By Monty Siekerman
For several years, Ohio Northern students have had a dozen or so dogs living with them on campus.
For a year, the college students train the pups to be service dogs. The dogs go to classes, the dining hall, and many activities to learn socialization. The students also take time with the pups to train them to sit, stay, walk properly, and teach them other commands.
After a year on campus, the dogs are evaluated to determine the best fit for being a service dog with someone with a disability. Then, the pups gain rigorous training for a person with a specific disability before being placed with a person.
LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -
By Monty Siekerman
The year 2018 saw changes in Ada, some of which are looked upon as progress while other happenings were not welcome. Here are a few highlights of Ada for this year.
* Construction began on the James Lehr Kennedy Engineering Building, a massive $30 million structure that will provide the best space and equipment for engineering students for years to come. Engineering enrollment significantly increased this fall as new students look forward to the new building, which will open next fall.
December 1923 for the first time post office employees were authorized to take Christmas day off. The postmaster general ordered no city or rural delivery on December 25, 1923.
FREMONT - Led by junior Klava Katayama, the Ada swim team competed well in the 16-team St. Joseph Invitational meet Saturday, December 15 at the Fremont Ross High School natatorium.
The purple and gold girls finished eighth out of 16 squads, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 15 squads.
Upper Sandusky won both the boys and girls team titles.
"We had a lot of time improvements; the biggest one of the day was (that) Klava broke two of her previous records for the Fremont Invite in the 50 free and 100 fly," said Ada head coach Stephanie McMahon.
MORE PHOTOS ON ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK
(From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Miss Daniels Ada elementary 3rd grade class made Grinch Gloop with the help of high school science/biology teacher, Mrs. Bowden on Dec. 20.
The Grinch Gloop has properties of both a solid and a liquid. Christmas science fun.
By Monty Siekerman
Rod and Linda Dysert have sold 3 Brothers Pizza, 105 S. Main, to Brian and Kelly Clum and will open Wednesday, Jan. 2, under the new name 3 Brothers Family Pizza. The Dyserts will continue to own and keep open the business until the new owners take over the first of the year.
By coincidence, the Dyserts have three sons, hence the name, and the Clums have three sons, so there is very little change in the business name.
The Ada Family Center will have a Sunday Christmas service at 10:30 a.m. The congregation, which meets at Center on Central, will have a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. on Monday.
PARKWAY - The Ada varsity wrestling squad competed at the 15-team Parkway Holiday Invitational meet Saturday.
Ada finished 11th at the annual event with 56 points. Celina won the team title with 215 points, followed in second by host Parkway (200).
The Bulldogs were only able to have three wrestlers compete due to injuries. Ada senior Noah Arnett went 4-1 in the heavyweight division to finish a strong second.
"We were winning in six of the seven matches we lost when our wrestlers got pinned," explained Ada first-year head coach Eric Perkins. "Overall, we had 19 takedowns compared to our opponent's four."
