Good-bye, Ada High School athletic jersey number 12.
An Ada athlete will never wear it again.
Why? Number 12 belonged to Zac Dysert, 2008 Ada grad.
Number 12 will officially be retired on Saturday, Jan. 30, in a boys’ game against Hardin Northern. The presentation will be made between the junior varsity and varsity contests. And, yes, Zac, will be present and will have some comments.
To commemorate the event Zac Dysert tee shirts are available to order this winter, according to Ken Jochims, Ada athletic director.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up six spots to No. 16 in the fifth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.
Thomas More (Ky.) continues to hold the No. 1 spot receiving all 25 first place votes and 625 points, followed by Amherst (Mass.) in second with 593 points and George Fox (Ore.) in third with 571 points.
Ohio Ahtletic Conference foe Capital also broke into the top 25, landing at No. 23 with 100 points.
Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they welcome Wilmington to the ONU Sports Center, tip off set for 7:30 pm.
Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the 10th annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 16-17.
The competition will take place in ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 150 students from 12 colleges and universities representing six states will participate in the tournament.
The tournament consists of four rounds, with trials taking place simultaneously in each round. Each mock trial has a panel of two judges who evaluate students on their knowledge of the case material and their presentation and litigation techniques.
By Monty Siekerman
Education and involvement were the hallmarks of the Ada Tree Commission work in 2015.
The commission hosted a public meeting in April to discuss the declining pear trees along Main Street. Village forester Terry Keiser and an employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources made presentations.
Commission members took part in the Chamber of Commerce spring event at War Memorial Park. Youth and adults learned how to properly plant a tree when a large tree was planted at the event.
Apollo Career Center’s board will reorganize for 2016 at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Apollo board room, according to Nancy Hilden, superintendent.
Ron Fleming is the Ada school board representative to the Apollo board. A board agenda is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
