldog freshman Silas Riblet finished second in the six-man 106 lbs. bracket. He went 4-1 with four pins on the day. Riblet lost to fellow freshman Jacob Courington of Whitmer by pin in the de facto bracket title match.

Ada junior Clayton McClain went 3-1 at 150 lbs. to finish fifth in his weight bracket. He was 1-1 in pool play with a pin. In the ensuing tournament, he won decisions of 8-3 and 5-2 to come in fifth out of 10 wrestlers in the bracket.

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