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DiBiasios establish endowed scholarship to support future teachers

Ohio Northern University has announced that President Emeritus Daniel A. DiBiasio, Ph.D. (Hon.D. ‘22), and former First Lady Chris Burns-DiBiasio (Hon. ’22) have established an endowed scholarship for ONU students who intend to pursue teaching careers.

With the Daniel A. DiBiasio and Chris Burns-DiBiasio Endowed Scholarship, the couple honor the value of teaching excellence, the tradition of educators in their families, and their shared dedication to transforming lives through higher education.

"Chris and I are excited about being able to provide much-needed financial support to students who are committed to entering such an admirable and essential profession," says DiBiasio. "There are few careers that are more important than teaching."

“Ohio Northern University, particularly its students, will always be near and dear to our hearts,” says Burns-DiBiasio. “Given that education has always been a huge part of our lives, establishing an endowed scholarship that will further encourage already-outstanding individuals to be caring and innovative leaders in the education field is a dream come true.”

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Third Neighborhood Revitalization meeting summary

By Paula Scott

A third Neighborhood Revitalization meeting was held on January 14 to further develop a grant application that could raise as much as $750,000 to improve certain areas of the village.

Discussion revolved around what projects are allowed and favored by the state and what areas of the village may be included in the application. Areas north of North Ave./State Route 81 and south of Lima Ave. cannot be part of the application.

Following this meeting, cost estimates will be generated for a variety of proposed projects. To allow time for this, the next meeting has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on March 18 at the Depot, 9 Central Ave.

Ada CIC meeting to be rescheduled

The Ada Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) has cancelled its meeting for January 18th.

Stay tuned for rescheduling information.

Ada Schools board of education meeting January 19

The Board of Education for the Ada Exempted Village Schools, 725 West North Avenue, will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Board Members are:

Matt Gossman, President
Dr. Amy Mullins
Ronald Fleming
Steve Ramey
Ted Griffith

AHS girls basketball defeats Ridgemont

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team raced to a 20-0 lead and cruised to a 55-19 win over county rival Ridgemont Monday evening, January 16.

The Bulldogs improved to 8-8 with the lopsided non-league victory. Meanwhile, the struggling Gopher girls fell to 0-11 with the defeat.

"We had a big lead early and it just grew from there," said Ada head coach Zach Ricker. "It gave us an opportunity to rotate girls and play with different lineups than usual.

"I felt like we shared the ball really well again tonight," he added. 

Bulldog senior guard Courtney Sumner canned 11 baskets with one trey to tally a game-high 23 points.

Ada pressed its way to a 14-0 margin, led 20-0 after the opening stanza and was never threatened. Sumner netted six two-point baskets in the first quarter.

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Where the sidewalk ends

The January 14 Neighborhood Rejuvenation grant application meeting at the Depot included discussion of potential improvements such as sidewalks on North St./State Route 81. If you were walking to school from neighborhoods north of this area, what route would you take? The sidewalk on the south side of the road ends at Grand Avenue.

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