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Here's details on May 30 graduation

Today was the final day for seniors to attend Ada High School. Graduation is next. Here's the details according to the Ada school website:

Ada High School graduation will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 30, in the Varsity Gym in accordance with current ODH and Hardin County Health Department event guidelines.  

Graduates should arrive between 1:15 and 1:30 and report to the ‘86 Gym upon arrival. 

Ada music students performed in its Sping Fever Follies last week in the school auditorium. Here are some photos from that concert from Ada Bulldogs Facebook.

Hardin County Engineer's Office announced a road closure starting Monday, May 24. Closed is Liberty Township Road 30 (County Road 65-County Road 75) for threes weeks for culvert installation.

St. Mark Lutheran Church and Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold its "Free Community Meal"  from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 26. The meal will be served at St. Mark, 125 S. Johnson St., Ada.

The meal will be served walk up, bike up, drive up only and is free to the community.  The menu includes shredded chicken sandwich, macaroni and cheese, fresh fruit and a cookie. 

Current safety protocols will be observed.

Six members of the Ohio Northern women's tennis team were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for 2021 in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.

Freshman Olivia Kesner (Lima/Central Catholic) was named First Team All-Conference, junior Ola Latala (Grosse Isle, Mich.), sophomore Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and senior Mackenzie Wills (Ada) were named Second Team All-OAC and seniors Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) and Jordan Dodson (Worthington) received Honorable Mention All-League honors.

Women's and men's outdoor track and field

Three Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Great Lakes Region in women's outdoor track and field for 2021 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Senior Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch, junior Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) and sophomore Anna Schatzle (Brookville, Ind./Franklin County) all earned the honor.

DeWitt was named All-Region in the long jump, where she is ranked fourth in the region and 27th nationally with a season-best distance of 5.60 meters.

Silva earned the honor in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

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