You are here

Home

Ada's latest news

Wreath-laying ceremony at ONU on Veterans Day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ohio Northern University celebrated the contributions of American service members with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Henry Soloman Lehr statue adjacent to James F. Dicke Hall on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

PHOTOS BY RICHARD GAINEY

The ceremony featured reflections concerning veterans from guest speaker Paul Hartman, ONU assistant professor of operations research and supply chain management, who served in the Air Force for 20 years before retiring from the Pentagon as a major in 2007.

The Color Guard of Ream McElroy VFW Post 9381 of Ada posted the colors, and Adriane Thompson Bradshaw, ONU vice president of student affairs, sang the national anthem.

»

Holiday crafts show Nov. 17 in Jenera

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A holiday craft show is planned at the Jenera Town Hall later this month.

The event is from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17. The town hall is located at 1800 State Route 698, Jenera.

The how will have crafts, Christmas gifts, baked goods, raffles and other items. Proceeds from the event are being donated to a family to help with medical bills.
Section:

»

Ada book discussion groups focus on stories of C.S. Lewis, Markus Zusak and David Baldacci

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Three books will be discussed this month and in early December by three different book discussion groups at the Ada Public Library. There’s still a chance to check out a copy of each of the books prior to the discussion.

Tween (4th-6th grade Book Group
Friday, Dec. 6, 4 p.m. – The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis 

»

11th hour, 11th day, 11th month

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ohio Northern University and the Village of Ada remembered American veterans on Nov. 11 in a ceremony on the ONU campus. A story of the event is on this home page. (Richard Gainey photo)

»

Mustard Seed Cafe, Bluffton, now open Fridays and Saturdays until 8 p.m.

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Now there’s a new place to eat dinner on weekends.  Mustard Seed Cafe, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, has extended its hours and is now open Friday and Saturday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m.

Appetizers include shrimp cocktail, cold poached scallop with blueberry vinegar aioli, mussels steamed in beer, baked brie with cranberry compote, hummus with vegetables, olives & flatbread, continental plate for two and calamari meze.

Main courses are brisket burger and beans, strip steak, jambalaya, tortellini with gorgonzola crème, pork osso buco, shrimp scampi over pasta, chicken scaloppini and Caesar salad.

»

Harold Henry was a 1955 Ada High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 11, 2013

Harold W. Henry, 75, died on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 at 5 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

He was born on Dec. 6, 1937 in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Leonard H. and Flossie L. (Hartman) Henry. On June 2, 1957 he married Clarice M. Jump who survives in Ada.

Mr. Henry was a 1955 graduate of Ada High School. He was a lifelong member of the Bethel Church of Christ. He was a retired farmer, co-owner of the B&H Garage and the Sohio Station in Ada and he previously worked at Excello in Bluffton.

He had his pilot's license and was a State of Ohio Motorcycle Champion in the 1960's. 

»

Pages