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June 2018

Oakwoods NP Discovery Center open house July 7

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Saturday, June 30, 2018

Visitors can choose to participate in unstructured and/or structured activities during the Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center Open House on Saturday, July 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oakwoods Nature Preserve. 

Activities and attractions include bird watching via the Windows on Wildlife, mounted animals and live animals on display, nature videos, field guides and nature books for reading, touch table and puppets, and seasonal displays and exhibits.

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Ada’s Mackenzie Wills helps women’s tennis to strong season

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, June 29, 2018

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team continued to show its dominance in the Ohio Athletic Conference as it posted its seventeenth upper-division OAC finish during the 2017-18 campaign under the watch of 17th-year head coach Scott Wills.

Mackenzie Wills, Ada High School grad and ONU sophomore, finished 23-7 in singles, including 7-1 in the OAC. In doubles, she posted a 20-10 record, including 6-2 in the OAC. 

The Polar Bears finished second in the OAC standings for the third consecutive season, and finished in the top-2 of the OAC standings for the eighth straight season.

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Christina A Williams, 1931 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, June 29, 2018

Christina A. Williams, age 86, died on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 1:57 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          She was born on December 24, 1931 in Floyd County, Kentucky to the late Willard and Rebecca (Patton) Bailey.  On August 25, 1947 Christina married Ned L. Williams, they celebrated 56 years together.  Ned preceded her in death on April 8, 2003.   

          Christina was a member of the Maysville United Methodist Church.  She taught Sunday school, led Bible studies and was President of the Ladies Missionary Circle.  Christina served as the secretary/treasurer for the Sunday school for over thirty years.

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The music is red, white and blue Saturday night in Ada

4th annual Patriotic Pops Concert with Lima Symphony Orchestra
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 29, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
For the fourth year, the local community will celebrate the 4th of July with a free Patriotic Pops Concert by the Lima Symphony Orchestra beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Kirsten Osbun-Manley will once again be featured soloist and, for the first time, the Noteworthy Community Choir of Ada will perform.

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$1.3 million Kern Family Foundation grant coming to ONU

The grant will focus on curricular change and instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in the areas of civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science and electrical engineering
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 29, 2018

The Ohio Northern University College of Engineering has received a $1.31 million, three-year grant from the Kern Family Foundation to further instill the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering and computer science students.

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School board member resigns, taking applications

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, June 29, 2018

The Ada Exempted board of education has opening for a board member due to the resignation of Ms. Nancy Wood Allison for reasons of change of residency.  Ms. Wood Allison’s resignation will be effective July 20.

 

The board will accept letters of interest from anyone wishing to be considered for the seat.  The term will expire on Dec. 31, 2019, at which time a two-year unexpired term will be available during the November 2019 election. That term will begin in January of 2020.  

 

By August 1 letters of interest, resumes and other related documents by may be directed to:

 

​​Ms. Gigi Fetter, Executive Assistant

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Dorothy J Nichols, 1937 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, June 29, 2018

Dorothy J. Nichols, age 80, died on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 10:05 a.m. at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima. 

          She was born on December 17, 1937 in Allen County, Ohio to the late Delbert and Opal (Shanks) Mayer.  On April 9, 1957 Dorothy married Eddie Nichols and he survives in Harrod.

          Dorothy was a homemaker and gardener.  She enjoyed spending time with family and friends.  

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Alligator swimmers dunk Sherwood

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, June 29, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada Alligator boys and girls swim teams swept a dual meet against visiting West Ohio Aquatic League foe Sherwood Thursday evening at the Ada pool.

The Gator boys won by a convincing 292-60 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were victorious by a 203-138 count. Ada won the combined meet team score, 495-198.

The Alligator boys improved to 3-3 with the win while the Gator girls upped their summer season record to 2-4 with the victory.

As for their combined dual meet team record, the Alligators improved to 3-3 with the decisive triumph.

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Pops concert has new feature - local choir

Noteworthy is directed by Vicki Mills
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 28, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Pictured are a few singers with the Noteworthy Community Choir preparing for their guest appearance with the Ohio Northern University, Lima Symphony Patriotic Pops Concert on Saturday.

Two choirs, Voices and Expressions, will combine to present songs such as I Got Rhythm, How Far I'll Go and God Bless the USA. 

Noteworthy began its opening season in April of this year and will begin auditioning in August for the 2018-2019 season.  Expressions is an inter-generational choir of singers ranging in age from 13 to 55+, and Voices is a children's choir for 4th - 8th graders. 

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Melody A Hadley, 1948 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, June 28, 2018

Melody A. Hadley, age 70, died on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:04 p.m. at Bridge Hospice, Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay. 

          She was born on May 4, 1948 in Ashtabula, Ohio to the late Ray and Mary (Jones) Hare Sr.   On April 29, 1967 Melody married James Lee Hadley and he preceded her in death on November 16, 2017.

          Melody retired from Trumbull Memorial Hospital where she had worked in Medical Records.  She was a member of the Ada Family Center.

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