Ada Rotarian Bob Ward, and his wife, Karen, may be in Florida right now but they haven't left Rotary behind. During a Rise Against Hunger event organized by a local Rotary group, they helped package 30,000 meals for children in Nicaragua with about 250 volunteers at the Fernandina Beach Rec Center. Bob, a retired engineering prof, sports an ONU t-shirt, while helping. Karen is active in civic and religious activities in Ada.
ADA - Visiting Spencerville used balanced scoring and a big first half to defeat Ada 68-39 in Northwest Conference girls basketball play Thursday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 4-14 overall and 0-6 in conference play with a fifth straight defeat in their home finale. Meanwhile, the Lady Bearcats improved to 10-7 and remain tied for first in the NWC with the win at 5-1.
After a slow start for both teams, Spencerville rolled to an 18-4 lead en route to a 33-10 halftime bulge, and never was headed.
Phillip Barttels, 79, off Ada was taken by LifeFlight to St. Rita’s Hospital following an accident at SR 235 and 309 on Wednesday afternoon. The hospital staff labeled his condition as stable on Thursday evening.
The Sheriff’s department reported that Battels was driving a 2013 Ford Fusion north on SR 235 when the driver lost control, struck the guardrail of a bridge, began to roll, and landed in a nearby creek. Battels was extricated from the vehicle and flown to the Lima hospital.
The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.
This penguin needs a haircut. Ada first graders are learning about penguins...and may know more about the tuxedo-dressed-looking bird than do most adults. How many eggs do they lay, what do they eat, who are their enemies? Ask a first graders, they’ll know. Their drawings of penguins are displayed on a wall at the Ada Schools. (Answers: 2; small fish and krill; orca whales and leopard seals.) (Monty Siekerman photos)
By Monty Siekerman
Here’s this year’s Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival limited-edition poster for sale at $30. They are available now at Easter House Bed and Breakfast, 508 N Main (419-558-1071) and Gallery for the Arts, 115 S. Main.
The Gallery is open Thursday and Friday 10-1 and 2-4 and Saturday, 10-2. Posters also will be sold at the Depot on Saturday evening.
The silk-screened posters were created by ONU art professor Melissa Eddings Mancuso.
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By Monty Siekerman
Our little polar bear friend Bi has traversed the Village of Ada and now, in Part 3 of our saga, we find him throughout campus.
He finds Klondike’s in McIntosh, a buddy at The Inn, a sign pointing to Klondike’s den, even a place where people plunge into the icy cold water in February.
Follow him through campus in today’s installment.
Tomorrow — total polar bear country can be found at King-Horn/Sports Center. This town and campus is polar bear crazy, as Bi found out on his trip here during a harsh winter.
