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September 2019

Ada athletes encourage pink this month

Volleyball team Volley for the Cure on Tuesday; football team hosts pink out game Oct. 25
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

Ada High School's volleyball team says to switch your purple and gold for pink during annual Volley for the Cure game on Tuesday. Ada entertains Paulding at the game.

Cancer fighters and survivors will be honored during the game and volleyball moms and players will have a bake sale set up.  Fans are encouraged to wear pink at the game.

Then, on Friday, Oct. 25, will be a "pink out" football game, focusing on breast cancer. The Ada varsity football team will host Paulding on the 25th and the team invites fans to pack the stands with lots of pink. 

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Ada boys compete at Wildcat Invite

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada cross country team ran at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday.

The Bulldog boys finished 20th in the 23-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (53 points) out-distanced Elyria Catholic (104) for the team title. St. Marys finished third with 127 points. Allen East ended up 17th.

Bulldog senior Hunter Wells ended up 136th in a field of 216  runners to register the top Ada finish.

The average Ada time over the 3.1-mile course was 23:23.4.

Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the individual race with a time of 16:53.4.

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Patsy Brand 1945 - 2019

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

Patsy J. Brand, 74, died on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at 1:51 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

She was born on Jan. 4, 1945, to the late Samuel and Arlene (Botkin) Risner.  Patsy married Ronald D. Kindle and they were divorced.  She later married Anthony Brand and he survives in Alger.

Patsy was a homemaker.  She was a member of the Alger First United Methodist Church.

Also surviving are her son and daughter: Ronald E. “Sonny” (April) Kindle and Tamara J. “Tami” Brown both of Ada; six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren; and two brothers: Ron (Trina) Risner of Lima and Jack (Bernie) Risner of Columbus.

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Nathan Hurtig Mid-Ohio Energy student of the month

Active in Varsity Singers, band, engineering, National Honor Society
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

Nathan Hurtig, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month.

Nathan is activity in Varsity Singers, marching band, engineering, National Honor Society and is a recent semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship program.

He is the son of Mike and Julie Hurtig.

Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative with customers in the Ada school district. The student of the month is selected by the student’s participation and activities in Ada schools and the community.

The September student of the month was Nora Dellifield.

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School menu for October available

Posted by LizGH on Monday, September 30, 2019

Ada schools menu is now available for October. 

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Ada schools on 3-hour fog delay

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

Due to fog, Ada school is on a 3-hour delay schedule. The school day will still end at the normal dismissal times of 3:10 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
 

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Public flu shot clinic Oct. 15 in Ada

Posted by Icon K on Monday, September 30, 2019

Ada Presbyterian Church will host a public flu shot clinic in October, according to Kelsey Ralston of the Kenton Hardin Health Department. The clinic is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the church on South Main Street.

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Offensive showcase featuring big plans in ONU's win

Dean Paul: "I thought it was a really solid performance"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 29, 2019

The Ohio Northern football team put on an offensive showcase, featuring a plethora of big plays, its first home game of the 2019 season Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears downed Otterbein 45-35 to improve to 2-2 on the season and 2-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. 

"I thought it was a really solid performance," ONU head coach Dean Paul said. "We knew Otterbein was going to be a good test. After a disappointing loss last week, it was important for us to have a good week of practice and come out strong against a quality team, and we did that."

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Keiser Lecture focus "From Darwin to DNA"

Hoekstra is renowned as one of the world’s leading evolutionary geneticists who has advanced the understanding in the areas of the relationship between genes and gene expression, evolutionary biology and animal behavior
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 29, 2019

Harvard University faculty member Hopi Hoekstra, Ph.D., will discuss “From Darwin to DNA: Digging for Genes that Affect Behavior” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at Ohio Northern University.

The talk, which is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lecture Series in Life Sciences at ONU, is free and open to the public.

Hoekstra is renowned as one of the world’s leading evolutionary geneticists who has advanced the understanding in the areas of the relationship between genes and gene expression, evolutionary biology and animal behavior.

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"From 3-6 p.m. that's soccer time"

ONU senior, John Sternasty, says he doesn't know where he'd be without soccer
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 29, 2019

John Sternasty has played soccer his entire life.

From competing on his sister's U5 team as a three-year old to now where he suits up for the Polar Bears as a team captain, soccer has been a constant in Sternasty's life.

But for the Ohio Northern senior, soccer is more than just a sport in which he has excelled. It's a daily release from the rigors of college courses, a physical activity that demands the best of him and an arena that has given him lifelong friends and memories. 

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