Ada students are in the home stretch of the 2016-17 school year. Here are some early May announcements from the school website and the May events calendar for the school.
Student council: to the new members of Ada HS Student Council for the 2017-18 school year: Ireland, Kirsten, Miranda, Barrette, Brevin, Isaac, Logan, Katie, Jacob, Kama, Nathan and Nicki. There will be a brief meeting for all Student Council members on Thursday, May 11 in the library at 8:15 a.m.
There will be lots of music in the Ada school auditorium on Tuesday evening.
The concert, at 7 p.m., features the 5th grade band, 6th grade band, junior high band, junior high choir, and the high school concert choir.
The 5th grade band selections include:
Merrily We Roll Along…………Traditional
Go Tell Bill…………Gioacchino Rossini
Skip It, Lou…………American Folk Song
Minuteman March…………Robert Frost
Montego Bay…………Calypso Song, arr. Chuck Elledge
The 6th grade band will be playing:
Racing the Sun by Roland Barrett
Star Wars by John Williams
Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music
MARIETTA — The Ohio Northern baseball team wrapped up its 2017 season with close 2-1 and 4-2 losses at Marietta on Saturday afternoon at Don Schaly Stadium.
The Polar Bears end their campaign 21-19 overall and 7-11 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers improve to 21-15, 14-4.
Northern has now posted four consecutive winning seasons.
MASON — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team fell to John Carroll 5-1 in the finals of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
The second-seeded Polar Bears end their season with a 22-5 record.
The top-seeded Blue Streaks (16-9) earn the league's automatic bid into the NCAA III Tournament/end their season at 115-10.
The Master Gardeners of Hardin County will host its 14th annual plant sale from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, May 13, at the Fairground’s Arts and Crafts building. Joining the sale will be the Men’s Garden Club, Hardin County Herb Society, Deep Roots Garden Club, and Dailey's Daylilies.
A large selection of perennials and annuals will be available for the homeowner to use to beautify the landscaping around their property. Plants available to choose from include flowers, bedding plants, roses, herbs, trees, and various other potted plants.
Liberty Belles and Boys held their fourth meeting for the 2017 season on Tuesday, May 2. We learned how to properly make a motion at a 4-H meeting.
We also had some people who did their presentations which were Safety Officer, Kylie Nash, shared with the club the steps to take in order to be safe in the sun and around a pool.
Demonstrations were given by Jack Baumgartner, Drew Long, Colton Long, Colin Nash, Kylie Nash, Molly Sheets and Jackson Brown they covered how to play soccer and baseball, how to take care of a pet duck and how to make a marionette.
At the end of the meeting, we had an amazing snack which was cookies and juice.
Amelia Griffin, Ada’s young super hero, received tremendous news this week: As a result of a PPET scan on Monday, her biopsy results negative. Amelia is officially in remission.
This news was reported by her parents on Team Amanda Facebook. Here’s the Facebook report:
They discontinued her chemo!
Hopefully, she will be going back on the DFMO clinical trial.
Thank you for your prayers and for continuing through this journey with Amelia and our family. You are truly a blessing to our family and we are forever grateful!
ONU junior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) and sophomore Hailee Loughman(Brookville) have been named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for the 2017 softball season.
Lightel earns her third All-OAC accolade in as many years, and has been named First Team All-OAC for the second time in her career.
The junior led the OAC in three major pitching categories as she posted a 1.01 ERA, 14 victories in the pitchers circle and led the conference with 128 K's.
Lightel is Northern's all-time career strikeout leader, career ERA leader and ranks second all-time at ONU with 46 career victories as a pitcher.
Officials determined that a methamphetamine lab caused the fire that extensively damaged a structure at 409 N. Main St., Ada, on Wednesday afternoon.
Officers arrested an occupant of the apartment, Karen Troglin, for assembly and/or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs. Other charges may be added in the future since the case remains under investigation.
The fire was investigated by the Hardin County Crime Task Force and Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
