On Saturday, October 10, the World Ultralight Fly-In (WUFI) will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the first worldwide ultralight and open air synchronized flying event of its kind.
The Ada airport will be putting four open air aircraft up to aid in attempting a world record, according to Kevin Mierzejewski of the airport.
The event, put together by prominent European and US ultralight pilots is being orchestrated globally in conjunction with Dayton Ultralights and members of numerous Facebook groups and clubs around the world.
The Ohio Northern University International Law Society will conduct a week of activities focused on “Cambodia and Human Rights” beginning Monday, Oct. 19.
The week will kick off with “Cambodia 1979: The World’s First Genocide Trial,” a presentation by guest speaker John Quigley, President’s Club professor emeritus of law at Ohio State University, in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Monday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m.
Auditions for the ninth annual Ohio Has Talent! competition will be held Nov. 13-14, 5-9 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity Friends Church in Van Wert.
Audition applications are available at www.comhealthpro.org and are due by Oct. 30.
The top acts will perform in the March 5, 2016, show at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. All entertainment talents are welcome including single and group acts. Talents beyond singing and dancing are especially encouraged to audition.
Contestants will compete for prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250. Winners are based solely on votes collected from the audience.
Ohio Northern University will formally dedicate the newly renovated track and field and soccer complex as “Kerscher Stadium” during a ceremony prior to the ONU women’s soccer game against Capital University on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2:15 p.m.
The stadium is named in honor of Robert Kerscher and his wife, Barbara Kerscher. Robert Kerscher, a member of the ONU Board of Trustees, is the founder, retired chair and chief executive officer of Lexi-Comp Inc., an Ohio-based medical publisher.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ohio Northern in 1970 and his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University in 1978. He received an honorary degree from ONU in 2014.
Story and photo by Carl Wilkerson
Ada tradition reignited – after an almost 20-year lapse. Several hundred Bulldog students, faculty and fans showed up Wednesday night for a rousing homecoming bonfire held in the practice field at the high school.
The students danced and sang and texted to the music of YMCA by The Village People – can you believe that!
The cheerleaders and homecoming court performed several skits for the football team.
The Ada faculty, who were instrumental in bringing back the event, provided donuts, popcorn and drinks.
By Monty Siekerman
It's a mini mall of sorts. Six new businesses celebrated a grand opening Saturday afternoon at 4171 State Route 235, just north of Dollar General.
No department stores, restaurants, or shoe stores are located in this "mall" but you'll find much there.
News that the Village of Ada is facing a 19% increase in its employee health insurance premiums went down like cod liver oil at Tuesday night’s council meeting at the village’s offices.
Council members and Mayor David Retterer expressed dismay and alarm at Anthem’s new rates. Under the terms of the renewal, an unmarried Ada village employee with no children would see his or her rate go from $448 a month to $532 a month. A married village employee with two children would see their monthly cost jump from $1,382 to $1,642.
Women L.E.A.D. held its Kick-Off event Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Kenton Elementary School with a keynote address from Assistant Vice President for Student Life at The Ohio State University, Tracy Stuck. The event was a big success with nearly 100 women leaders, professionals, small business owners and entrepreneurs joining together to network and inspire each other.
Women L.E.A.D., “Women Leading Women Forward”, is a new, board-approved women’s group of the Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance (HCCBA) that provides networking, collaborations, educational workshops, and guest speakers for current and prospective members of the HCCBA.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present guest violinist Annette-Barbara Vogel and her accompanist Durval Cesetti in at the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Since 2004, Vogel has been a professor at the University of Western Ontario, where she is in high demand as a pedagogue. Vogel was founder and artistic director of Magisterra International Chamber Music Festival and Academy.
