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Police docket for July 8-14

July 8


  • Handled 911 Hang-up on N Main St

  • Assist EMS & Other Agency on Co. Rd. 10
  • Handled Animal Complaint on Lincoln
  • Handled Well Being Check on W Lima Ave
  • Traffic stop Citation issued for Expired Plates

July 9

  • 
Handled Suspicious Activity Complaint on W Buckeye
  • Handled Juvenile Matter
  • 
Handled Animal Complaint on Lincoln

  • Handled Suspicious Activity Complaint at McDonalds Report taken for Information Only

July 10


Turbo at Ada Theatre starting July 17

Turbo (PG) will be showing at Ada Theatre starting Wednesday, July 17 and running through July 30.

Showtimes include:

Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
 
Daily shows at 7 p.m.

Ticket prices are as follows:

1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m shows: $4

4 p.m. and 9 p.m. shows are shown in 3D and are $6.

Girls' tennis may be the next new sport at Ada High School

A new sport may be coming to Ada High School.

An informal meeting for Ada High School students interested in playing on a newly formed Ada HS girls’ tennis team is planned on Wednesday, July 17.

The meeting is also for parents and guardians and takes place at 7:30 p.m. a the Ada Park 4-H Shelter House.

Dr. Kenneth Wildman was professor at ONU for 28 years

Dr. Kenneth N. Wildman
BORN: January 20, 1942
DIED: July 14, 2013
LOCATION: Ada, Ohio
Dr. Kenneth N. Wildman, 71, died on Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 12:20 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on Jan. 20, 1942, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Philip and Sophie (Rucklis) Wildman and they preceded him in death. On Jan. 3, 1963 he married Penelope B. "Penny" Brownell and she survives in Ada.

Dr. Wildman was a Professor and Department Chairman of Psychology and Sociology at Ohio Northern University for 28 years. He was a licensed psychologist who did arbitration and mediation. He was a boxing judge.

Josephine Willeke, lifelong Ada resident was an Ada HS and ONU graduate

Josephine N. (Rayl) Willeke, 86, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 6:31 am at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on Sept. 28, 1926 in Ada, to Charles I. and Kathryn C. (Businger) Rayl and they preceded her in death. On March 30, 1946, she married Robert E. Willeke and he died on Dec. 17, 2001.

She taught school at Arlington for 13 years and was an elementary principal for 12 years also at Arlington. She was a 1944 graduate of Ada High School, a 1965 graduate of Ohio Northern University, Ada, and a 1974 graduate of Bowling Green University.

BYOC at Music on Main

Lots of Ada residents brought their lawn chairs the the Ada Depot on Friday night for the Buy Ada First committee's Music on Main. Watch the video.

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