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Annabelle Reese was active in several Ada community organizations

Annabelle M. Reese, age 90, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:50 am at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

She was born on March 2, 1922 in Hardin County, Ohio to Leslie and Hazel (Weber) Smith and they preceded her in death. On Oct. 20, 1940 she married Otas W. Reese and he preceded her in death on March 2, 2006.

Annabelle was a homemaker and she previously worked as a waitress for 25 years at Marriott Foods at Ohio Northern University, Ada. She was a member of the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church of Ada and a member of the United Methodist Women of the Church.

Darlene K. Hubbell 1950-2012

Darlene K. Hubbell, age 62, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at 5:13 am at Springfield Regional Medical Center, Springfield, Ohio.

She was born on October 10, 1950 in Lima, Ohio to Richard and Beatrice (Burkholder) Hubbell and they preceded her in death.

Surviving are a brother, Terry Hubbell; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Don Hubbell; sister, Joan Jordan.

There will be no visitation. A private family service will be held at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Vienna Care Center Activities Fund, P.O. Box 339, South Vienna, Ohio 45369.

Mitten tree for a good cause

A mitten tree awaits you at Community Health Professionals of Ada. The tree accepts new mittens and winter caps. All donated items will be given to ReStore later this month where they will be given to persons who need them. 

Youth bowling offered Saturdays at Norada Lanes

Norada Lanes will offer junior bowling for youth ages kindergarten through grade 12 on Saturday mornings 10 a.m.

The Saturday sessions started on Dec. 1.

Regular season runs through Dec 1-March 2, with season ending tournament March 9. Youth will bowl three games with a meal and drink for $10. Youth with a parent bowling in an adult league at Norada will be $8.

Contact Norada Lanes for more details.

Top-ranked Kyle Kwiat registers dominating performance to lead No. 13 wrestling at 32nd annual ONU Invitational

Senior All-American and defending national champion Kyle Kwiat turned in a domunating performance to lead the No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team at the 32nd Annual ONU Invitational Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears finished fifth of 16 teams with 94.5 points in the team standings.

No. 13 Olivet (Mich.) won the team title with 140.5 points, NAIA No. 3-ranked Campbellsville (Ky.) was second with 128 points and West Liberty State (W.Va.) was third with 116 points.

Five Ohio Northern wrestlers placed in the top eight of their respective weight classes.

Lucas Pennington scores a career-high 23 points to lead men's basketball in 79-75 loss at North Park (Ill.)

Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team in a 79-75 non-conference loss at North Park (Ill.) on Saturday.

The Polar Bears fall to 4-3, while the Vikings improve to 2-3.
Pennington led four ONU players in double figures in scoring, as junior Branden Rushton scored 15 points and junior Jared Horstman and sophomore Jordan Martin chipped in 12 points each.

North Park's Mark Holmes poured in a game-high 36 points to lead all scorers.
Northern used an 11-2 run late in the first half to turn a 31-31 tie into a 42-33 lead with 1:20 left before intermission.

ONU took a 45-36 lead into halftime.

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