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It’s a Poppy Day today, so Alice Cheney sells a poppy on behalf of the VFW Auxiliary to Karl Roider at the 302 Carryout this morning. The VFW began Buddy Poppy Day before there was a Memorial Day. The poppies are assembled by disabled and needy veterans. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Here's the members of the Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department in September 1957.
Front from left, George Binkley...
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By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Spencerville edged Lincolnview and Paulding in a four-team Northwest Conference golf match including Ada at Tamarac Golf Course in Lima Wednesday.
The undefeated Bearcats won with 168 strokes, three shots ahead of the Lancers (171) and 10 up on Paulding (178). Ada shot 234.
Brevin Sizemore led the Bulldogs with a nine-hole score of 56. Rob Allison shot 57 and Alex Morgan carded a 59 while Austin Amburgey added a 62.
Ada's Jake Colwell shot 63 and Ethan Hull posted a 58.
After earning the program's third consecutive OAC Championship in 2017, the Ohio Northern men's cross country team has been chosen by the league's 10 head coaches to finish second this season.
After winning the OAC championship last year, Ohio Northern would continue their postseason success with a third-place finish at the NCAA Division III Regionals. From there, they received a team bid to the 2017 NCAA Championships where they wound up 19th.
The OAC preseason coaches poll projects ONU men’s soccer team to finish fourth in the conference this season.
Last year the Polar Bears finished 12-6-2 overall and 5-3-1 in the conference records. The team reached the OAC tourney quarterfinals before losing.
The team will open Sept. 1 at Transylvania University in Kentucky.
The Inn at ONU presents “Fearless ShenANYgans,” at 7:30 p.m., Wedneday, Aug. 29, in its series of summer programs.
The program is an evening of comedy improv in The Inn’s garden courtyard.
Nancy (Dunbar) Barker, age 82, died on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 9:29 a.m. at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born December 26, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Russell and Hester (Kiler) Dunbar. On July 27, 1963 she married Harold Duane Barker and he survives in Ada, Ohio.
Despite the fact that the Icon spotted this plate in Bluffton, it has Ada written all over it. It's on a dark blue Ford SEL.
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