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October 2013

Jalapeno's chicken tortilla voted Buy Ada First soup-off winner

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2013

Over 125 Halloween party-goers enjoyed the best soup in Ada on Monday during the first-ever Buy Ada First soup cookoff.

Jalapenos were voted the favorite of four soups, in a close voting, Jalapeno's winning entry was chicken tortilla soup. Other soup competitors were chili soup from Ada Express Mart, Italian wedding soup from Little Mexico and curried squash soup from Sodexo.

Kaleigh Heitmeyer was the winner of the Pumpkins on Main hunt. Her entry was chosen from all the participants in the contest. She won a gift basket of prizes.

The word or number answers to the pumpkin hunt follow:

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Monday night in downtown Ada: Halloween parade, soup-off, pumpkin hunt

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Ada Kiwanis Halloween parade is Monday. And there's lots more Halloween-related events downtown. Here's what's happening, when: 

Parade registration takes place behind the Municipal Building on Buckeye Street. Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. and the parade at 6 p.m.

Costume categories are:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

Costume judging by age groups follow:
• Preschool and kindergarten
• First and second grades
• Third and fourth grades
• Fifth and sixth grades
• Groups – any age and pets
• Adults (most original only)
• Ada band

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Seth Burkholder wins Icon football contest Week 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

The winner of Week 9 of the Icon Football Contest is Seth Burkholder. Seth and Nancy Armour correctly picked 13 games this week.  Neither picked the correct point spread in either tie-breaker (though Seth was closest) and Seth submit his entry first. 

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Wow! What a finish! How about those 'Dogs? NWC co-champs

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

By Dusty Donley
The Ada Bulldogs rolled into Stadium Park Friday night and laid claim to a share of the Northwest Conference title by defeating the previously unbeaten Delphos Jefferson Wildcats 25-20. The 'Dogs took the lead with only 45 ticks left on the clock, then survived a furious Wildcat rally to preserve the win. The victory lifts Ada's record to 7-2 overall and 6-1 in the Northwest Conference.

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ONU finishes second at LTU Innovation Encounter

Posted by Eli Garmon on Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) team captured second place at the fourth annual Innovation Encounter competition at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., on Oct. 18-19.

 ONU finished second among seven other schools at the event. In addition to ONU, the schools that competed were Lawrence Tech, Gonzaga University, Widener University, St. Louis University, Villanova University, Kettering University, and the University of Evansville.

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Frank Dilts was a lifelong farmer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 25, 2013

Frank E. Dilts, 86, died on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at his residence in Ada.

He was born on Jan. 29, 1927, in Paulding County, Ohio to E. E. and Olive (Lehman) Dilts and they preceded him in death. He married Helen McDougle on June 22, 1947 and she survives in Ada.

Frank was a lifelong farmer. He was a member of the Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, Alger. 

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Hey, Mom! I made the honor roll!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 25, 2013

Here is the Ada Schools 2013-2014 honor roll for the first nine weeks:

ALL A HONOR ROLL
12th Grade: Sa'ed Al-Olimat, Brittney Archer, Jessica Hill, Joshua Lehsten, Annabel Pinkney, Elijah Rayl, Matthew Wilcox.

11th Grade: Alexis Amburgey, Noah Beach, Molly Gamble, Allison Howard, Caralee Stover, Victoria Wyss.

10th Grade: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Megan Simon, Katelyn Stuart, Kylelyn Stuart, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick, Michael Willeke, Mackenzie Wills.

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"Captain Phillips" starts Friday at Ada Theatre

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, October 24, 2013

Starting Friday, October 25 and running through Thursday, October 31 is Captain Phillips (PG-13).

"The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years." (IMDb)

Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Daily at 7 p.m.

All tickets are $4.

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Hattie Dearth - next year she's be in the Army National Guard

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 24, 2013

15 minutes with Hattie Dearth, Ada High School senior

What classes are you taking this year?
Psychology/Sociology, Calculus, English 12 CP, Spanish IV, Personal Finance and Physics.

Tell me about the organizations you belong to.
I’m on Student Council, Foreign Language Club and National Honor Society. I volunteer at the Lima YMCA and during the summer at ReStore.

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An artist colony forming in Ada and you'll find their works in Health-Chek

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 24, 2013

Over the late summer, a downtown Ada business had a transformation and now carries lots of locally created art and crafts from Ada area artisans.

GLANCE THROUGH THE PHOTO ALBUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY

The “art store” is Health-Chek, 117 S. Main St., owned by Alisa Armbrecht, which continues to carry supplements, vitamins and minerals.

On the art side, customers will now find art, craft items and books by Karen Ward, Lynn Scott, Ellie Miller (Lynn’s mother), Vanessa Ward, Darlene Bowers, Vicki Wolke, Vicki Coldiron, Jennifer McDougall, Pat Pateleno, Deb Curlis, Alisa Armbrecht, Mary Hackworth and Catherine Craker.

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