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Ada elementary students present "Freeze Frame!"

The Ada Elementary second and third graders will present the musical "Freeze Frame!" at 1:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, in the school auditorium.

“Freeze Frame!” is the hottest new game show where freeze teams of performers spin into positions depicting their favorite wintertime activities. Host Chris Coldplay, and panelists Marty Snow, Scott and Dorothy Axel, and Winter Meriweather compete in this winter-themed guessing game.

Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club gets underway

The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club will hold their first meeting Monday, March 6th in the Vo-Ag  Room at the HN School from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.  The club is open for any boy or girl from the third grade or older. 

There are eight advisors and many projects from which to choose.    

Each member will receive an enrollment sheet, a schedule of meetings and club activities for the year, and each family a Family Guide to 4-H.   

Ada school in session March 6-8

8 inclement wether days already used

Since Ada Schools has used 8 inclement weather/calamity days, 3 more than the allotted 5, students will attend school on Monday, March 6, through Wednesday, March 8, the first 3 days of Spring Break.

> If there is another calamity/weather day, the make-up day would be March 9 then March 10.
> Should there be an 11th calamity day, the school system would begin to add days to the end of the school year beginning with May 26

4 ONU wrestlers still in contention 

Four Ohio Northern wrestlers are still alive after the first day of the two-day NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Wrestling Championships on Friday afternoon at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.

Junior Dylan Dolph (Canton/South), sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and freshmen Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) and Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) are all in the consolation quarterfinals.

Each man will need three victories without a loss on Saturday to finish third and receive a bid to the NCAA III Championships March 10-11 at LaCrosse, Wis

Ada swimmer competes at state meet

Klava Katayama finishes 17th in 100 freestyle prelims

By Cort Reynolds

CANTON - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama finished 17th out of 24 swimmers in the 100 freestyle preliminary heats at the Div. II state meet held Friday evening in the C.T. Branin Natatorium.

 

Katayama finished the 100 free in 53.63 to post the 17th-best time in the three preliminary heats. Her 50-yard splits were 25.39 and 28.24.

 

She just missed making it to the B Finals 100 freestyle race Friday. Only the top 16 finishers by time in an event make it to the finals. 

 

The top eight advance to the A Finals, while nine through 16 compete in the B Finals.

 

Congratulations, Deb Curlis

Deb Curlis, marketing director of Community Health Professionals and retired president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce was named the 2016 Hardin County Citizen of the Year at the Hardin Chamber and Business Alliance annual meeting Feb. 23 in McIntosh Center. See the story, videos and photos below.

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