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It's the hard-knock life

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

On December 2, 2021, NBC will be presenting Annie Live! starring Celina Smith as Annie, Harry Connick, Jr. as Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as Miss Hannigan. This is the fourth on-screen adaptation of Annie based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. Carol Burnett and Albert Finney starred in the 1982 theater film release. In 1999, a television film version was released starring Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. Another theater film version was released in 2014 starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. The original Broadway production opened on April 21,1977 at the Alvin Theatre and set a record for the longest running musical for the theatre at six years. 

Take a tour of Ada in person or online

For Ada hosts and guests who need to stretch their legs this Thanksgiving weekend: check out the Walking Tour of Ada, Ohio on theclio.com. https://theclio.com/tour/1694 A Google map provides a route; the entries provide history, photographs and source material. So if you’re not in Ada or anywhere nearby, the tour can be enjoyed online.

The thirteen entries were compiled by students of David Strittmatter, Ph.D., ONU Assistant Professor of History. If you were asked to put together a baker’s dozen of key locations in the village, what would they be?

Pitcovich earns NCAA Elite 90 award in DIII Cross Country

ONU Senior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) finished 139th out of 293 runners at the 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 20, at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, KY.

Though she didn't finish among the top 40 as an All-American, Pitcovich stood in even more rarefied air after the race, earning the NCAA Elite 90 award for Division III women's cross country.

The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships.

About Healthwise childrens' COVID vaccination appointments

Ohio Northern University’s HealthWise Pharmacy, 511 W Lincoln Ave, Ada, reminds families that they need to make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccinations on campus for children ages 5-11.

Parents can sign up their child to receive the Pfizer pediatric COVID vaccine by going to https://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov/. If you do not see available appointments, please check back the next day. Appointments are posted two weeks ahead of time.

No community meal at St. Mark Lutheran in November

St. Mark Lutheran Church, 125 S Johnson St, released this reminder: there will not be a community meal in November. The event will resume in December.

Bulldog boys continue rebuild under new head coach

By Cort Reynolds

New Ada varsity head coach Vince Halliday realizes the challenges inherent to rebuilding the Ada boys basketball program.

Three lettermen and one full-time starter return from a Bulldog team that finished 3-19 overall as they dropped seven close games. Ada also went 1-7 in Northwest Conference play.

Halliday served as the head girls varsity coach at Lima Senior for the past 14 seasons, compiling the most wins in program history (161) at a slightly-above .500 clip. 

"I will be the third head coach in three years for the seniors, so I told the group they all have a clean slate to start out with me," noted Halliday after he was hired. 

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