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Inheritance: Opioids

Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Screening of documentary film Inheritance at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1 at the Freed Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.  

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

In 2024, David Yost, Ohio’s Attorney General, released statistics about fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and overdose deaths in Ohio. In the United States as of 2023, there were over 70,000 fentanyl-related overdose deaths with 3,579 of those in Ohio.

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Depot Park cannon gets a clean up

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Ada's Civil War Monument at the Depot Park--a cannon on a stone base enscribed "Lest We Forget - In Memory of Our Soldiers, 1961-1865" has been cleaned of many years of rust and weathering.

Surface Solution Painting power-washed the granite base and will begin painting the seacoast cannon, forged in 1859 at the historic Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va.

The decommissioned cannon was used during the Civil War in Fort Mifflin, Penn., and arrived in Ada in 1903.

For more details about the cannon and historical facts and video about the Civil War, visit the Community Bulletin Board at the Ada Depot Park.

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The Beagle is back!

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Join the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce for a grand opening celebration at The Regal Beagle on October 5. Follow their Facebook page to stay up to date on potential soft opening events.

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ONU sports roundup for September 18

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The following results are from September 11-17 of the Ohio Northern University Fall 2024 athletics season:

Men's golf results at John Carroll Donald Ross Invitational

Women's golf results at John Carroll Donald Ross Invitational

Women's golf results at Heidelberg Fall Invitational

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Foneta F. “Boots” Burke was a seamstress and bookkeeper

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Foneta F. “Boots” Burke, age 86, of Dola, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Lima Memorial Health System. 

She was born on November 17, 1937 in Compton, California.  Boots was raised by her father and mother, Walter and Pearl Lowe.  She was preceded her in death by her parents and sister, Violet Krementz.  

Boots is survived by her four children: Thomas (Maria) McCauley of Corona, CA, Ronald (Debbie) McCauley of Edgerton, Sharon (Ed) Derenia of Jenera and Carol Kay (John) Wilson of Dunkirk; eleven grandchildren: Jackie, Ronnie, John Allen, Jake, John, Tommy, Jessica, Sammy, Zachary, Kayla and Hollie; 21 great grandchildren; and a brother, James (Judy) Lowe. 

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Ada High School to receive funds from Sept. 26 McDonalds's Digital Fundraiser

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

ADA __McDonald's owner operators throughout Ohio will be raising funds for local high school athletic programs on September 26. During the High School Sports Digital Fundraiser Day, 261 schools across Ohio including Ada High School, will earn 10 percent of all sales purchased through the McDonald’s app.

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