Carolyn J. Risner, 78, died on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at noon at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born on June 1, 1938, in Lima, Ohio, to Claude and Della (Hall) Gullett who preceded her in death. On May 19, 1956, Carolyn married Paul E. Risner and he preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 2015.
She was a member of Grace Gospel Church of Ada. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
By Monty Siekerman
Ohio Northern's total enrollment is 3,108 students, a 4 percent decrease from fall semester 2015. The number of new undergraduate students is up 4.3 percent.
By Cort Reynolds
The Ada girls soccer team won the resumption of its suspended Div. III first round sectional soccer match over visiting Otsego 2-1 (3-1 in a shootout) after the second overtime was scoreless Wednesday evening.
Darkness suspended play at approximately 7:20 p.m. Monday evening with the score knotted at 1-1 after one 15-minute overtime period.
The shootout victory was the first tournament win in Lady Bulldog soccer program history.
Ada, which improved to 6-10-1 with the victory, had a few solid scoring opportunities in the second OT but couldn't find the back of the net.
Ada spikers ground Rockets in 1st round By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The white-hot Ada volleyball team defeated visiting Pandora-Gilboa
over four fairly close sets in Div. IV first round sectional play Tuesday
night.
Ada won 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-20 to finish 2016 with a perfect 8-0 home
slate. The Lady Bulldogs also advanced to the district quarterfinals at
Hardin Northern Thursday with their first tournament victory since 2013.
Following their eighth consecutive triumph, the Bulldog record improved to
17-6. P-G ended up 13-10 after the loss.
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sponsored a buffet Tuesday at The Inn, hoping to raise more than $1,000 for cancer research and education.
Colette Rzeszutko (right), who was in charge of the event, welcomes Matthew Phillips, a business professor, and his wife, Angie, a teacher at Allen East.
About 170 people dined at the Pink Pasta buffet. Ridding the world of cancer is the national and local philanthropic effort of ZTA. (Monty Siekerman photo)
