Ada area students who were among Hardin County Fair winners included these three awards:
Top photo—Nathan Mattson, first, pottery
Middle photo—Noah Mattson, second, pottery
Bottom photo—Miguel Jordan, grand champion doe fancy Britannia, then competed in the “final drive” and took best of show overall with his Britannia petite.
Holden Purdy won division champ in market hogs. Sidney Gossard had Reserve Champion Lamb and Caitlyn Stover won Senior Poultry Showmanship.
Hardin County United Way invites you to El Campo's on Tuesday Sept. 11, according to Phyllis Griffith, board member.
Enrique Cabrera, manager of El Campo Mexican Restaurant, 204 N. Main St., Ada, is ready to welcome patrons for the first “All Out “for this year’s campaign for United Way of Hardin County on the 11th.
The restaurant, open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., will donate a percentage of its sales that day.
UW of Hardin County is very appreciative of the support of restaurants who will sponsor these events to kickoff the annual campaign.
By Monty Siekerman
The new Ada Dog Park has a mascot. A cat!
Who says dogs and cats don’t get along? Oftentimes, when dogs are playing in the park, the Rettig cat next door wanders across the stone drive to the park to checkout the dogs who are there.
The cat rubs against the fence and the curious dogs romp over to see the cat. They spy each other, rub noses through the wire fence, and become friends.
Here is some information about the new dog park for those who have recently moved to town, especially students who live in apartments with dogs as pets:
Ada freshman golfer Dexter Woods scored his first career hole-in-one on the par 3 9th hole at the Bluffton Golf Club on Sept. 5. It was during a match with Delphos Jefferson, Blufton and Lincolnview. His ace was attested by his playing partners. He was obliged, by golfing tradition, to buy a round of frosties for the entire team at the Bluffton Wendy's. Much like the Woods on the professional tour, Dexter's amateur career has spanned well over four weeks on the links. (Carl Wilkerson photo)
Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) Gift Shop, Findlay, will host “Flamingo Designer Purse Bingo,” a bingo event with designer purses as prizes, including purses from brands such as Michael Kors and Kate Spade.
This event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Marathon Auditorium of BVH, located at 1900 S. Main St., Findlay. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the first bingo call will take place at 7 p.m. Attendees can enjoy bingo, silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle and additional raffles. Light snacks will be provided.
The No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team will make the short 13-mile trek to area-rival Bluffton this weekend for the Bluffton Spiketacular at the Sommer Center.
The Polar Bears will open the tournament Friday night at 7 pm against #23 Thomas More (Ky.) looking to avenge a season-opening 3-2 setback at the 40th Annual ONU Invitational last Friday ... ONU will then face DePauw (Ind.) on Saturday at Noon before concluding the tournament against tournament host Bluffton at 2 pm.
