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AHS swimming: Baumgartner wins two at league meet

Bulldog girls placed 4th 

By Cort Reynolds

NORTH ROBINSON--The Ada High School girls swim team finished a solid fourth out of eight teams at the North Central Ohio Swim League title meet hosted by Colonel Crawford near Bucyrus Saturday, January 28.

Ada sophomore standout Lily Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley races to pace the Bulldogs.

Bulldog senior ace Carlie Oldfield touched second in the 50 freestyle and finished third in the 100 backstroke. 

Senior Kaitlyn Bowden came home third in the 100 butterfly.

Ada senior Kayla Wince touched fourth in the 100 breaststroke.

Baumgartner, Oldfield, Bowden and Wince teamed up to finish fourth in the 200 free relay in 1:51.89.

North Robinson Colonel Crawford won the girls meet with 302 points, followed by Bluffton in second at 253. The Ada girls scored 122 points.

Worth 1,000 words and then some

Can you hear the squeak of the sneakers? The Ada Bulldogs Volleyball & Basketball Photos Facebook page offers hundreds of photos of recent competitions, thanks to photographer Mark Andreasen.

AHS boys boys basketball: Knights win 62-40

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team lost 62-40 at fifth-ranked Crestview in a Northwest Conference game Friday night, January 27,  in Convoy.

The Bulldogs trailed 17-11 after one period, and hung within 32-23 at halftime. A 17-7 Knight third quarter extended the margin to 49-30 and put the game out of reach.

Ada fell to 6-9 and 0-5 overall after the defeat, while Crestview improved to 14-1 and 5-1 in the NWC with the victory.

"We had a much better effort tonight (than vs. New Knoxville); we held Etzler scoreless," said second-year Ada head coach Vince Halliday. 

"Temple made shots," he continued. "Crestview is legitimately good. Very balanced and athletic."

The Knights are second in the league standings, a half-game behind the lone league unbeaten in 5-0 Spencerville.

Lima mayor shares lessons of leadership during Bluffton forum

From our sister publication, www.BlufftonIcon.com

During Bluffton University’s Jan. 24 Presidential Leadership Forum, “Journey to Leadership,” Sharetta Smith spoke about the challenges as well as the successes on her path to becoming Lima’s first African American mayor and first female mayor in its nearly 200-year history.

Her journey included hardships such as being raised by essentially a single mother while her father was incarcerated, raising three children as a young, single parent, and surviving cancer in her late 20s.

“But as the lyrics of an old Gospel hymn once proclaimed, ‘I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey,’” said Smith.

Smith’s three pieces of advice included: no one is successful on their own, regardless of your profession be a person of character and keep showing up.

Elected in Nov. 2021, Smith leads a team of about 140 city employees and oversees a $141 million annual budget. She is also the chief advocate and lobbyist for the city and its 35,000 citizens.

Private Ada museum goes virtual thanks to ONU history students

Students in Russ Crawford's HIST 2771 Digital History class created a virtual museum to house images of objects that Ada resident Lee Crouse has collected over the years. Crouse began acquiring his materials during a 1995 class reunion. According to Crouse, "How this come about, I don't really know... It just kept growing. There's not hardly a week goes by that we don't find something. It's fun, and it just grows. You don't know what's out there. Some people say 'You got everything?'" Crouse answered, "Apparently not."

In addition to Crouse's items, students also added images of artifacts that the HIST 2901 ONU at 150 class taught by Crawford and David Strittmatter for the university's sesquicentennial in 2021.

Click on this link to take a tour of the virtual museum.
https://www.artsteps.com/view/6332256b63146ad42bcb8f56

Orville “Bud” Hicks, Jr. was a welder

Orville “Bud” Hicks, Jr., age 70, of Kenton, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 4:04 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on June 28, 1952, in Kenton, Ohio to the late Orville “Squirrelly” and Ethel (Prater) Hicks.  On October 15, 1992, Bud married Nora Lamb and she survives in Kenton.

Also surviving are his two children: Brian Hicks of Kenton, and Heather Harshfield of Lakeview; four grandchildren and one great grandchild; and a sister, Norma Bailey of McGuffey.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Maretta “Rita” Crowe.

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