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By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team opened Ohio Athletic Conference play with a 3-0 sweep over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 16-3 overall and 1-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders drop to 16-3, 0-1.

Sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) led the way offensively for ONU with a game-high 14 kills while sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) chipped in 11 kills and senior Haley Potters(Wheelersburg/South Webster) added 10 kills.

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By Tim Glon

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern football team dropped a 43-14 decision at No. 2-ranked Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at Mount Union Stadium.

The Polar Bears fall to 2-2 overall and are 1-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders improve to 4-0, 3-0.

Trailing 3-0 late in the first quarter, Northern drove deep into Mount Union territory. But an 89-yard pick-6 turned the momentum of the game and gave the hosts a 10-0 lead with 49 seconds left in the first period.

Mount then drove 81 and 69 yards for touchdowns on its next two possessions and took advantage of a fumble deep inside ONU territory to take a 27-0 lead at halftime.

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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada girls soccer team lost a 6-1 contest to visiting Coldwater Saturday morning.

 

Ada fell to 2-9 overall with the non-league defeat.

 

Alivia Okuly scored the Lady Bulldog goal on an assist from Gizrem Tanriverdi.

 

Ada senior keeper Anney Archer made a career-best 29 saves in goal. The Cavaliers out-shot the Bulldogs, 35-15.

 

"We played a lot of defense," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We had a hard time stopping their speed up front, which they fed constant through balls to."

 

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Dale E. Simon, age 99, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on September 30, 2017 at St. Rita's Hospital. 

He was born on April 19, 1918 in Hancock County, Ohio to Edward "Dutch" and Rosa (Badertscher) Simon, who preceded him in death. 

On April 14, 1937, he married Ella Craig and she passed away on May 21, 1968. 

He then married Doris Carte on July 18, 1970, she survives in Ada. 

Dale was very proud of his work record which started at age 8 in the Hog Creek Marsh, weeding onions earning $2.50 for a ten hour day, six days a week. 

Then he worked in the bowling alleys in Ada setting pins at 2 cents a line. 

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First Baptist Church of Ada will have a spaghetti dinner and Alzheimer's presentation for the community on Sunday, Oct. 15.

 

Dinner will be at 6 p.m. with the presentation beginning at 7 p.m. Reservations for the spaghetti supper can be made by email [email protected] or by phone to the church office 419 634 8041 by Wednesday, Oct. 11.

 

The presentation will be "The Basics:  Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease" by Linda Pollitz, LSW, for Northwest Ohio Chapter of Alzheimer's Association.

 

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Ada Village Council will host a public meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, at Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Willeke Avenue phase 1 reconstruction project.

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