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December 2019

Mercy Health partners with Putnam YMCA with Mercy Health Fitness Room

Mercy Health and the Putnam YMCA share a common mission to improve the health and well-being of their communities.

The Putnam County YMCA and Mercy Health have partnered to bring renovations and improved access to the YMCA facility at 101 Putnam Parkway in Ottawa, Ohio.  The “Mercy Health Fitness Room” will feature new equipment, cameras for security, and improved Wi-Fi coverage for members and guests of the YMCA.

Additionally, members of the Putnam YMCA will now enjoy 24-hour access to the Fitness Center.  This improves access to healthy activities for members 18 years or older.

Women's Indoor Track and field embracing the pressure

Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field head coach Jason Maus believes his team has earned something ahead of the 2019-20 season.  

"Pressure is a privilege," Maus said. 

It's a phrase Maus has heard for years, and this season he believes it applies to the Polar Bears. But rather than using that phrase word for word, Maus is making a slight adjustment.  

Ada's recycling center - 1993

From 1993 - Here are volunteers who operated the Ada recycling center in May 1993. They include members of the Ada American Legion and Legion Auxiliary.

From left, Wilma Hubbell, Verda Helser, Robert Krofft, Robert Hubbell, Florence Pumphrey, Chet Klingler, Ralph Wright and Pauline Shadley. 

Irene Hall is in the foreground. (Photo from Leland Crouse)

Where else can you build your house and eat it too?

(No building permits required, but you must sign up in advance)

Q: Where else can you build your house and eat it too? 

A: Ada Public Library.

And, you have two opportunities for this edible event. The Ada library holds its annual gingerbread house construction activities later this week.
• The first is from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12.
• The second is from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13.

Although there are no building permit requirements, you must sign up. All the supplies are provided. Call the library at 419-634-5246 to sign up and for additional details.

Ada Bingo closing Dec. 19

Ada Music Boosters voted not to renew Bingo license

Ada Bingo, held weekly on Thursdays at Center on Central, will hold the final session Thursday, Dec. 19. 

Ada Music Boosters voted not to  renew their Bingo license during their regular November meeting. 

The  Boosters would like to thank the Ada community for their patronage over  the past 2 years.

Ada Senior Citizens meet on Wednesday

 The Ada Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, Dec 11, at 12:30 p.m. at the Ada Visiting Nurses. They will have a short meeting and play cards.

Showcasing her singing ability

ONU student Emily Estep will perform with Lima Symphony on Saturday

The meteoric rise of Ohio Northern University student Emily Estep’s singing career will continue when she performs as the featured soloist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra during its annual “Bells, Brass and Bows” concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic Center.

Although only 20 years old, the soprano from Fresno, Calif., has a combination of singing ability and personal fortitude that belies her youthfulness, according to Kirsten Osbun-Manley, resident artist and lecturer in music at Ohio Northern.

Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative part of Washington, D.C., showcase

Energy and Environment Innovation Showcase

Mid-Ohio Energy, the not-for-profit electric cooperative that serves approximately 8,200 consumers in Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Union, and Wyandot counties, has been invited to participate in the Energy & Commerce Republicans’ “Energy & Environment Innovation Showcase” at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The objective of the initiative is to highlight the importance of investing in the development and deployment of breakthrough technologies that reduce emissions, power tomorrow’s economy, and provide greater value to American consumers.  

ONU women defeat Mt. Union; not so for men's team

ONU women's basketball team won and the men's team lost in recent acxtion. Here's the report on both games.

Women's game
Through five games, Ohio Northern women's basketball head coach Michele Durand has learned a couple things about her team. The unbeaten Polar Bears are tough and have a team-first mentality. 

Those characteristics were on display Saturday inside the ONU Sports Center. Northern used a late fourth-quarter flurry to edge Mount Union 58-57 in its Ohio Athletic Conference opener. 

For the person on your list who has everything

There's always room for an Ada-made Wilson football under the tree

You might say it's for the person who has everything.

Or, you could simply shop really local and purchased an Ada-made original. What would that original be? You are looking at it: an Ada-made Wilson football.

After all, an Ada-made Wilson football is about as unique a gift as you can find for just about any Ada or Liberty Township, or for that matter, Hardin County resident.

Those Wilson footballs with Ada fingerprints are available for $50 each at Gallery of the Arts, Main Street, Ada, and at The Inn at ONU. Proceeds from football sales go to the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

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