The local MOPS group is holding a Mom2Mom sale this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 to noon at Ebenezer Mennonite Church gym, 8905 Columbus Grove Rd, Bluffton. At Mom2Mom sales, you'll find gently used kids clothes, covering all ages, plus maternity wear, accessories, and toys etc. This sale is sponsored by the Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) group, which meets at Ebenezer.
There is no admission free. Instead, MOPS are collecting non-perishable food/canned goods for the Bluffton Food Pantry. MOPS also offers a bake sale, by donation, with all proceeds going towards their program.
If you're interested in selling at the sale, contact Lydia Steiner via Facebook.
Ada High School's volleyball team says to switch your purple and gold for pink during annual Volley for the Cure game on Tuesday. Ada entertains Paulding at the game.
Cancer fighters and survivors will be honored during the game and volleyball moms and players will have a bake sale set up. Fans are encouraged to wear pink at the game.
Then, on Friday, Oct. 25, will be a "pink out" football game, focusing on breast cancer. The Ada varsity football team will host Paulding on the 25th and the team invites fans to pack the stands with lots of pink.
Ada Kindergarteners in Bridgette Jones' class can tell you all about apples. Students recently read books about how apples grow and learned about Johnny Appleseed. Then, students made homemade apple sauce and ended the week with an apple taste test. Most students liked green apples the best, said the teacher. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook.)
By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada cross country team ran at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday.
The Bulldog boys finished 20th in the 23-team meet. Ottawa-Glandorf (53 points) out-distanced Elyria Catholic (104) for the team title. St. Marys finished third with 127 points. Allen East ended up 17th.
Bulldog senior Hunter Wells ended up 136th in a field of 216 runners to register the top Ada finish.
The average Ada time over the 3.1-mile course was 23:23.4.
Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the individual race with a time of 16:53.4.
Patsy J. Brand, 74, died on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at 1:51 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on Jan. 4, 1945, to the late Samuel and Arlene (Botkin) Risner. Patsy married Ronald D. Kindle and they were divorced. She later married Anthony Brand and he survives in Alger.
Patsy was a homemaker. She was a member of the Alger First United Methodist Church.
Also surviving are her son and daughter: Ronald E. “Sonny” (April) Kindle and Tamara J. “Tami” Brown both of Ada; six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren; and two brothers: Ron (Trina) Risner of Lima and Jack (Bernie) Risner of Columbus.
Nathan Hurtig, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month.
Nathan is activity in Varsity Singers, marching band, engineering, National Honor Society and is a recent semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship program.
He is the son of Mike and Julie Hurtig.
Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative with customers in the Ada school district. The student of the month is selected by the student’s participation and activities in Ada schools and the community.
The September student of the month was Nora Dellifield.
