October 2014

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Pop in the Library Trick o' Treat night for loads of FREE fun:  pizza, cookies, juice, a craft, or a stroll through the haunted hallway. The event will be Thursday, October 30th, 4:30p.m.-7p.m.

A kids costume contest will be underway with prizes for each winner by age group.

Pictured: 2nd Place, 5-9 years old group
Zombie Businessman, Matthew Frazier

For more photos of the 2013 winners.

 

 

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Here's the Ada Schools Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2014-2015 school year:

ALL "A" HONOR ROLL

12th GRADE: Alexis Amburgey, Noah Beach, Haley Crouse, Steven Gray, Blake Hall, Allison Howard, Terra Hunter, Abby Petersen, Gabrielle Rall, Madison Stoner, Caralee Stover, Cody Stransky, Victoria Wyss.

11th GRADE: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Thomas Chen, Olivia Gonder, Sydney Hartford, Rylan Hissong, Alissa Schlachter, Megan Simon, Katey Stuart, Kyley Stuart, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick, Shelbey VanAtta, Blake Willeke.

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Beacon Realty, 208 N. Main St., Ada, announces its featured home of the week, according to Becky Neville.

The listing is at 102 Front St., Alger. It is a three-bedroom, 1-bathroom residence listed at $78,900.

For complete details on the residence, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

CLICK HERE to visit Beacon Realty website.

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Becky Lynn Burns-Reed, 57, died at 4:08 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Medical Center, Westerville.

She was born April 29, 1957 in Jamestown, N.Y., to the late A. Chester and Patricia Ann (Woods) Burns. On March 15, 1997, she married Gary L. Reed, who survives in Ada.

She was a 1975 graduate of Ada High School. She had attended Ohio Northern University, and received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Middle Tennessee State University, and received her nursing degree from Owens Community College in Findlay.

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The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Student Chapter at Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy was recognized with a number of honors, including being named the 2014 Student Chapter of the Year, at the 116th NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 19.

The award criteria included commitment to community service, recruiting new members, promoting independent community pharmacy and advocating legislative action. The first runner-up was Auburn University, and the University of Texas at Austin was the second runner-up.

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Five Ada High School soccer players were named to the North Central Ohio Soccer Association all-league teams this week.

Boys

Cole East, junior, forward, first team
Brayden Sauter, junior, defender, honorable mention
Will Allen, junior, defender, honorable mention.

Girls

Sidney Faine, junior, defender, second team
Kaitlyn Long, sophomore, defender, honorable mention

The entire list of all-team players is in attachments at the bottom of this story.

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Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents Band-o-Rama on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m.

The Ohio Northern University Marching Band (ONUMB) celebrates another successful season with an exciting performance featuring selections from their 2014 program “Animation 2014.”

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Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief, gave the Icon the Ada police call logs from Oct. 23 to Oct. 19. They are provided in the attachments below

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Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Won 31-10 H v Muskingum
   Volleyball - Lost 0-3 H v Heidelberg; Won 3-1 at Muskingum
   Men's Soccer - Won 2-0 H v Heidelberg; Won 2-1 at Muskingum
   Women's Soccer - Won 2-1 at Heidelberg; Won 3-0 H v Muskingum
   Men's Cross Country - Idle
   Women's Cross Country - Idle
   Men's Swimming & Diving - Won 202-58 at John Carroll
   Women's Swimming & Diving - Lost 109-153 at John Carroll

This Week's Schedule:

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Tonight's the night!

Ada Kiwanis invite participants to its annual Halloween parade. It forms behind the Municipal Building on Buckeye Street. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. and the parade is at 6 p.m.

Costume categories are:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

Costume judging by age groups:
• Preschool and kindergarten
• 1st and 2nd grades
• 3rd and 4th grades
• 5th and 6th grades
• Groups any age and pets
• Adults (most original only)
• Ada HS band

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