A building expansion is underway this spring at Vancrest of Ada. According to the Vancrest Facebook, the addition will be completed soon. Occupancy is expected to open within the next three months.
The project involves:
• Six rooms added to the long-term nursing side. Four of the rooms will be semi-private, and the other two will be private, making a total of 10 new beds.
• Assisted living is adding eight rooms. Four of those rooms are one-bedroom apartments, and the four are efficiency suites.
Persons interested in discussion current room availability may call Vancrest at (419)558-1379 to set up a tour.
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada tennis team climbed over the .500 mark for the first time this season with a 3-2 win at Hardin County rival Kenton under overcast skies Tuesday evening.
The Bulldogs are now 8-7 after registering their sixth win in eight matches. "We won by our usual strong singles play," said Ada head coach Dexter Woods.
Senior Miranda Wills improved to 10-4-1 this season with a convincing two-set win at first singles over Wildcat senior Cameron Zickafoose.
"Miranda got off the courts first by fending off big-serving Cameron with her ever-improving attack and volley game," said coach Woods.
Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
KENTON - The Ada girls track and field team finished a solid third at the annual, six-team Hardin County meet in Kenton Tuesday evening.
Host Kenton won both the boys and girls team titles.
The Ada girls finished with 84 points, while the Bulldog boys came in sixth with 52.
Ada senior Brenna Hissong took first in the 400-meter run to pace the Lady Bulldogs. Sophomore Antonio Pettit finished first in the 110 high hurdles to post the top Bulldog boys showing.
Top Ada finishes:
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1st Pettit, Antonio 17.2
If April showers bring May flowers, what do April snow showers bring?
The question comes following 4.7 inches of snow falling over a two-day period of April 20-21, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The snow fell in a month with temperatures reaching extremes of 83 degrees on April 27 to 19 degrees on April 2 – a 64-degree range.
To make the month even more interesting, April 2021’s average daily temperature was 51.4 degrees, higher than the April normal average of 49.7 degrees.
April’s daily weather summery follows in the chart below.
Lima Memorial Physicians at Ada Life Family Practice, 520 W. Lincoln Ave., Ada, announce that Dr. Lawrence J. Kuk, Jr., D.O. has joined its practice. Dr. Kuk is accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment call 419-634-2015.
Six Ohio Northern wrestlers were named Scholar All-Americans for 2021 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Juniors Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) and Connor Kwiat (Bloomville/Tiffin Calvert), sophomores Ben DePrest(Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier) and Chase Sumner (Ada) and freshmen Devon Harbison (Beloit, Wis./Turner) and Ross Rayfield (Delta) all earned the honor.
Hardrick is a three-year starter at 165 pounds and went 2-2 this season. He is 41-27 in his career and was named Second Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference as a sophomore in 2019-20.
Nine Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in football for 2020-21 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Seniors Brody Hahn (Louisville), A.J. Marks (Guysville/Alexander), Jared Ritenour (Rockford, Ill./Lake Center), Chase Rose (Kenton/Upper Scioto Valley) and Jarrett Sitton (Paulding) and sophomore Josh Bever (Ashland) were all named All-Conference.
Junior Austin Eick (Rossford), sophomore Nichal Johnson (College Park, Ga./Northgate) and freshman Noah Miller (Coldwater) received Honorable Mention All-OAC honors.
By Karen Kier,
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
As vaccination rates are increasing, the number of cases in Ohio is decreasing for a second straight week.
Ohio reports that 32.8% of the population is vaccinated, which is slightly higher than the overall country at 31.5%. These numbers are far below the estimated herd immunity requirement to successfully reduce COVID-19 infections and exposures.
Some experts believe that a 60-70% rate would be sufficient but Dr. Fauci and other infectious disease specialists estimate a 90% vaccination rate is necessary to reduce the number of cases and deaths.
FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - Four thousand twelve minutes, or approximately 66 hours.
Ada sixth graders competed in the March Madness Reading Minute Contest.
It proved to be very competitive.
• "Sweets" were awarded to the Sweet 16 finalists.
• the Elite 8 ate pizza, and
• the Final 4 enjoyed fresh footlongs.
Champion Jason Wen read 4,012 minutes and runner-up Timothy Chrissobolis read 3,630 minutes. The sixth graders read a combined total of over 20,000 minutes. Thank you Wilson's and Ada Academic Boosters for donating great prizes.
