April 2019

By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The Ada tennis team defeated previously unbeaten Marion Harding 3-2 on the road Friday evening.

Ada improved to    9-3 with the big victory, while MH fell to 9-1 with its first loss.

The top three Bulldog singles players each won their matches in straight sets to pave the way to the win.

Ada senior Cade Mullins improved to 9-1 with his first singles victory, while junior Isaac Spar ran his mark to 8-2. Miranda Wills improved to 8-3 with the decisive match victory at third singles.

"What an exciting win for us today over a talented, unbeaten opponent in Marion Harding," said head coach Cody Hurley.

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys track and field team finished a solid sixth at the 13-team Columbus Grove Invitational Friday evening.

The Ada girls came in 10th. Grove captured the girls team title, while Lincolnview outscored Anna and CG to win the boys team crown.

Ada junior Nora Dellifield took first place in the girls pole vault. Bulldog senior Miguel Jordan also won the boys 800 meter race.

Bulldog junior Michael Crouse took second in the boys 400 meters.

Top Ada finishes:

Girls Pole Vault
1st Dellifield, Nora 9-0

Boys 800 Meters
1st Jordan, Miguel 2:06.8

Eric Turner, Tony Boutwell, Ken Williams and Shaun MacEachen were class officers of the Ada High School junior class during the 1987-88 school year.

Individual wrestling state tournament will become a Friday-Saturday-Sunday event; girls basketball, the same weekend as wrestling, will leave the Schottenstein Center

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced changes to the 2020 individual wrestling and girls basketball state tournaments. The wrestling state tournament will move to a Friday-Saturday-Sunday format (March 13-15) at the Schottenstein Center, while the girls basketball state tournament, which is the same weekend (March 12-14), will leave the Schottenstein Center. 

The OHSAA has not yet finalized the location for the 2020 girls basketball state tournament. That is also the same weekend as the OHSAA’s ice hockey and Division I girls and boys bowling state tournaments. 

Saturday, April 27, is your opportunity to disposed of expired or unused prescriptions

A Medication Disposal Day will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the parking lot between Rite Aid and Cosi, Ada.

Those who want to dispose of expired or unused prescriptions as well as over-the-counter medications may give them to law enforcement officers at that time. 

The meds will be disposed of in a safe, legal, and environmentally conscious way.

Three addition locations on April 27 will collect medications. They include:
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Medical office parking lot
75 Washington Boulevard
Kenton

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The Ada Kiwanis Club would like to thank each of its sponsors in the year's pancake and sausage breakfast.

Ada Kiwanis members

The Ada Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting, Monday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St., Ada.

 

Jean Ann Stratton 82, died on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at 1:20 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System. 

She was born on June 20, 1936, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Oliver and Clara (Wilson) Amstutz. On May 22, 1954, Jean married Rolla M. Stratton Sr. and he preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 2015.

Jean was a homemaker.

Diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Six months ago, Tony Adams, Ada resident and a 19-year associate at SRK-Ohio (SumiRiko-Ohio), Bluffton, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

During the last six month he has undergone treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation.

While fighting cancer he has had multiple trips in and out of hospitals combating the side effects of his cancer treatment.

Tony’s treatment plan is on-going for the next two years.

To assist in paying for is astronomical bills, a public event in his support is planned in early May.

Seven generations of Shanks in rural Ada

By Leland Crouse
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Borrowed from Small Town Sampler
Betty Miller, August 30, 1989

Thomas Shanks
In 157 years most of the early farms in Liberty Township have changed owners. A few, however, have been passed down through the generations, and descendants of some of the early settlers still grow crops on the land their ancestors cleared. One of these farms is owned by Bob and Anna Mary Shanks on County Road 65. At some time in their lives, seven generations of the Shanks family have called this home.

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