April 2018

For elementary students - Star Wars theme

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Star Wars is the theme of this year’s Reading Carnival sponsored by the Ada Academic Boosters to encourage reading.

The Carnival, for students from kindergarten to 5th grade, will occur on Friday, May 4, in the 1986 Gym.

There will be carnival games, pop corn, and a bulldog shop. Wilson the Ada Bulldog will be around for pictures with students. 

The event is organized by parent volunteers with Amber Simon and Lori Poling as this year’s co-chairs.

Rotary Club seeks hosts for exchange student

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By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Rotary Club is looking for host families for an exchange student who will attend Ada High School this coming fall. Three host families are needed, each for three months between August and May.

Those interested may contact Rotarian Bill Trudeau at 419-634-9990. The local club has supported an exchange student for several years. A youth from Turkey was here last year. It has not been decided yet who will come to Ada late this summer.

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William H. “Bill” Jones, age 91, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at 7:53 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          He was born on June 15, 1926 in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana to the late Henry and Parksey (Ollis) Jones.  On January 1, 1969 Bill married Esther GoldBerg and she survives in Ada. 

          Bill was a self employed contractor.  He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. 

          He is also survived by his children: John (Patricia) Jones of Valparaiso, Indiana and Dianna (Steve) Charron of Ada; and two grandchildren; 1 step grandson; 2 step great grandchildren and 3 step great great grandchildren.

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Here's a  photo from the 1966 May Day Parade in Ada. 

Four of the people in the photo have been identified.  Katherine Smith is the lady with the baby stroller, the two young girls standing by the back of the car are Vicky Conley (Fee) and Connie Hepner (Lehman) and the lady on the motor cycle is Jeanne Hepner.

The store fronts are where Cole Motors has its Main Street lot. (Ada Super Market is same building as Kohl's Market was in picture several weeks ago)

Photo from Tom Lehman

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Who owns this black Mazda parked at the ONU Sports Center? Perhaps somebody who works at Campbell Soup Company in Napoleon. 

Thank you to Ada After Prom supporters

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We would like to thank everyone for their support in providing a safe and fun After Prom for the Ada Junior-Senior Prom of 2018. The following businesses and individuals donated time or contributed with monetary donations, gift cards, and products that we used towards prizes, food, and renting the bowling alley:

Ada Family Dentistry, Reichert's Clothing, Spencer & Sherrie Breidenbach, Carol Slane Florist, Liberty National Bank, Corsie & Scott Arn, Keith's Hardware Inc., Bret & Shirley Mathewson, Sun Seekers Tanning Salon, Bass Trucking, Tavern 101, Padrone's Pizza, Ada Athletic Boosters, Viva Maria's, Eberhart Trucking, Harvest Pride chips, Lisa Conley.

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By Cort Reynolds

 

ELIDA - The Ada baseball team was seeded 12th out of 13 teams at the Div. III Elida district drawings held Sunday.

 

Ada (4-11) will host 13th-seeded Fostoria Wednesday, May 9 at 5 p.m. in a first round game.

 

The winner will then play at second-seeded Fort Recovery on Friday, May 11 at 5 p.m. in the second round.

 

The second round survivor will play either third-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf, sixth seed Liberty-Benton or ninth seed Lakota at Elida May 17.

 

The district finals will be May 19 at 5 p.m. at Elida. Coldwater was voted the top seed in the 13-team sectional/district.

 

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By Cort Reynolds

 

ELIDA - The Ada softball team was seeded second out of 10 teams in the Div. IV Elida district drawings held Sunday.

 

The Lady Bulldogs (11-6) were seeded behind only league foe Columbus Grove, with dangerous Wayne Trace ranked third. Ada received a first round bye.

 

The Lady Bulldogs will host the winner between Kalida and Continental on Thursday, May 10 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m. Kalida was seeded eighth and will visit seven seed Continental in the first round on Monday, May 7.

 

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Cort Reynolds' latest Celtics history blog published this week is trending strongly on the NBA websites of SB Nation.

The blog titled: "Celticcs and 76ers renew the most epic and prolific NBA playoff rivalry ever"

Read the article here: https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/4/29/17298874/boston-celtics-philadelph...

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The Ada High School Alumni Association will have a golf outing on Saturday, July 9, at Colonial Golfers Club to assist the organization’s scholarship fund. Mike and Sara (Gulbis) Rush, classes of 1999 and 2000, are Association co-presidents. For more details about the event and to register, go to Ada Alumni Association Facebook.

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