All instrumental participants from Ada High School received Superior ratings on their solos at the OMEA District III Solo and Ensemble Contest at Lima Senior High School this past weekend.
These students were Elizabeth Milks class A on flute, Meredith Morgan class A on marimba, Meredith Marshall class B on trombone, Hailey Maier class B on trumpet, Callee Young class B on trumpet, Eli Garmon class B on euphonium, and Jake Colwell class B on trumpet.
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton jumped to an early lead and held off scrappy rival Ada to post a 57-45 Northwest Conference boys basketball victory Friday night.
The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 4-14 overall and 0-6 in the NWC, while the Pirates improved to 9-9 and 4-2 in the NWC with the victory.
Bluffton ran out to an 8-0 lead behind two game-opening trifectas from freshman Luke Denecker, and never trailed.
Ada rallied within 17-15 at the end of the first period, but could never quite overtake the Pirates.
Mindy (Murphy) Gallman, a 1988 graduate of Apollo’s Accounting program and Ada High School, was inducted into Apollo Career Center’s Hall of Fame during its all-area board meeting.
- Ada Varisty Singers performed at the event - photo below -
Mindy has been employed at PPG Coatings Services Metokote Corp. for 20 years. In her current position as director of finance, she is responsible for the global financial oversite of all finance positions at Metokote in the United States, United Kingdom and Mexico, and the indirect supervision of approximately 20 finance professionals worldwide.
By Monty Siekerman
The ONU World Student Organization held a Valentine's party on campus Saturday, and members found out that the Asians do it up big time. Asians mark Feb. 14, March 14, and April 14 as Valentines.
On Feb. 14, the girls give roses or chocolate to the guys as a sign of affection. The next month, known as White Day, the guys return the favor.
Finally, in mid April the singles who received no gifts the prior two months gather together on what is known as Black Day and eat a dish called black noodles.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team is set to open its 2017 campaign with the 39th Annual ONU Invitational on Sept. 1-2 at the ONU Sports Center under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte.
After opening the season with the two day invitational, the Polar Bears will travel to Bloomington, Ill. to compete in the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational Sept. 8-9.
Northern will then take on area-rival Bluffton on Sept. 13 before traveling to Springfield to compete in the Wittenberg Invitational Sept. 15-16.
ONU returns to the ONU Sports Center on Sept. 20 as they play host to Kenyon.
(Paul Logsdon, longtime director of Heterick Memorial Library, will provide the Ada Icon with historical information and photos about Ada/ONU. After retiring as library director, he became University Arcihvist. Paul has gained a wealth of knowledge about the village and university over the years and willingly has shared his expertise whenever the town or gown published anniversary booklets.)
Ada was home to more than one school of learning in the early 1900s. Paul Logsdon, ONU archivist and local historian, dug up some information and a photo of the Northwestern Ohio School of Piano Tuning.
Ice skates, skis, sleds...roller blades? Mallory Taylor found the sidewalk clear, so why not travel by rollerblade? She moves a long in front of snow-covered pine trees at Main and College on Thursday afternoon. Winter of 2016-17 has lacked snow, which has been OK with most people, but not for those who make a living at snow removal or for kids who earn some extra cash by clearing neighbors' sidewalks. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Saturday's Contest: Ohio Northern enters Saturday afternoon's matchup ranked No. 5 in the latest D3Hoops.com poll ... Northern is coming off of an 81-57 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday evening ... With the victory, the Polar Bears clinched the OAC Regular Season title outright and will receive a double-bye in this years OAC Tournament ... Senior Britt Lauck currently leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC at 15.1 points per game ... Lauck ranks first on the team and in the OAC in free throw percentage (89.8 percent) and leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with 72 assists ... The senior also ranks second in the OAC, shooting 45.3 percent from the 3-point line ...
The ONU men's basketball team plays at John Carrol on Saturday. ONU enters Saturday’s contest riding a 10-game winning streak and is tied for first place in the OAC with #10-ranked Marietta ... Northern has clinched a top-4 seed and will host a Quarterfinal game in the OAC Tournament on Feb. 21 ... ONU also clinched its second winning season in four years ... ONU posted a 91-78 win over Heidelberg on Wednesday at the ONU Sports Center ... Senior Devon Allen led ONU in scoring with a game-high 21 points ... ... Senior Konnor Baker of Ada added 18 points. Allen leads the team and is 8th in the OAC in scoring at 15.9 ppg ... Baker is second at 13.5 ppg.
