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Elearea Roberts was retired from Wilson Sporting Goods

Elearea M. Roberts, 80, died on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at 5:27 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on April 24, 1933 in Breathitt County, Kentucky, to Add and Flora (Carpenter) Marshall, who preceded her in death. In 1962 she married Orva Roberts and he died in 1996.

She was a homemaker and she retired from Wilson Sporting Goods of Ada after working for 18 years. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of Alger.

Ada friends at work

ONU student Tyler Bernardy and his Ada "friend" Devin Boben create a Christmas ornament during Sunday's "Ada Friends" Christmas party. Bernardy s a sophomore from Wooster.

Ada's biggest Christmas party a big hit thanks to "Ada Friends"

ONU students Jerrod Amstutz and Austin Hilverding, co-coordinators of Ada Friends, hosted Ada's biggest Christmas party on Sunday.

Ada Friends matches Ada kindergarteners through eighth graders with an Ohio Northern University student mentor.

On Sunday you might say the two students played a bit of Santa during the Friends Christmas party.

They helped over 90 ONU students and their elementary matches enjoy Christmas as they decorated cookies, – 17 dozen in all - wrote letters to Santa, created Christmas tree ornaments, pinned a nose on Rudolph and watched a Christmas movie. The two-hour party took place in McIntosh Center at ONU.

It's back - and better than ever - the 2014 Bulldog Card!

The always-popular sale of the new (2014) Bulldog Cards began this week by students of the Ada Music Department.

This year’s version of the discount card offers free food and other money-saving offers at Ada, Kenton, Bluffton and Lima area restaurants and businesses. This year’s card includes more offers than ever before, and an attractive new design.

Merchants featured on this year’s card include:
• Norada Lanes, 3 Brothers Pizza, Little Mexico, Reichert’s clothing store, Northern on Main/Starbucks Coffee Café, Jalapenos Mexican Grill 

Trio of holiday concerts on ONU calendar

Ohio Northern University to present holiday concerts

Metzner, Wagner break ONU pentathlon record

By: Andrew Korba

Junior Gabrielle Metzner and sophomore Kristine Wagner both broke the school record in the pentathlon on Friday evening at the Oiler Open.

Metzner finished in fifth with 2,775 points and Wagner was right behind in sixth with 2,691 points, both breaking the school record of 2,355 points.

Wagner captured the long jump during the event, while Metzner was third in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.55 seconds.

Other members of both track & field teams competed as well.

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