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Back to school preparations underway

Like it or not, August is here and back to school preparations have begun. This upcoming weekend, the State of Ohio has a sales tax holiday on selected items related to school:

July 31 is Junior Fair entry deadline

HARDIN COUNTY JUNIOR FAIR EXHIBITORS

  • Entries close July 31 at 5:00 p.m.
  • Don’t forget showmanship signups are available online this year optionally, with the chance to scratch at the fair.

All entries can be made at www.Hardin.fairwire.com

Rentals impact municipal pool schedule

From the Ada Municipal Pool:

"We are jam packed with private rentals this weekend (July 30-31) so here are some notes to know!

"Our morning rentals will go until 1:00 p.m. Therefore, our doors will open slightly after 1:00 today and tomorrow to make sure all of the rental guests are able to head out.

"Our evening rentals were bumped up to 7:00-9:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday due to our low attendance numbers in the evenings the past week. Today and tomorrow the pool will close at 6:45 p.m. to allow time to clean up between our daily swim and rental times.

"We hope to see you and thank you for understanding these small changes for the weekend!"

Weather observations for July 1-25

Weather observations by Guy Verhoff

The attached weather report for July 1-25 comes from our observer in Pandora, where daily maximum temperatures ranged from 73 to 93 and minimums ranged from 55 to 72.

Alger Summer Reading wrap up and thank yous

Summer reading programs are big business for our public libraries. Here in Ada, the summer reading program wraps up on July 30.

Summer Reading 2022 is over at the Alger Public Library. Director Stacey Hensley reports:

"Ocean’s of Possibilities was amazing for Alger Library. We'd again like to thank everyone for participating in Summer Reading 2022.

111 people signed up for Summer Reading:

  • 66-Kids
  • 9-Teens
  • 36-Adults

We held 37 programs over 4 weeks, with 411 attending programs! 86 people attended our Kickoff event!!  And as always: IT TAKES A VILLAGE!

ODOT construction updates for Napoleon and Thayer Rds.

ODOT District 1 has issued the following Traffic Impact and Project Updates for the Week of July 18, 2022:

Napoleon and Thayer Roads are expected to reopen the week of Aug. 15.

  • Detour: I-75 to SR 81 to SR 235 back to SR 309 (see map).
  • Thayer Road between State Route 117 and Reservoir Road is closed.
  • Napoleon Road between Reservoir Road and Clum Road is closed.

State Route 696 between the village of Beaverdam and the Putnam County line will be restricted to one lane for pavement repairs.

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