The Ada Kiwanis Club will hold its 63rd annual pancake and sausage day Saturday, March 19, at the Ada High School Ccafeteria, serving from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The club will be serving all-you-can eat pancakes and whole hog sausage. Pre-sale tickets are $7 each, or $8 at the door. Children age 10 and under will eat free.
Tickets are available at the following locations:
• Liberty-National Bank,
• Ferguson Insurance Agency,
• Hanson-Neely Funeral Home
• ReStore Community Center and
• Dr. Mark B. Shull’s office.
• Tickets will also be available from any Kiwanis Club member.
Ada High School will hold its annual financial aid presentation for students, parents and community members at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the media center, according to Erin Prater, Ada High School guidance counselor.
A representative from Ohio Northern University will provide information that is applicable to all colleges and universities.
Topics to be discussed will be completing the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, sources for aid, and specific concerns of those attending. The meeting is open to the public.
Tori Wyss of Ada cheers on her teammates during a women's basketball game in King-Horn on Wednesday. Tori is a 5-8 freshman on the Polar Bear squad, which is ranked 11th nationally with an undefeated season so far.
ONU women beat Heidelberg 61-51.
Tori, the daughter of Todd and Meg Wyss, is a pharmacy student.
The next home game for the women will be at 3 pm on Jan. 30 against John Carroll. (Monty Siekerman photo)
LaShonda Gurley (left), director of multicultural development at Ohio Northern University, recognized Alexander Hurtig (right), a sophomore from Ada High School, after he garnered first place in the Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest.
Sophomore Noah Pinkney finished in second place and sophomore Terry Sheridan collected third place. The purpose of the essay contest is to challenge students to think about how Dr. King's philosophy can be used to resolve social justice issues in today's society.
During the recent holiday season, former Ada resident Dudley Collins returned to the favorite couch of his puppy hood for a visit.
Dudley belongs to Jennifer Collins (daughter of Icon photographer Ken Collins). Jennifer is a former Ada resident and a graduate of Ohio Northern University who is completing her Ph.D. in Theater at Ohio State University.
In his youth, Dudley kept Jennifer company as she studied and wrote papers for her courses at ONU.
He occasionally returns to his favorite couch in Ada.
By Amy Eddings
A set-back for the Ada Police, storm sewer projects, and surprising bids for repainting the water tower were topics at Tuesday’s village council meeting in Ada.
In his report to councilors and mayor, Chief Michael Harnishfeger announced that a recent hire to the police department is leaving.
"Ryan Schroeder, our full time officer that we hired in July or August. he’s midway in our probation, and he’s leaving us,” said Chief Harnishfeger with a grimace. “He’s going to go back to selling cars.”
He said he hated the process of finding and training a new officer.
Attention Ada sports fans: Dump all your previous NFL sports gear and start purchasing items that say Miami Dolphins.
Dysert will be in Ada on Saturday, Jan. 30. His football jersey, number 12, will be retired. A ceremony takes place between the JV and varsity boys' basketball game between Ada and Hardin Northern.
Zac Dysert signed to the Dolphins yesterday. The move came about as the Dolphins chose former Denver assistant coach Adam Gase as its new head coach. Gase worked with Dysert in Denver.
Jami Hall, Ada’s assistant village administrator, was elected president of the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) at CIC’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 20.
Hall replaces Jim Meyer, Ada village administrator, who served as CIC president for several years. Meyer is now vice-president of CIC. Eileen Peterman was elected secretary and Angela Polachek, treasurer.
Ronald Zimmerly, president and CEO of Liberty National Bank, presented a $5,071.20 check to the United Way of Hardin County, on Jan. 11.
Zimmerly gave the check to Darlene Foreman, executive director of the United Way. It totals Liberty Bank's employees' 2016 pledges to United Way. This year the pledges increased by 7 percent from last year.
AnnaMae C. Lawrence (Brundage), 73, died on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at 2:08 a.m. at her residence in Ada, while surrounded by her family.
She was born on July 7, 1942, in Orange County, Newburgh, N.Y., to Everett Lauren and Mildred A. (Brewster) Brundage. Her father (1967) and her mother (1985) preceded her in death. On Nov. 20, 1970 she married Donald M. Lawrence who preceded her in death on Feb. 12, 1997.
