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August 2016

Do you still have your prom dress?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 4, 2016

Here's a photo of some of the attendees of the 1999 Ada High School prom.

Do you still have your prom dress?

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Ohio sales tax holiday coming this weekend

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Ohio is having a sales tax holiday this weekend. The holiday will occur Friday, August 5, 2016 and end Sunday, August 7, 2016.

Items exempt from sale and use tax include clothing priced at $75 per item or less and school supplies and instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.

Check the Ohio Department of Taxation website for additional information.http://www.tax.ohio.gov/sales_and_use/SalesTaxHoliday.aspx

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Led by Calvin Fisher - ReStore's summer meal total for kids will reach nearly 1,500

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Since school let out in the spring, Calvin Fisher has headed up the free lunch program for children sponsored by ReStore Community Center and held at War Memorial Park.

The 5-day-a-week summer program will come to a close on Friday, Aug. 12 with a pizza lunch and free swimming from noon to 1 p.m.

Here, Calvin takes tickets from children as he calls out their number. The kids then have an opportunity to choose a free prize. This has been done each Friday.

When all is said and done, the ReStore program, led by Calvin, will have served about 1,500 meals.

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USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades come this way

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's track and field team and sophomore Emily Richards and senior Sarah Ballmer have earned USTFCCCA DIII All-Academic accolades for the 2015-16 seasons.

The women's track team was named a DIII All-Academic Team after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.26. 

Northern was among 175 schools across the country in the running for the DIII Scholar Team of the Year.

To qualify for the award the team must finish highly at the national championships and have a cumulative team GPA of 3.10.

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Ada youth learn about park rangers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Richard Kimmel helps one and a half year old Brody Hopson reach a water fountain at Ada War Memorial Park. Kimmel is the chief park ranger for the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District in Lima.

He was on hand at a free lunch, sponsored by ReStore Community Center, to talk with children about the duties of a park ranger and describe some of the different kinds of parks in the Lima area.

There are rivers, monuments, historical parks, and a bird sanctuary, among others.
The park district sponsors an apple festival, making maple sugar, environmental programs, and more.

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Bobbie Jean Morgan, 1931 - 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

 Bobbie Jean Morgan, 85, died on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at 12:50 a.m. at her residence in Alger. 

She was born on March 31, 1931, in Pyramid, Ky., to Malcom and Polly (Hicks) Castle who preceded her in death. On Jan. 13, 1954, she married Philip Morgan and he preceded her in death on Jan. 16, 1972. 

Bobbie retired from United Technologies in Kenton.  She was a member of the former Calvary Baptist Church, Kenton and was a member of the Kenton Senior Citizens. 

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Letter: 62 students participate in this summer's Red Cross Learn to Swim Program

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

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2016 Red Cross Learn To Swim Program is completed for this summer.  62 students participated in the 10 hot days of lessons!  We had great weather this year. 

I would like to thank the Village of Ada for the facility to hold the lessons.  The water was wonderful, the pool area was always clean and ready for our use and the lifeguards were very attentive to the swimmers.  The pool staff had the facility open and ready for the volunteers and swimmers every morning. 

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Son of ONU icon Helen Spar Ludwig gifts $500,000 estate to her memorial scholarship fund

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Family members of former Ohio Northern University professor and women’s athletics pioneer Dr. Helen Spar Ludwig have made a $508,000 gift to support the scholarship fund that bears her name.

James “Jim” Ludwig, Helen’s son, passed away in April 2015 and requested that the remaining value from the 2010 sale of his farm in Dola, Ohio, be directed to ONU.

Jim Ludwig’s brother Gary Ludwig, sister Jacqueline Sperling and sister-in-law Charolette Ludwig presented the gift to ONU President Daniel A. DiBiasio in June 2016 after the estate was finalized.

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Haiven C. Hale 2011 - 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Haiven C. Hale,  5, died on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at 2:21 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

Haiven was born on Jan. 23, 2011, in Lima, Ohio, to Tyler J. and Elizabeth L. “Lizzi” (Newland) Hale who survive in Ada.

Haiven played on the Red Ada t-ball team. His sister was his best friend. He loved monster trucks, dinosaurs and race cars. Haiven enjoyed helping his dad and grandpa on the farm.

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Ada child drowns in pond

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

A 5-year-old Ada child drowned in a pond on Sunday, July 31, according to Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish.

Crish reported that Haiven Hale, 5, of Ada, was swimming with other children in a pond at 6803 N. Dixie Highway in Allen County, when he was found unresponsive in the water.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene but were unable to save him, Crish said.

The sheriff’s report indicated that there were several adults around the pond watching the children and trying to keep track of them in the water, but with children going in and out, lost track for a minute or two, long enough for Haiven to drown.

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