March 2019

28 singers/dancers, 13-member band, six-member stage crew

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Ada High School’s Varsity Singers will conclude their show choir season with a community performance Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. 

This year’s show “Little Red” retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood; featuring CoCo McLaughlin as Red and Nora Dellifield as the Wolf. 

Emma Ferguson, Reece Evans, Alyssa Wince, Josie Poling and Kesewa Akyeampong are also featured soloists.  A free will donation will be collected at the door with proceeds to be used toward purchasing decals and lettering for the Music Booster trailer.

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The Ohio Northern women's basketball program placed four student-athletes on the Academic-All Ohio Athletic Conference team for the 2018-19 season, the league office announced Wednesday morning.

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Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.

Esketamine is considered the first big depression advance since the approval of Prozac — and it just got approved.

Dozens of antidepressants have been approved over the years. These include Eli Lilly’s “blockbuster” drug Prozac, which was approved in 1987. But there haven't been any new advancements in other types of antidepressants that work in different ways.

Spravato (esketamine), a nasal spray to treat treatment-resistant depression, offers the first new mechanism of action in 30 years to treat major depressive disorder (MDD).

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By Douglas Yoder, MD
Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio
Bleeding has been identified as one of the three leading causes of preventable trauma deaths before reaching the hospital, responsible for up to 40 percent of all deaths from trauma. Bleeding quickly catches our attention.

At home, work or play, bleeding is a sign of something that is not right and could potentially be serious or even life-threatening. For instance, accidental cuts from kitchen knives, table saw injuries or chainsaw lacerations happen frequently. For hunters, accidental gunshot wounds can be lethal unless aid is provided early.

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Senior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.), junior Katelyn Koebel (Port Clinton) and sophomores Avery Manbeck (Aldie, Va./Champe) and Sydney Johnson (Crown Point, Ind.) were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's swimming and diving for 2018-19.

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Burl  R. Helton, 80, died on Friday, March 15, 2019, at 5:28  a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on March 30, 1938, in Falcon, Ky., to the late Charlie and Ivory (Gibson) Helton. Burl first married Betty Lou Legge and they were divorced. She survives in Kenton. His common-law wife is Wilma Crowe Nelson and she survives in Kenton.

Burl was a retired factory worker. He formerly owned and operated his own Kenton Refuse Company.  Also, he formerly worked at Broderick’s Forging Company of Kenton. He liked listening to Country Music and loved spending time with his family. 

Great learning experiences for many Kindergarteners through third graders

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The scientific method came to school on Tuesday evening.

Gathering data, predicting data, developing a conclusion, plus lots of fun, were all part of an evening of science for several Ada Kindergarteners, first, second and third graders.

Ada teacher, David Lusk, created the event. Lusk also teaches an ONU class on teaching science methods. Ten students in the class, and several Ada elementary teachers volunteered for the event.  

ONU student leading the science stations were Jordyn Walkup, Jaekob Sader, Geno D'Agostino, Brittany Ricci, Taylor Gutierrez, Chyanne Retcher, Miranda Wammes, Abby Leatherwood, Abigail McNult and Storm Smith.  

Only $2,685 needed to pay off the $66,075 improvement project

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Drive past the tennis courts at War Memorial Park.

You may not believe what you see.

Thanks to a community effort by a tennis courts resurfacing fundraiser that started last fall the courts look – well, very inviting.

But, it still needs some little tender-loving donations to be completed.

The renovation project cost $66,075 and funding from all sources has reached $63,390, which means the committee seeks its final $2,685 to complete the improvement project.

The costs included $55,125 for an asphalt overlay and acrylic resurfacer, plus $10,950 to remove and replace fence fabric with tension wire.

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Goshen Youth 4-H Club will kick off the 2019 4-H season with a sign-up meeting at the First Baptist Church, 11543 Co Rd 175, Kenton at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31.

This is a meeting for returning and new members to get a chance to sign up for online enrollment, computers will be available. 

Advisers will be available to answer questions about projects, and help families choose projects for the 2019 4-H season.

Advisors are Miriam Dulin 419-674-7277, Renee Dunahue 419-673-6359, and DeWayne Weaver 567-674-4627.

Copies of the meeting schedule will be available.

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By Lee Crouse
[email protected]
February 1950 - Classroom Idea of ONU Student Places Detachable Collars on Store Shelves - Don Koch, ONU student, came up with the idea of a detachable shirt collar when he became too warm during class. He cut a collar from a sport shirt and fitted it with ordinary snaps to a V-neck sweater. A Canandaigua, New York, knitting firm signed a contract on Dec. 6, 1949, and started producing the collars. A patent was applied for in the inventor’s name. The Greenawalt store in Ada was the first store in the United States to offer Mr. Koch’s detachable collar for sale.

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