December 2021

And now a brief word about the Lord.

Mitch Albon's new novel “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” (Harper Collins: ISBN978-0-06-288834) is a conundrum and mystery. Is it a discussion about God, or is it a study into the human condition? It is both.

A $200,000 yacht explodes in the middle of the ocean. All that's left behind is a raft containing ten people. They are a mixed group containing men and women and a young girl named Alice.

And then they are confronted by a man floating in the water three days after the explosion. When he's pulled into the raft someone says, “Thank the Lord we found you.” The man whispers back, “I am the Lord.” 

Tractors sold at a recent Ada area public auction made record prices. The Gossman farm retirement auction held on December 10 included a Ford and a New Holland Tractor which each sold for new record auction prices. The 2000 New Holland 8670 with 3131 hours sold for $71,000. 

Auction prices can be tracked on the Machinery Pete website.

The Ada High School boys basketball team finished on an 8-2 run to defeat visiting New Knoxville 47-42 in a hard-fought non-conference battle Thursday night, December 23.

Clutch junior guard Spencer Wall sank a driving layup and a driving bank shot 25 seconds apart to put the Bulldogs ahead 43-40 with 2:11 remaining.

Ada junior Carter Conley and Wall each canned two free throws in the final 41 seconds to preserve the win.

The Bulldogs improved to 4-4 overall with their second straight victory, and they surpassed last season's win total with the triumph. 

NK dropped to 1-8 with the defeat.

The Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District held its annual Christmas and Awards Banquet on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at the Alger Social Center. EMS Chief Doug LaRue opened the event with a moment of silence for members who had passed away and those who are ill, followed by a prayer lead by EMT Curtis Engelhardt. Members and their families were thanked for their sacrifice to keep the community safe and sound.