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Rotary club and history class combined

On Tuesday, January 25 the Ada Rotary Club welcomed Russ Crawford, Professor of History at ONU, and 16 members of his local history class to the club's weekly meeting.

Club members learned about class content and had the opportunity to interact with the students.

In other Rotary Club news, the Ada chapter was awarded funds for registering how many members are vaccinated for COVID-19. The club, in turn, donated the funds to the following charitable concerns:

$500 to Beatitudes community center, 210 N. Main St.

$500 to Christmas Outreach program at Ada campus of Delphos First Assembly Church

$200 to District 6710 Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund

Kesler, Dean first-place finishers at Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic

By Wes Mayberry, onusports.com

The Ohio Northern University men's indoor track and field team scored first-place finishes in two events and second-place finishes in three others Saturday, February 5, at the Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic at Troyer Fieldhouse.

Marian (Ind.), Bethel (Ind.), St. Francis (Ind.), Huntington (Ind.), Goshen (Ind.), Indiana Wesleyan, Grace (Ind.) and Taylor (Ind.) also competed in Saturday's meet, which did not keep team scores.

The Polar Bears (9-0) were led by junior Hunter Kesler (Oakwood/Paulding) and freshman Jordan Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph), who posted first-place finishes in the 200 meters and 400 meters, respectively.

No due date

The Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main, has a wide array of books with no due date. How's that? Just across from the circulation desk are used books for sale. Proceeds benefit your local library.

Ada boys outpaced by Leipsic

By Cort Reynolds

Playing in Leipsic, the Ada High School boys basketball team was outscored by the hosting Vikings 92-54 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Saturday night, February 5.

Ada trailed 17-9 after the first quarter and 45-28 at halftime. Leipsic outscored the Bulldogs 47-26 after intermission.

Viking guard Mason Brandt fired in 41 points to pace the victors.

Senior Cayden Murphy led Ada with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Carter Conley contributed a dozen points. Ethan Murphy tallied eight points, while Jaden Leal amassed seven points and seven rebounds.

Bulldogs host Ada wrestling Invite; McClain, Vieira take 2nd

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High Schoolwrestling team hosted the 19-team Ada Invitational Saturday, February 5, with two Bulldog grapplers taking second in their respective weight brackets. 

Marion Elgin won the team championship with 296 points. Fostoria took second with 183, while Bucyrus was third (178). Ada finished 12th with 58.5 points.

Bulldog sophomore Clayton McClain finished second in the 126 lbs. bracket with a 4-1 record. 

Ada freshman Liam Vieira took second in the 120 lbs. bracket, with classmate Aedyn Beckwith right behind him in third. 

Freshman Rowan West was the other Bulldog placer in sixth at 132 lbs.

Book Review: The Book of Magic

By Robert McCool

When I read for pure pleasure, I read Alice Hoffman. And nothing brings me more joy than her “Magic” books.

Beginning with Practical Magic from 1995, then enhanced by The Rules of Magic in 2017, also Magic Lessons in 2020, and now finishing with The Book of Magic (Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 978-9821-5148-5), Hoffman’s novels are masterworks of extraordinarily vivid magic-realism. These books are about books, family and love, in enchanting prose that opens your heart and mind to the possibilities that life has to offer.

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