You are here

Ada's latest news

John Berg is next Ada Kiwanis Club president

President Heather Cox called the May 13 weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada.

Rayl, Garmon, Evans received acting awards

Several Ada High School cast members from "Murder in the House of Horrors" received top honors from the Hardin County Players Take a Bow Awards. Students recognized were Eli Rayl, Eli Garmon, and Reece Evans.

Eli Garmon, a freshman, received TAB’s Best Male Actor award for his roles as Dirk and Kirk Carlton while Eli Rayl, a senior, won the Best Supporting Male Actor award for his work as Gahji Amun. 

Sixth grader Reece Evans received the Best Junior Performer award.

The annual TAB awards are “held to honor the outstanding theatrical achievements of students in each of the area Hardin County Schools.”

ONU student receives Presser Scholar Award

Ohio Northern University student Elizabeth Druesedow, a senior music performance major from Sharon Center, Ohio, has been named a 2014 Presser Scholar Award recipient. As a Presser Scholar, Druesedow will receive a $4,400 grant.

The award is given to a student who shows excellence in academics and a passion for music. In order to present the scholarship each year, the University must have at least 40 undergraduate music majors enrolled in the program. The recipient must have at least one-third of their credit hours in an area other than music.

Oh, if only...

Oh, if only these trees would bloom all summer. Spring arrived in Ada and blooms are changing every day. Here's some familiar flowering trees on the ONU campus on South Main.

Village Voice: High school volunteers visit Ada - need any help?

On Saturday, June 7, participants in the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Foundation Seminar will be performing community service throughout the village.

The participants are high school sophomores and juniors from around the state, and they are attending the HOBY seminar being hosted on the campus of ONU that week.

The students are able to assist residents and organizations on that Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To ensure that the day runs smoothly, residents are asked to contact the Village Office by Friday, May 23, to discuss project options and guidelines.

2014 Ada HS Salutatorian - Sa’ed Al-Olimat; Valedictorians - Matthew Wilcox, Annabel Pinkney

Several Ada High School seniors were honored on Wednesday evening during the 2014 Senior Departmental Awards. Those award winners follow:

Pages