Is the churn of a sump pump currently part of the soundtrack of your life? Fortunately, April showers are also bringing April flowers to northwest Ohio.
In preparation for the Ada Municipal Pool, 426 S Park Dr., opening for the 2025 season on Saturday, May 24, the Village of Ada will sell discounted pool passes beginning April 16, 2025 and ending on April 30, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.
NEW: Previously the pool opened at 1:00 p.m., during the 2025 season the pool will open at 12:00 p.m.
John R. Prater, Sr., age 84, of Harrod, passed away on Monday, April 7, 2025 at his residence, surrounded by his family.
He was born on April 1, 1941 in Bainbridge, Ohio to the late William and Minnie (Jones) Pratter. On October 2, 1965 John married Evelyn Downey and she survives in Harrod.
Also surviving is his daughter, Amy (Kenny) Williams; five grandchildren: Blake (Celeste) Williams, Megan (Brady) Broadstone, Richie (Kayla) Prater, Eric (Omnia) Prater and Abby (Chris Scott) Prater; fourteen great grandchildren; and two sisters: Thelma Deatley of Arcadia, FL and Annie (Ray) Huff of Jeffersonville.
VANLUE – The visiting Ada High School softball team out-slugged Vanlue 23-10 to win their first Blanchard Valley Conference in a wild contest on a cold Monday evening, April 7.
Bulldog center fielder Tess Griffith smacked four doubles and drove in four runs to pace the onslaught. She added a single for a perfect 5-5 batting day, and tallied four runs.
Ada exploded for 22 combined runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to rally and win big.
VANLUE – The visiting Ada High School baseball team blanked Vanlue 12-0 to capture their first-ever Blanchard Valley Conference victory Monday, April 7.
Ada led 2-0 after the first inning, and then blew the game open with six runs in the second frame.
The Bulldogs tacked on two runs in each of the third and fourth frames to invoke the 10-run mercy rule after five frames.
“It was a nice team win,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We are improving each game.”
Ada improved to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the BVC after the blowout league road victory. Vanlue dropped to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in BVC play with the defeat.
