Ken Blanchard, Director of Allen County Literacy, last week spoke to the Ada Kiwanis Club about volunteering to be a literacy tutor. He noted the following statistics:
• 50% of the chronically unemployed have poor literacy skills.
• The U.S. Military spends $70 million per year in teaching basic skills to recruits.
• 75% of the U.S. prison inmates do not have a high school diploma.
• It is estimated that limited literacy costs the U.S. businesses and taxpayers $20 billion in lost business earnings, wages and taxes.
Seniors Sam Shook (New Philadelphia) and Maddy Reed (Piketon) were named Ohio Northern's Clyde Lamb Award winners for the 2018-19 academic year at the 2019 Ohio Athletic Conference Awards Banquet at the Crowne Plaza in Columbus on Monday evening.
The prestigious award is the highest honor given to OAC student-athletes each year, including one male and one female representative from the league's 10 institutions.
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has named senior infielder Hailee Loughman(Brookville) and junior catcher Gabby Stewart (Union, Ky./St. Henry) to the 2019 NFCA All-Central Region squads for their on-field performance this season, the national office announced Wednesday.
Loughman was named First-Team All-Central Region at third base, while Stewart garnered Second-Team All-Central Region honors as a catcher. The duo was listed among 364 total players recognized in the NCAA's eight regions across the country this year.
Loughman and Stewart both received their first career All-Central Region nod with the announcement.
By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - Three members of the Ada tennis team competed at the Div. II district tournament Thursday in Bowling Green.
The top four placers at district qualify for the Div. II state meet in Mason next weekend. Play was single elimination in the first two rounds.
Ada's Isaac Spar entered the 16-player field as one of the top four seeds after winning the Lima sectional at UNOH.
Spar played junior Stephane Granato of Maumee Valley in the first round Thursday at BGSU. Spar won the first set 6-0, but then Granato rallied to take the last two sets 6-3, 6-2.
By Tim Glon
KEMPTEN, GERMANY — Sophomore Cameron Hollander (Mariemont) drilled a 40-yard field goal with 2:48 left in the game to lead the Ohio Northern football team to a 9-7 exhibition victory over the Allgau Comets on Sunday afternoon at Illerstadion.
The Comets, who play in the top level of the German Football League, took a 7-0 lead with 5-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the first half by Calvin Stitt to cap a 7-play, 76-yard drive.
Play was suspended for 58 minutes after a thunderstorm rolled into the area less than a minute into the third quarter.
Tuesday's Ada council meeting's location is at Vancrest Assisted Living, 600 W. North Ave., according to Angela Polachek, village administrative assistant.
The meeting take splace at 6:30 p.m. Staff will be on hand to direct visitors to the designated meetign place.
The Ada Lions Club awarded academic scholarships to five members of the Ada High School graduating class of 2019 at the annual Senior Awards Honor Dinner on May in the Ada schools cafeteria.
Ada Lions Club Scholarship Chair Robert C. Simmons presented the scholarships to: Anabel Alexander-$1,000, Miguel Jordan-$1,000, Brendan Sheridan-$1,000, Keli Trudeau-$1,000, and Austin Amburgey received the Dick Counts memorial scholarship (in honor of long time Lions member who lost his life this year) $1,500.
The $5,500 of scholarships brought the total for the Lions Club since 2000 to 91 students being awarded $81,450.
We need some viewer assistance with this photo. It's from the 1962-63 Ada school year. Who is the teacher and what is the class? Bonus points for naming the guy raising his hand.
Hanco EMS, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, has achieved an EMS Star of Life Award presented by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire and Transportation Services, and the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Medical Services.
This award honors the exceptional work of Hanco EMS and recognizes its remarkable life-saving efforts and patient care performed during a particular incident.
Hanco EMS was one of nine organizations in Ohio to receive an EMS Star of Life Award this year out of more than 60 applicants.
