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Taylor Willeke plays in District 8 all-star match

Ada High School volleyball player Taylor Willeke was picked to play in the District 8 Senior All-Star volleyball match.

The match is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Wapakoneta High School. Willeke is on the Division IV East squad.

Trick-or-treat is Thursday; lots more Halloween events on Monday

Several Halloween-related events are planned in Ada. In fact you can dress up twice in October.

Thursday – Oct. 25 –
Trick-or-treat night in Ada, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Monday – Oct. 29 – The Ada Kiwanis Halloween parade is Monday, Oct. 29, behind the Municipal Building on Buckeye Street. Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. and the parade at 6 p.m.

Costume categories are:

• Prettiest

• Scariest

• Most original

A famous Ada garden

Ada's October is a blaze of colors. Here's an enlargement of a bloom from a unique Ada garden. Click here to discover the garden's location.

Bee in the balm

Yesterday's home page photo showed the large plot of bee balm blooming in the depot park. We've moved in a bit closer and actually spied a bee in the balm. Take a look for yourself, but don't get stung.

Ohio Northern University presents Band-O-Rama

 

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents Band-O-Rama on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m.

The Ohio Northern University Marching Band (ONUMB) offers an exciting performance to celebrate another successful season when they perform selections from their 2012 premier program, “Sound Dramas.”

Volleyball clinches No. 3 seed in upcoming OAC Tournament with victory over Wilmington

By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern clinched the No. 3 seed in next week's Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament with a 25-8, 25-12, 23-25, 25-5 victory over Wilmington Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 22-5 overall and are 5-2 in OAC action, while the Quakers fall to 7-18, 0-8.

Fourteen different ONU players registered at least one kill, led by freshman Ellie Gillespie with eight.

Northern dominated Sets 1, 2 and 4, hitting an amazing .458 collectively in those sets.

ONU hit .529 in Set 1 on nine kills in 17 attempts. Northern rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to go on an 10-1 run to take a 10-4 lead.

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