Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, July 19, 2018
A Kenton family who received the WOAL Mayor's Trophy this past weekend is shown at the end-of-season Kenton Stingrays banquet Wednesday evening at the Elks Club.
The Bloom family (L-R: Jeff, Michelle, and Mason) have not only been helpful to the Kenton Stingrays summer swim team, they have also been instrumental to the Hardin County YMCA swim team which has many swimmers from Ada participating.
By Monty Siekerman
For the 50th time, Sandy Neely has begun teaching Red Cross swimming lessons at the Ada Pool. Over the past have century, Sandy has taught three generations of Ada people about how to swim and about water safety. She has announced her retirement; this year will be her last as the local swimming instructor.
On Monday, 75 people from children ages through adult years began two-week lessons in four levels of instruction. That’s the maximum number that can be taught in Ada. Year-after-year, Sandy’s classes are filled to the max.
Down Syndrome fundraiser mixes mud, volleyball and lots of fun
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 16, 2018
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
What do you get when you mix 16,000 gallons of water with dirt? Lots of mud and that mixture became the mud volleyball playing field for a Down Syndrome fundraiser at Ada War Memorial Park on Saturday.
Twenty-one teams from Ohio and neighboring states came to Ada to get down and get dirty to benefit the greater Toledo chapter. On Saturday, the event raised several thousand dollars to provide assistance, education, support groups, and to raise awareness of Down Syndrome.