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Oct. 26 fundraiser for medical equipment and supplies for use abroad

Registration form is attached bottom of story -

The Ada Rotary will host a Family Fun Ride from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, on the Rotary Riverwalk/Ottawa River Bikeway in Lima, according to Laurie Laird of the club.

“The ride will be a fun, family-friendly bicycle ride that will help us raise awareness of and funding for M.E.S.A.,” she said. “It will begin and end at the Ottawa Metro Park off of State Route 81.”

M.E.S.A. stands for Medical Equipment Supplies Abroad and is a service project for the Rotary District 6600, which Ada’s club is a part of.

Each year before soybean harvest, county Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educators conduct a county weed survey.  

Volleyball gets 18 kills from senior McKenna Jordan in 4-set victory

ADA — Senior McKenna Jordan (Toledo/Saint Ursula) had 18 kills to lead No. 12-ranked Ohio Northern to a 25-17, 25-27, 25-20, 25-11 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (15-3 overall, 3-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) extended their winning streak to nine matches with the win.

Senior Sydney Bapst (Grove City) added 14 kills and senior All-American Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) had 12 kills for ONU.

The Polar Bears went on a 6-1 run midway through Set 1 to grab a 20-14 lead. BW pulled within 21-17 but two kills by Huppert sparked a 4-0 run to give ONU the opening set.

The Ohio Northern Esports League of Legends team moved to 4-0 in its inaugural season with a decisive 2-0 victory over Mount Union on Tuesday afternoon.

The Polar Bears are also 4-0 in the Great Lakes Esports Conference.

ONU took control from the onset to win both games in the match.

Ohio Northern and Mount Union will square off in an Overwatch match on Wednesday at 6 pm.

Danielle (Noe) Otte, Diana (Smith) Schnipke, Richard Bowersock, James O'Brien

The Ohio Northern University Athletic Hall of Fame inducted four new members during recent ceremonies over Homecoming at the University.

RSVP now for Oct. 21 event in Ada elementary

Ada elementary presents “A Night in the Fairy Tale Forest” later this month. The deadline to reserve admission to the event is this week.  The event is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, in the school cafeteria.

A flyer at the bottom of this story provides rsvp details.

Here’s what the evening involves:

Parents and student guardians will join classroom teachers in their rooms to learn about “A Day in the Life” of elementary students and the grade level expectations for this school year.

Members of the school administrative team will attend a third grade meeting to talk about the third grade reading guarantee.

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