By Monty Siekerman
Since school let out in the spring, Calvin Fisher has headed up the free lunch program for children sponsored by ReStore Community Center and held at War Memorial Park.
The 5-day-a-week summer program will come to a close on Friday, Aug. 12 with a pizza lunch and free swimming from noon to 1 p.m.
Here, Calvin takes tickets from children as he calls out their number. The kids then have an opportunity to choose a free prize. This has been done each Friday.
When all is said and done, the ReStore program, led by Calvin, will have served about 1,500 meals.
The Ohio Northern women's track and field team and sophomore Emily Richards and senior Sarah Ballmer have earned USTFCCCA DIII All-Academic accolades for the 2015-16 seasons.
The women's track team was named a DIII All-Academic Team after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.26.
Northern was among 175 schools across the country in the running for the DIII Scholar Team of the Year.
To qualify for the award the team must finish highly at the national championships and have a cumulative team GPA of 3.10.
By Monty Siekerman
Richard Kimmel helps one and a half year old Brody Hopson reach a water fountain at Ada War Memorial Park. Kimmel is the chief park ranger for the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District in Lima.
He was on hand at a free lunch, sponsored by ReStore Community Center, to talk with children about the duties of a park ranger and describe some of the different kinds of parks in the Lima area.
There are rivers, monuments, historical parks, and a bird sanctuary, among others.
The park district sponsors an apple festival, making maple sugar, environmental programs, and more.
Bobbie Jean Morgan, 85, died on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at 12:50 a.m. at her residence in Alger.
She was born on March 31, 1931, in Pyramid, Ky., to Malcom and Polly (Hicks) Castle who preceded her in death. On Jan. 13, 1954, she married Philip Morgan and he preceded her in death on Jan. 16, 1972.
Bobbie retired from United Technologies in Kenton. She was a member of the former Calvary Baptist Church, Kenton and was a member of the Kenton Senior Citizens.
2016 Red Cross Learn To Swim Program is completed for this summer. 62 students participated in the 10 hot days of lessons! We had great weather this year.
I would like to thank the Village of Ada for the facility to hold the lessons. The water was wonderful, the pool area was always clean and ready for our use and the lifeguards were very attentive to the swimmers. The pool staff had the facility open and ready for the volunteers and swimmers every morning.
Family members of former Ohio Northern University professor and women’s athletics pioneer Dr. Helen Spar Ludwig have made a $508,000 gift to support the scholarship fund that bears her name.
James “Jim” Ludwig, Helen’s son, passed away in April 2015 and requested that the remaining value from the 2010 sale of his farm in Dola, Ohio, be directed to ONU.
Jim Ludwig’s brother Gary Ludwig, sister Jacqueline Sperling and sister-in-law Charolette Ludwig presented the gift to ONU President Daniel A. DiBiasio in June 2016 after the estate was finalized.
