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Sweet!

Linda Fleming holds Mickey Mouse cupcakes at the employee sweet treat contest at Liberty National Bank on Friday. Those who tried the preValentine's offering thought all desserts were winners. There was Maimi Eisenhower chocolate fudge, knock you naked brownies, and more. Monday will be a treat for bank employees when they have the day off for Presidents Day. (Monty Siekerman photo)

4th to 8th grade school spelling bee Feb. 15

How's your spelling?

Ada fourth through eighth graders are preping for this year's spelling bee. It's at 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the school auditorium.

Here are the contestants:

8th grade: Three of these seven students who are taking a tie-breaker spelling test:
Isaac, Nathan, Theo, Madison, Hunter, Ryley, Khyler
7th grade: Ryan, Jacob, Megan (Alt: Leona)
6th grade: Ireland, Eddy, Lauren (alt: Molly)
5th grade: Lily, Dale, Kayla (Alt: Robyn)
4th grade: Autumn, Abdallah, Kailey (Alt: Tara)

Going Marlin fishing

Zac Dysert (left) and Tom Simmons talk Florida at the ONU men's basketball game on Wednesday. Zac is now a Marlin, Tom worked in Florida prior to becoming Ohio Northern athletic director. (Monty Siekerman photo)

Head first

There are strange things done in King-Horn, but the strangest we ever did see was the night that a mackerel swallowed an opponent coach, head first. Read the story below for a swallow-by-swallow account and more photos, taken by Monty Siekerman. 

Giants in the fields on hand at King-Horn

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Here, they are folks, giants in their fields:

• Tommy Laswordfish
• Kevin Duranteater
• Shaquille O'Seal

They (and one other who happened to eat a coach later) were on hand at halftime of the ONU men's basketball game on Wednesday evening at King-Horn.

Not a basketball shot scored, but the halftime entertainment scored many smiles from the spectators.

The giant inflatable characters danced, tumbled, then went into the audience with their antics.

Let's play pretend

There's lots of interesting fairy tale characters in Ada. For example, Sleeping Beauty showed up at the ONU Pre-school recently. This photo was taken during a play time at the pre-school.

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