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The 2016-17 Ada High School yearbooks are now available. The full color book is $30 and may be ordered by contacting [email protected] or by calling Anna Yoakam at 419-634-2746.

Those who preordered the book may pick one up at the high school office between 8:15 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The 2017 William L. Robinson Young Alumni Award winners were introduced at halftime of the Homecoming game last Saturday. Stephanie (Spirer) Crandall and Justin Schultz, both 2003 grads, were selected for their demonstrated passion and loyalty toward their profession, community, and alma mater. The award was established in 2004 by the Alumni Association to honor and recognize William L. Robinson's 50 years of service to Ohio Northern.

Induction during homecoming

The Ohio Northern University Athletic Hall of Fame inducted four new members during recent ceremonies over Homecoming last weekend.

Ada band member learning to play musical chess this year

By Monty Siekerman
Ada High School marching band members heft large chess pieces, which are part of this year's show titled "Rise of the Pawns."

The band and color guard performed for residents of Vancrest on Wednesday outside near the nursing home.

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The musicians and flag dancers perform on a giant black and white tarp that resembles a chessboard.

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA BATH - The Ada cross country teams competed in another warm meet at the Bath Invitational Tuesday evening.

"It is meets like this that remind me that cross country is probably the friendliest sport around," said coach Josh Klein. "Our times were a direct result of the heat. It is a really cool experience to see fellow coaches, crowd members, and other athletes rally around one another when someone was struggling, or simply walking because they were overheated."  

Joyce Elaine Cupples, 74, was welcomed home by God on September 27, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Monticello, WI after a 2 year battle with metastatic ovarian cancer. 

Joyce was born on Feburary 12, 1943 in Bluffton to the late Grant Wayne and Pauline Mae (Badertscher) Zimmerman. 

She was proceded in death by her husband John Fox, of Ada, Ohio and was married to Robert Cupples on August 7th, 2010. 

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