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Kiwanis Club meets 4 Paws

ONU program raises service dogs
Posted by Icon K on Friday, March 22, 2019

Earlier this week Dominick Sara and Carah Porter from Ohio Northern University updated Ada Kiwanis members best about the 4 Paws for Ability program involving ONU student training service dogs

Founded in 2014, Polar Paws is an Ohio Northern University student organization that raises service dogs through 4 Paws for Ability in Xenia, Ohio.

The active campus of Ohio Northern offers a wide variety of events and social situations for dogs to experience and is the key to a service dog in training's development and socialization.

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McDonald’s Bulldog Business of the month

Posted by Icon K on Friday, March 22, 2019

Ada McDonald’s Restaurant is the Ada school Bulldog Business of the month for March. Dan Lee, Ada High School principal, made the presentation to Tina Perrine, McDonald’s manager, earlier this week.

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113th Interclass Competition - juniors rule

Here are this year's contestants and winners
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The 113th annual Ada High School Interclass Competition – held Friday evening – is in the books, and here are the winners:

Winning class: (Juniors) Nora Dellifield, Hunter Wells, Samantha Crawford, Leah Conley.

Individual winning categories: Audrey Hazelton (poetry), Brooklyn Rudasill (essay), Allison Dotson (dramatic reading), Samantha Crawford (short story).

And, this year’s contestants: Ryan Kilgallon, Jacob Thaxton, Nora Dellifield, Audrey Hazelton, Brooklyn Rudasill, Allison Dotson, Hunter Wells, Leah Conley, Samantha Crawford, Alyssa Wince, Cade Mullins and Kesewa Akyeampong.

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Jefferson Award recipient is on “third career”

Phil Compton, Ada, has gone from university professor, to minister, to waiting tables. For him, that’s a good thing.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 18, 2019

By Barb Lockard
Phil Compton, Ada, has gone from university professor, to minister, to waiting tables.  For him, that’s a good thing. 

The Greater Lima United Way recently selected Compton as one of 12 recipients of the 2019 Jefferson Award for Public Service.  Talking with Phil, one immediately discovers that public service is in his DNA.

“Helping others is what we’re supposed to do,” said Compton. “I’m a ‘cradle Christian,’ and was raised with the idea that we came to serve.”

Originally a member of the Church of the Brethren, Compton attended Manchester University in Indiana.  He met his wife, LaDonna, in graduate school.

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The night scientific method came to school

Great learning experiences for many Kindergarteners through third graders
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 15, 2019

The scientific method came to school on Tuesday evening.

Gathering data, predicting data, developing a conclusion, plus lots of fun, were all part of an evening of science for several Ada Kindergarteners, first, second and third graders.

Ada teacher, David Lusk, created the event. Lusk also teaches an ONU class on teaching science methods. Ten students in the class, and several Ada elementary teachers volunteered for the event.  

ONU student leading the science stations were Jordyn Walkup, Jaekob Sader, Geno D'Agostino, Brittany Ricci, Taylor Gutierrez, Chyanne Retcher, Miranda Wammes, Abby Leatherwood, Abigail McNult and Storm Smith.  

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Meet the Vancrest of Ada spotlight couple

Helen operated a quilt shop in Mt. Victory; Richard worked at a Hepburn farm elevator
Posted by LizGH on Friday, March 15, 2019

Helen and Richard Laubis are the Vancrest of Ada residents in the March spotlight.

Here’s some information about the couple: 

They were married on Feb. 11, 1951, and have three children, Lou Ann, Barbara, and Mike.

Helen and Richard enjoy playing Bingo with the other residents, listening to musicians, and going out to eat on Vancrest’s men’s and women’s lunch outings.

Helen went Kenton High School and for one year attended BGSU. She enjoys watching OSU basketball; she played in high school as well.

She enjoys doing crafts such as making paper flowers and flowers on velvet.

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