St. Mark Lutheran Church and Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold its "Free Community Meal" from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 26. The meal will be served at St. Mark, 125 S. Johnson St., Ada.
The meal will be served walk up, bike up, drive up only and is free to the community. The menu includes shredded chicken sandwich, macaroni and cheese, fresh fruit and a cookie.
Six members of the Ohio Northern women's tennis team were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for 2021 in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
Freshman Olivia Kesner (Lima/Central Catholic) was named First Team All-Conference, junior Ola Latala (Grosse Isle, Mich.), sophomore Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and senior Mackenzie Wills (Ada) were named Second Team All-OAC and seniors Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) and Jordan Dodson (Worthington) received Honorable Mention All-League honors.
Three Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Great Lakes Region in women's outdoor track and field for 2021 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Senior Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch, junior Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) and sophomore Anna Schatzle (Brookville, Ind./Franklin County) all earned the honor.
DeWitt was named All-Region in the long jump, where she is ranked fourth in the region and 27th nationally with a season-best distance of 5.60 meters.
Silva earned the honor in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.
I am writing as an individual, and not as a representative of an organization or institution in Ada.
I am concerned about the recent decision by our school board to allow parents to choose whether or not to have their child wear a mask while at school during the last four days of the school year.
This decision goes against CDC advice, and against the recommendations of the Ohio Department of Health. Governor Dewine wrote a letter to all school districts last week reminding them that the mask mandate in Ohio does not end until June 2nd, and that schools should remain masked through the end of the school year.
A grand reopening of Vicki’s Music Studio and Noteworthy Community Choir is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 4, at the studio, 2613 State Route 81, Ada, according to Vicki Mills, studio owner.
“We invite all interested persons to visit our studio, meet our instructors and register for all summer classes and camps,” said Mills.
“You may sign up for private piano or voice lessons,” she said. “And, don’t forget to enter our drawings for tuition discounts plus a grand prize of a full summer tuition remission.”
