Once upon a time it was called the Ohio Normal University. Here's a photograph from 1902 of an eariler "ONU." The photo is from a 1902 booklet of photos titled "Ada and the O.N.U. - The New and the Old."
A snowy owl that drew birdwatchers to Hardin County from throughout Ohio in recent weeks was found dead yesterday morning according to a story in The Dispatch (Columbus).
The bird, whose photo was on the cover of The Dispatch earlier this month, appears to have starved to death, said a bird expert who examined the body.
Jacqueline Augustine, an assistant professor of biology at Ohio State University’s Lima campus, said she was alerted to the dead owl by birders who found it in the same general area where it has been spotted for several weeks.
The Orthopedic Institute of Ohio (OIO) will offer physicals on Monday, May 14, for any Ada student. Ada’s time slot is 6 – 7:30 p.m. Student athletes must have a physical form filled out prior to the physical. These are physical forms in the high school office and online at OHSAA.org.
Six Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in softball for 2012 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Seniors Cassie Gaye and Kimi Blewett, sophomore Christin Miller and freshman Kelly Sheridan were all name First Team All-OAC, junior Abbey Bensing was named to the Second Team and senior Katie Cretin was named Honorable Mention All-Conference.
Gaye was second on the team with a .405 batting average and five home runs and was third with 29 RBI and 30 runs scored.
Rosa E. “Rosie” Rolston, 91 died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 3:50 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.
She was born March 17, 1921 in Ross County, Ohio to Glenn and Grace (Wilson) Bowdle and both preceded her in death.
She married Raymond D. “Whitie” Rolston on July 4, 1943 and he died on October 19, 1973. Rosie retired after 20 years of working for the US Postal Service. She was a member of the McGuffey Church of Christ.
Survivors include: 2 SONS:
Keith (Marsha) Rolston of Findlay, Ohio and Daniel (Lisa) Rolston of Louisville, Kentucky;
A team of students from Ohio Northern University’s Smull College of Engineering competed in the Lockheed Martin / Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design 2012 competition, hosted by Georgia Model Aviators. Northern’s team finished 22nd out of 40 squads in its class during the competition, which was staged in conjunction with the SAE Aero Design East 2012 event in Cumming, Ga., April 27-29.
For the competition, each team must design, build and fly a radio-controlled model airplane that is able to take off, fly successfully and land with a payload on board. The payload is increased between flight rounds to see which team is able to lift the most weight.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will celebrate its 2012 commencement ceremony in the ONU Sports Center on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 2 p.m. Approximately 90 students will be awarded degrees, and Dr. Daniel DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president, will preside.
The ONU Sports Center is scheduled to open for the commencement exercises at 12:30 p.m. A musical prelude will begin at 1:30 p.m., followed by the procession of faculty and juris doctorate candidates.
John Paul Bratcher of Marion, Ind., will give the invocation, and Heather Armstrong of Elmira, N.Y., will sing the national anthem.
Ada High School presents "A Haunting We Will Go," Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13. The tickets are $4 for students and $5 for the general public. The performances are Saturday, May 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 13, at 2 p.m.
Peg Gordon is the director/Drama Club advisor. Amy Stover is the production assistant.
Ada residents won't take a ride on the Titanic, but they will meet in June a discuss the maiden voyage of the ship.
The meeting is the next Ada Public Library book discussion. The discussion is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at the library. The book being discussed is Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember.
