Ada store and employees to join “Our Family” business
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Community Markets of Ada, as part of the 49-store Fresh Encounter Inc. chain, is being acquired by the “food solutions” company SpartanNash, according to an October 14 announcement.
Based near Grand Rapids, Mich., SpartanNash is a publicly traded company that includes food wholesale and grocery retail segments. It currently operates 147 grocery stores as well as a number of pharmacies and fuel centers. Our Family is the SpartanNash flagship brand; other items are distributed via the OwnBrands suite of products.
ABOVE) Photos of 2024 Ada High School Homecoming at War Memorial Stadium; The 2024 Homecoming Queen and King are Lexi Poling and Brody Erickson.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA __ The Ada High School football team won its fifth straight game with a convincing 46-18 triumph over visiting Blanchard Valley Conference foe Van Buren to celebrate Homecoming Friday night, October 11.
The Bulldogs improved to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in BVC play with the victory.
Above) Bulldog seniors honored at War Memorial Stadium
By Cort Reynolds
ADA __ The Ada High School boys soccer team manhandled Lincolnview 6-0 in the regular season finale Thursday evening, October 10, to commemorate Senior Night in style at War Memorial Stadium.
Ada improved to 13-4 after the commanding victory to finish what is probably the best Bulldog boys regular season in 20 years.
MILLER CITY – The visiting Ada High School girls soccer team lost 4-0 at Miller City in a tough final regular season game on Thursday night, October 10.
The Bulldogs dropped to 10-7 with the defeat that snapped a four-match win streak.
Playing in the rugged Putnam County League, MC improved to 11-3-2 after the shutout win.
The Wildcat girls grabbed an early lead and rolled to the win.
“We had a slow start, dug a hole and really did not create any offense until the second half,” said Ada head coach Doug Dewese.
KENTON– OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital will begin offering lung cancer screenings in November on the first Saturday of each month through December 2025. Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. The best chance of a cure is early detection.
ADA – Five members of the Ada High School girls soccer team earned well-deserved All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
The youthful Bulldogs are 10-6 and set a program record for regular season wins this fall.
“It speaks highly of these girls’ accomplishments,” said Ada head coach Doug Dewese of the five honorees. “We struggled in NCOSA, but these ladies still impressed the (league) coaches.”
Skilled junior defender Alex Gibson was voted first team all-league.
The following 6 land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in September 2024 as reported on the website of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.
By Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
In 1967, Walt Disney released The Jungle Book movie based on Rudyard Kipling’s book. Robert and Richard Sherman wrote the song Trust in Me (The Python’s Song) for the movie release. Kaa, the snake, sings the song to Mowgli to hypnotize him and wrap his coils around him. He is stopped from hurting Mowgli by the tiger Shere Khan.
This part of the movie is a good example of who should we trust? The snake?
Unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous people and businesses in healthcare who should not be trusted. Deception can result in a significant risk to public health.
