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June 2018

Bridge Home Health & Hospice offers volunteer training courses

Bridge Home Health & Hospice, a nonprofit organization providing home health care and hospice services, will offer training courses for prospective volunteers beginning on Thursday, June 14.

The training will be held in the Hub Conference Room at Birchaven Village, 15100 Birchaven Lane, Findlay, and will take place for six consecutive Thursdays from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Courses will cover the basic principles of hospice, understanding the needs of patients and their families, effective communication, patient care, pain and symptom management, spiritual care giving and understanding grief and loss.

Community health carnival Saturday

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ONU HealthWise - lots of games, prizes and health info

ONU HealthWise invites Icon viewers to a community health carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 9.

It takes place on the ONU campus between the Robertson-Evans pharmacy building and Mathile. Persons may enter the Raabe parking lot from Lincoln Avenue.

Here’s the events planned:

Games and activities for all ages:
 • Corn hole
• Coloring and crafts
• Carnival games, such as ring toss, disk shoot, lucky duck
• Photos with Klondike
• Health and Wellness activity card

Chances to win prize
• Door prizes for attending
• Complete your activity card and win game tickets

Rebel Art Tattoo Studio opens Friday

In former Ada Herald office

By Monty Siekerman
His enthusiasm for art is readily apparent when talking with Justin Niles, the man who will do your tattoo or sell you some of his art whether it be something to frame, a work with leather, or a sculpture.

Justin, who lives in Findlay with his wife, Julie, and three kids, can be found at a new business in Ada that opened on Friday.

ONU cross country opens at Bluffton Invite

For the sixth consecutive season, the Ohio Northern men's and women's cross country teams will begin the season at the Bluffton Invitational on Aug. 31.

The race is set to begin at 6 p.m. at the Bluffton Nature Preserve.

After opening the season at area-foe Bluffton, the Polar Bears will travel to Calvin (Mich.) to compete in the Knight Invitational on Sept. 8 before competing in the Pre-Regional Meet hosted in Shelbyville, Ind. on Sept. 15.

76 football seasons ago - unscored upon Bulldogs

It's 1942.

Lowell Reese, former Ada high school athlete and later was the coach of the Bulldogs with the first undefeated, untied team in the school’s history in 1942.

Front row- Richard Smith, Ralph Keller, Gerald Motter, Robert Gobin, Fred Chaney, Evan Simon, Merrill Keller, William Hawley.

Middle row- Coach Lowell Reese, Richard Deringer, Lloyd VanAtta, Richard Carmean, Charles Yearsley, Ralph Sousley, John Elliott, Lewis Good, Harry Banks, Harry Sousley, Robert Stair.

Special wine event June 9 at The Inn at ONU

The Inn at ONU has a summer of entertainment planned ranging from live music to a night of comedy and a family-friendly pirate and mermaid party. Here are the details:

Saturday, June 9, 5 p.m.
In celebration of National Rose’ Day, the Inn presents an Italian food and wine pairing. The evening includes live music in the garden courtyard with samplings of flatbreads from the grill, rose’ wines and Italian food.

Tickets are $50 per person, including tax and gratuities. Calling the Inn at 419-7872-4112 requires advance tickets.

ONU women pole vaulters exceptional

LACROSSE, Wis. — Junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) won the national title and sophomore Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) earned All-America honors in the pole vault to lead Ohio Northern on the first day of the 2018 NCAA III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday afternoon at Roger Harring Stadium.

Reed won her first title and is now a four-time All-American by clearing 3.95 meters.

Krause cleared 3.65 meters to finish tied for eighth.

Ice Cream Social on June 13

Thomas scores high in academics,too

Junior Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) was named Second Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America, becoming only the second player in school history to earn Academic All-America status for the ONU baseball program.

Twenty three of the 33 members of the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America 

Division III baseball teams have at least a 3.90 GPA, with 10 student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The seven members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.95.

Ada Legion sponsors five to Buckeye Girls State

Lindsey Fry, Shyanne Howard, Anabel Alexander, Kama Arn, Morgan Swick

Ada American Legion Post 185 announces the selection of five delegates to Buckeye Girls State.  The delegates are Lindsey Fry, Shyanne Howard, Anabel Alexander, Kama Arn, and Morgan Swick.

Lindsey Fry is the daughter of Jason and Jayna Fry and attends Upper Scioto Valley High School. She has been a member of Student Council for 3 years, a class officer for 2 years, a member of Business Professional of America for 3 years, one year as an officer, USV local Honor Society, Key Club, and Varsity volleyball for 2 years.

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