You are here

Home

Ada's latest news

ONU men dominate Muskingum 82-57

Posted by Eli Garmon on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

By: Andrew Korba

Senior Branden Rushton scored a game-high 20 points and freshman Alex Radkiewicz added a career-high 12 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 82-57 win over Muskingum on Saturday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears are now 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in OAC play, while the Fighting Muskies fall to 3-3, 0-3.

The scored was knotted at 35-35 at halftime, but ONU outscored Muskingum 47-22 in the second half.

Rushton finished 9-of-14 from the field, while Radkiewicz was a perfect 6-of-6 in shooting and also pulled down a career best seven rebounds.

»

Grain marketing webinar series offered online

Posted by Eli Garmon on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Growers, who want to experience grain marketing using real-world strategies without any of the

real-world risks, can take advantage of a series of courses taught by Dr. Matt Roberts from Ohio

State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Participants will learn how to use futures and options; make a marketing plan to fit their

farm business; use crop insurance as a grain marketing tool; and how to understand financial

statement analysis in relationship to their grain marketing plan.

The courses, to be offered Jan. 7 and 21; Feb.4 and 18; and March 4, will be taught online and

»

Funeral services for Odie Mullins on Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Odie Mullins, 84, died on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 at 7:44 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

She was born on Feb. 25, 1929, in Magoffin County, Ky., to Elijah and Millie (Shepherd) Joseph, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 9, 1949, she married Sam Mullins and he died June 17, 2007.

»

Lots of Ada winners in Hardin County's Buy Local First Holiday Contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance announced the winner of the Buy Local First Holiday Contest, which ran from Nov. 9 - Dec. 12.

The Alliance partnered with the Buy Ada First Committee and 45 local businesses on the event. There were over $1,200 in prizes given away thanks to the participating businesses.

The Buy Local First Holiday Contest was a way to educate the community on the benefits of buying local and to encourage shoppers to buy local this holiday season.

»

Tennis anyone?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

No need for coal for eyes and buttons. Today's Frosty the Snowman is a tennis player. The snowman in the Bryan and Colleen Marshall front yard on Hays Avenue, Ada, is ready for a game. Those are tennis ball eyes and buttons. And, check out those arms.

»

That's 8.5 inches of snowfall from Dec. 13 to 16

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 17, 2013

When it rains it pours and when it snows it really snows.

Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer, reports that the snowfall of Saturday, Dec. 14, was 6.3 inches.

Add one-half inch of snow on the 13th and 1.7 inches on the 16th and suddenly we’ve accumulated 8.5 inches – not counting snowfall on Dec. 17.

To add to the wintry conditions, the low temperature of the month reached minus 2 on Dec. 12.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for the daily December weather summary.

»

Pages