Ohio Northern track and field and cross country standout and junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) has been named a First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The junior is a Biochemistry major, and earned the honor for the first time in her career.
Richards, a 5-time track and field National Champion and cross country All-American has excelled both in the classroom and in competition.
The junior currently owns the Div. III record in the 800-meter run after posting a time of 2:00.62 at the Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, Tenn.
Charles VanDyne of Ada and Rosalie Elliott of Mt. Victory have been named co-chairs for Hardin County of the Jon Cross campaign. Cross is the Republican candidate for state representative from the 83rd district to the Ohio House.
VanDyne, who lives in Alger, is a practicing attorney in Ada and a former chairman of the Hardin County Republican Party. He was elected to the Hardin County Republican Party Central Committee and serves on its executive committee.
Elliott is involved with the family business, which includes the Plaza Inn Restaurant and Elliott Farms. She is the wife of the late Edward Elliott II, a recent Hardin County commissioner, farmer and businessman.
The following students from Hardin County were named to the ONU Dean’s List for spring semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled full-time.
Colten Lee Abbey, age 15, died on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 4:24 a.m. at his residence.
He was born on February 11, 2002 in Lima, Ohio to Mike and Jessy (Reffitt) Abbey and they survive in Harrod.
Colten was a freshman at Allen East High School, where he was a member of the football team, track team, wrestling team and a member of the student council. He was a member of the Harrod Christian Church. Colten was a member of the Harrod Christian Youth Group. He was a member of the Auglaize Ag 4-H Club.
Natalie Garver Walton, Ada Public Library youth services director, updated Ada Area Chamber of Commerce members on this summer's reading program. She compared the summer program to a summer camp. The early June kick off attrached several hundred visitors.
Victoria Knotts sports a Cadets sweatshirt to support her son AJ, who plays baritone for the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps.
She and her family travelled about 500 miles from eastern Pennsylvania to see the "Thank You Ada" performance put on by the corps on Sunday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
This is AJ's second year with the corps. This fall he will be a junior at Penn State.
Many family members of the Cadets travel long distances to see the corps perform from coast to coast during the summer.
