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Wings Support & Recovery events for March 2025

In addition to the events posted here for March 2025, Wings Support & Recovery in Kenton is also gearing up for the Sober Adult Prom on April 11: "We are very excited to bring this free event to Hardin County! Along with prom we are offering a Free prom shopping day experience. For this even,t the community members will be able to shop for their prom attire with us at Wings."

Letter: Invitation to support Athletic Boosters reverse raffle

From the Ada Athletic Boosters

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, the Ada Athletic Boosters will be holding their Annual Reverse Raffle at Liberty Oaks. Our organization provides support to all athletes at Ada Schools. This past year we have supported: 
 

Hudl technology    
Senior banners  
$40/player per team      
Elementary sports league dues/fees  
Wrestling mat  
Football runout tunnel     
Deposit for Boys Soccer at Crew Stadium 
Swim Caps 
Programs for all seasons      
$100/new cheerleader 
Coaching fees/dues
Track timing system
Cheer Pom Poms
Whiteboards for HS locker rooms

 

We are looking for donations to the event. It can be a monetary donation or any item that you would like to give. If you choose to donate and item or money, we will list your business or individual name on a sponsor board.

Fredrick “Fred” W. Evans served in the U.S. Army

Fredrick “Fred” W. Evans, 80, a long-time resident of Ada, went home to the Lord on February 2, 2025 at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. He was born in April of 1944 in Pittsburgh, PA to Edwin Evans of North Lawrence, OH and Elizabeth (Myers) Evans of Ada.  

Fred was a proud graduate of the 1962 class of Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, OH.  He was a certificate holder from the Oberlin School of Commerce and he was known for his exacting accounting capabilities in his early business employment.

Ada’s Vieira qualifies for girls wrestling district

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY – Ada sophomore wrestler Cheznie Vieira finished third in the girls 120 lbs. class at the Findlay Northwest sectional tournament on Friday, February 21.

She qualified for the district event March 2 at Findlay with a 22-13 record. A top four sectional finish earns a wrestler district qualification.

As a three seed in her quarter of the 16-wrestler bracket at districts, she will face second seed junior Addilyn Delarber of Defiance Tinora in the first round of the double elimination event.

Vieira won her first sectional match in the eight-wrestler bracket by pin in just 95 seconds. 

Jillian Allison to emcee ADA awards night

Meet the Master of Ceremonies for the 2nd Annual Ada Distinguished Awards Night: Jillian Allison. A senior at Ada High School, going to Ohio Northern University next year for a bachelors in communications and media with a minor in business administration. The ADA event is Thursday, February 27 at Liberty Oaks.

Mobile mammography offered during Kenton food drive

KENTON __ On April 22, the OhioHealth North Market Mobile Mammography Unit will be stationed at Home Run Memorial Park, at 13625 OH 292 Kenton. The mobile unit will be operating from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., which overlaps with the scheduled food distribution event from noon-2:00 p.m. 

The North Market Mobile Mammography Unit aims to eliminate barriers for women who need access to vital healthcare screenings by bringing mammography technology directly into communities like Kenton. This upcoming event is thanks to support from the Ohio Northern University student group, ONU Rural Scholars Project–Pharm D.

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