From the Ada police reports: Today Sgt. Donnie Decking responded to a call of an injured hawk. Upon investigation it was discovered that a Red Tail Hawk was simply stopping by Ada to have lunch (a Cooper's Hawk).
The Red Tail Hawk allowed Sgt. Deckling to get within feet of it for an assessment under direction of the department's Wildlife Officer.
Wildlife did respond and the Hawk finished his lunch in quick manner so as not to be captured and all ended well (with exception of the Cooper's Hawk).
We had a number of concerned citizens and we thought you might like an update.
BLUFFTON - Paulding won a four-team golf match of Northwest Conference foes Monday at the Bluffton Golf Course.
The Panthers finished first wth 183 strokes, followed by Crestview (188), Bluffton (194) and Ada (246).
Ada was led by freshman Brevin Sizemore, who shot a nine-hole score of 58. Junior Austin Amburgey carded a 61. Ethan Hull posted a 63 and Rob Allison registered a total of 64.
Wyatt Badertscher added a 71.
Pirate Aaron Belcher was match medalist with a score of 38. Cade McGarvee of Paulding was second with a round of 43.
Ohio Northern junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of Sept. 1-4.
McVey led the Polar Bears (7-0) to a victory in the season-opening Bluffton 6k on Friday at the Bluffton Nature Preserve.
He led Ohio Northern across the finish line in second place in 18:40, finishing first among NCAA Division III runners.
It marks the second consecutive season that McVey won the award for his efforts at the Bluffton meet as he also won the honor on Sept. 6, 2016.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational.
The American Red Cross is recruiting volunteers to join its workforce to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey and other disasters locally and across the country.
In the past week, the Ohio Buckeye Region of the Red Cross has sent 67 volunteers to Texas and Louisiana in response to Hurricane Harvey and more are on their way. In addition, the Red Cross is closely monitoring Hurricane Irma and is beginning preparations to get workers and supplies in place. The Ohio Buckeye Region will recruit and train 100 new volunteers per week to assist with the response and recovery efforts for the weeks and months to come.
Ohio Northern will hold children’s auditions for the “Holiday Spectacular” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, in the Freed Center. Auditions will be held for singers and dancers, ages 5 to 12.
Those who are auditioning may be asked to sing and should be ready to participate in a dance call (jazz and/or tap shoes). There will not be prepared dance or vocal solos.
The Holiday Spectacular has been a regional tradition for more than 20 years and includes dancing, singing and skits. It is performed at both the Freed Center as well as the Veteran's memorial civic & convention Center in Lima.
