October 2023

UPDATE The sectional game at Liberty-Benton will now be played at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 21.

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School boys soccer team scored two second-half goals, including the tiebreaker in the final minutes, to rally past upset-minded Pemberville Eastwood and win their intense sectional semifinal match 2-1 Wednesday evening, October 18, at War Memorial Stadium.

Bulldog junior Nathan Williams calmly buried a penalty kick goal into the upper right part of the net with 2:51 remaining to provide the final margin of victory.

Ada had earned the PK try on an accidental Eastwood hand ball in the box off a Williams right corner kick.

The Bulldog record improved to 4-7-6 after the exciting comeback win. Ada has won two in a row after a 12-match winless streak.

Ninth seed Ada now visits top-seeded Liberty-Benton (10-4-3) Saturday, October 21 at 10:00 a.m. in the sectional finals (new time).

This weekend, October 19-22, The Freed Center for the Performing Arts will feature The Thanksgiving Play, which the center describes this way: "When a troupe of really, really well-meaning theater artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy. Hilarious and poignant, this satirical comedy reflects on the truth behind Thanksgiving."

Chicken pox virus survives to often emerge decades later as shingles

By Isaac Schmiesing, ONU student pharmacist
With Karen L. Kier , Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

As the official rock song of Ohio and with an association to The Ohio State University, Hang on Sloopy is one of the most well-known songs in Ohio. Interestingly, the version most fans and people have come to know, and love is not considered to be the original song.

In 1964, this song was originally written by the Vibrations, a rhythm and blues group, titled My Girl Sloopy where it reached 26 on the Billboard chart. It is thought the inspiration came from Dorothy Sloop, an Ohio University jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio. 

Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, different versions of Hang on Sloopy were performed all over Ohio with notable bands including the Yardbirds, with legendary guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. The most popular version of this song was released by the McCoys, for which it reached #1. 

The Village of Ada has four leaf districts with pickup scheduled as follows. Dates are subject to change due to weather or emergencies.

NORTHWEST- DISTRICT A

MONDAYS: Pickup Dates – Oct. 23 and 30, Nov. 6, 13 and 27

NORTHEAST - DISTRICT B

TUESDAYS: Pickup Dates –Oct. 24 and 31, Nov. 7, 14 and 28

SOUTHEAST - DISTRICT C

WEDNESDAYS: Pickup Dates – Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, and 29  

SOUTHWEST - DISTRICT D

THURSDAYS: Pickup Dates – Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16 and 30

NOTE: No scheduled leaf pickup on November 20-21-22-23-24 (The week of Thanksgiving.)

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