October 2016

By Monty Siekerman
After 20 years of successful teaching at Ohio Northern, Judy Hruschka decided to go to med school.

The long-time Ada resident did just that at the age of 53. She retired from her medical practice in Kenton last month and has turned her attention to gardening, something she and her husband Peter have always enjoyed doing.

Story by Dusty Donley
Photos by Sue Mattson
A gutty defensive stop ended the game as the Bulldogs won a 27-26 Homecoming thriller over the visiting Crestview Knights.

Down by one with four seconds to play and the ball on the Ada two yard line, Crestview elected to keep their offense on the field. Knight quarterback Drew Kline took the snap and felt immediate pressure from Bulldog defender Ethan Swaney, forcing the sophomore quarterback to throw a wobbly pass into the end zone.

GAME BOX SCORE AT BOTTOM -

Ada runners compete at Kalida
By Cort Reynolds

KALIDA - The Ada cross country team competed at the Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning, with five harriers posting personal-best times at the Kalida Fish and Game Club course.

The Lady Bulldogs finished ninth out of 11 teams while the Ada boys came in 17th out of 19 squads.

"The boys ran with four other conference schools; we fell a little behind Bluffton who took 14th place, while recently defeated Allen East did not have enough boys to place in order to compare our two teams," said Ada coach Josh Klein.

By Monty Siekerman
The First Baptist Church of Ada celebrated its 150th anniversary Sunday during the morning worship service, followed by a dinner.

Pictured are (from left) Bob Cassady, pastor from 1988-90, Byron Hawbecker, interim pastor in 1991-1992, and Jack Duffy, who has been pastor the past 23 years.

The church's first gathering was on Oct. 2, 1866, at a meeting in the Union Church (now First Presbyterian Church of Ada) to organize a Baptist church.