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Once upon a time in Ada: 1911 was a year of interesting events

Billiy Sunday spoke at ONU, first electric clock in Ada, Boy Scout organize, motor installed on Presbyterian Church pipe organ
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 10, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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 March 1911 - Prof. Frank B. Willis of Ohio Northern University was the newly elected Congressman from the Eighth Ohio district, is to be retained on the faculty and will teach economics and law.

March 1911 - high school boys organized an athletic association “to promote better and purer athletics.” First officers were Russell Meyer, president; Eugene Ewing, vice president; Claud Neiswander, secretary; and Von Spellman, treasurer.

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Icon's dog of the week: Meet Sanka, ready to go home with you

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 10, 2016

Sanka, 3 year old female cur mix, 58 pounds

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Here's Ada's eighth grade choir from...39 school years ago!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 10, 2016

Can you find yourself here? It's the Ada eight grade choir during the 1977-78 school year.

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Versus Paulding Ada girls’ win, Ada boy’s lose

Girls now 5-8-1; boys 7-6 overall
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Monday, October 10, 2016

Ada girls whip Paulding

By Cort Reynolds

PAULDING - The visiting Ada girls soccer team scored six first half goals and cruised to a 7-0 victory at Paulding Saturday.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-8-1 overall and 4-2 in the Northwest Conference with their second consecutive shutout win.

Kaitlyn Long, Makayla Callahan and Katie Butterfield each tallied a pair of goals for Ada. Gizem Tanriverdi netted the other Bulldog goal.

Latifah Bagais passed out three assists. Callahan, Madison Preston and Tanriverdi also dished out one assist apiece.

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ONU women’s lacrosse team opens season Feb. 25

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Monday, October 10, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team will open its 2017 campaign on February 25 under 2nd-year head coach Beth Hemminger.

In its inaugural season in 2016, Ohio Northern posted a 7-9 record, including a 2-5 Ohio Athletic Conference record.

The schedule will feature eight non-conference contests, and eight OAC matchups.

ONU will open the season with back-to-back contests at Dial-Roberson Stadium as they welcome Franciscan University on Feb. 25, and Wooster on Mar. 3.

For the first time in program history, Northern will travel to Florida during Spring Break to take on Kean (N.J.) and Marymount (Va.) on Mar. 7 and 9.

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Ada spikers stay atop NWC with win over Lancers

Also updates on Bulldog girls’ tennis, boys’ soccer and cross country
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Monday, October 10, 2016

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada volleyball team defeated second-place league foe Lincolnview in four sets in a key Northwest Conference match Thursday evening.

The 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-13 comeback victory upped the Lady Bulldog record to 15-6 and 7-0 in the NWC. Lincolnview fell to 10-7 and 4-2 in the NWC with the loss.

It was the first time in 21 matches this season that Ada played a match which was a non-sweep, win or loss. The victory set up a showdown for the league crown at fellow league leader Columbus Grove Tuesday, October 11.

Junior standout Melina Woods led Ada with 31 kills, 19 digs, seven blocks and one ace. 

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