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Thomas E. Dearth was a teacher and served in the Ohio National Guard

Posted by Staff on Sunday, November 19, 2023

Thomas E. Dearth, age 81, of Ada, passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. 

He was born to the late Jasper and Aezelda (Robnolte) Dearth on February 21, 1942 in Ada, Ohio. Tom married Janice A. Elwood on May 8, 1965 she survives in Ada. 

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A story about a woman who voted in 1915

Posted by Staff on Sunday, November 19, 2023

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

The 19th amendment guaranteed all American women the right to vote on Aug. 1920.

Despite that date, a brief notation in my grandmother’s diary reads: “I went to vote and Margaret and Florence went with me. Margaret is one year old, Nov. 2, 1915.”

The note with the 1915 date confused me. I knew that women did not receive their constitutional right to vote until the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

So, how could she vote in 1915?

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PHOTO Bulldogs winter sports schedules

Posted by Staff on Sunday, November 19, 2023

UPDATED Ready to carve out time for Bulldogs winter sports? Here are schedules for Junior High and High School sports, including boys and girls basketball, boys and girls wrestling, and swimming. (Subject to change. Schedule as of Nov. 19, 2023)

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Letter: Ada teacher runs NYC marathon, the hardest thing she's ever done

Posted by Staff on Saturday, November 18, 2023

From Miranda Shepherd, Ada Schools: Kristin Salyer is a teacher at Ada High School as well as a wife and mother of two. She says that running the 2023 New York City (NYC) marathon on November 5 was the hardest thing she's ever done. With her permission, I have included some words and photos that she has shared:

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ONU sports recap, November 12-16

Posted by Staff on Saturday, November 18, 2023

Find full coverage at www.ONUSports.com

Freshman Emily Seckel leads Women's Bowling

(November 12) KETTERING — Freshman Emily Seckel (Marion/Pleasant) led the Ohio Northern women's bowling team to a 15th place finish at the 16-team Roto Grip Wright State Raider Classic at the Poelking Woodman Lanes Saturday and Sunday.

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November 14 Field Reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife

Posted by Staff on Saturday, November 18, 2023

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 
During the early two-day white-tailed deer gun hunting season in the disease surveillance area, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Kennedy, assigned to Hardin County, received a report of a hunter with no hunter orange. Officer Kennedy located the bowhunter, who was sitting in a tree stand dressed in full camouflage. The bowhunter was issued a citation for not wearing hunter orange during a deer gun season. The subject pleaded guilty and received a $200 fine. It is important for every hunter, regardless of hunting implement, to wear hunter orange during any gun season. 

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