Photos and story by Cort Reynolds
The Ada volleyball team celebrated Senior Night in style by sweeping Spencerville in a Northwest Conference mismatch Tuesday on a special Cancer Awareness Night.
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The Lady Bulldogs rolled to victory 25-7, 25-16, 25-14 to improve to 12-7 overall, and they stayed first in the NWC at 6-0. The Bearcats fell to 1-13 and 0-6 in the NWC with the defeat.
The Lady Bulldogs have now won 14 consecutive league matches, and are currently riding a four-match win streak.
Vickie Garmon shares with Icon viewers photos of the Ada boys' soccer team 8-0 win over Tiffin Calvert. In the photo above is Jacob Poling. In the photos below are Miguel Jordan and Logan Williams.
By Monty Siekerman
Amelia, Ada's little sweetheart, attended the Ada/Spencerville volleyball game on Tuesday to support Volley for the Cure. Over $1,500 was raised for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, and it was learned that Amelia's cancer remains in remission.
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Amelia had the best seat in the house, on the bench next to Melissa Gossard, Ada's successful varsity volleyball coach who is now in her 17th year of coaching in Ada.
Amelia, now 7, is the daughter of Beau and Christina Griffin, who are also parents of two sons: Jude and Willie. The little girl is now a first grader.
WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision on Tuesday evening against Ohio Athletic Conference-foe Otterbein at Clements Field.
The Polar Bears fall to 8-3-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the OAC, while the Cardinals improve to 8-2-0, 2-0-0.
Offensively, junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) recorded seven shots to lead the way.
Junior goalkeeper Kyle Dunnavant (Mount Vernon) led the way defensively, posting six saves.
Otterbein was able to take a 1-0 lead in the first half as they capitalized in the 24th minute.
The Cardinals would add to their lead in the 61st minute to seal the 2-0 victory.
Parents of Ada School children and community members are invited to hear Kevin Hines at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the school auditorium. He will talk about thriving and surviving after a suicide attempt. He will have spoken to students earlier that day.
Hines has an inspirational story of treatment and recovery. He is an international speaker, author, and suicide prevention and mental health activist. He is author of "Cracked, but not Broken: the Kevin Hines Story."
There will be a discussion panel comprised of first responders and mental health professionals after the main speaker.
Noah Walter is the new church musician at the United Methodist Church. He is a junior music performance major at ONU from Findlay. His main area of study is piano, but he also plays the horn in the wind and symphony orchestras. He enjoys composing and arranging music.
The ONU Symphony will perform at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15 in the Freed Center. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for ONU faculty and staff, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students. The Freed Center box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone orders are accepted with American Express, MasterCard, VISA or Discover by calling 419-772-1900. Tickets also are available online at ticketing.onu.edu.
The Ada Cub Scout Bears took a field trip to the ONU forensics department. Scouts are (from left) Ella Marshall, Chase Jarrett, Timothy Chrissobolis, Dylan Marshall, Brendan Taylor and Joshua Scott. Professors are Dr. Harold Schueller (left) and Dr. Dennis DeLuca. A forensics biologist performs DNA analysis, and toxicology and drug analysis to test physical evidence from arrests and crime scenes.
Mrs. Cristin St. Laurent and the Ada Elelmentary third graders organized a canned food drive. More than 1000 items were donated to the Ada Food Pantry last week.
