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What has white fur, a black nose and walks on four legs? At Ohio Northern University, the answer to that question is usually “polar bear.” But if you ask it around campus lately, don’t be surprised if you hear “Viking” in response more often than not.
No, the newest member of the ONU family isn't a polar bear. He’s a 7-month-old golden retriever puppy named Viking. And, like the rest of his ONU brethren, he’s special.
Ada HS volleyball coach, Melissa Gossard, is the co-coach of the 2014 All-Star Division IV Volleyball match in November.
The All-Star Volleyball Match for District 8 seniors will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Van Wert High School. Admission is $2 for adults $1 for students.
Here's a report from Austin Hilverding, ONU student and Ada Friends coordinator:
On Oct 7 we had our first event of the year, the Ada Friends Kick-off Party which was a huge success. The party saw 59 out of our 85 matches for the year and many parents attend the event, and total attendance for the event surpassed 160 people by the end of the night.
The annual haunting of Ada’s Main Street and sidewalks takes place next week.
On Monday, Oct. 27, the annual Halloween parade sponsored by the Ada Kiwanis takes place. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., in the parking lot behind the Municipal Building. The parade begins at 6 p.m. The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and the Buy Local committee will also take part in the festivities with soup and pie cook-offs. Several area businesses will be open until 8 p.m., and horse drawn wagon rides will add to the downtown excitement.
Forty-five sports seasons ago the Ada High School Pep Club had its beginning. This was a popular club for many area school in the 1970s. This photo shows the first year of the club, during the 1969-70 school year.
It’s homecoming week at Ada High School and on Friday evening a 2014 king and queen will be crowned in a pre-game ceremony prior to the Delphos Jefferson football game.
MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
Here’s the members of this year’s court:
King candidates Cort Everhart, son of Keith and Tammy Everhart.
He is the FFA president, senior class vice president, student council vice president, Foreign Language Club member, Aspirations team member, National Honor Society member, baseball letter winner and a scholar athlete.
From Monday, October 27th - Saturday, November 8th the Ada Public Library will be collecting donation of non-perishable food items to help stock up the Ada Food Pantry.
Fines up to $5 will be wiped off your account with your donation of
non-perishable items! No fines on your account? No problem! The Library would still love to take your donations.
Thanks in advance for your support of our community!
Sidney Faine, Ada junior, was named to the first team all-Northwest Conference girls's soccer team. Rielyn Castle, sophomore, was named to the second team. Kaitlyn Long, sophomore, and Grade Nelson, sophomore, were named honorable mention.
Allen East sophomore Leah Casey was voted the 2014 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year. Lamar Houston (AE) was selected as "Coach of the Year" in the balloting.
Rotary District 6600 Governor Rex Engle recently honored Ada Rotarian Bill Trudeau (at left in photo) as a Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of Trudeau’s donations of over $2,000 to the Rotary Foundation. The award is named in honor of Harris, who founded Rotary in 1905.
Engle made the presentation during his recent visit to Ada’s Rotary Club, which meets each Tuesday at The Inn at Ohio Northern University.
Ada's Lindsay Walden, senior, and Melinda Woods, freshman, were named to the first team, all-Northwest Conference in volleyball. Named to the second team were Carlee Marshall, junior, and Tori Wyss, senior. Megan Simon, junior, was named honorable mention.
Crestview senior Courtney Trigg was voted the 2014 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year.” Trigg had also earned first team honors in last year's balloting. Tammy Gregory of Crestview was voted NWC Coach of the Year by her peers.
