FROM FACEBOOK__Beatitudes community center has announced that its annual window raffle fundraiser runs through November 20.
Tickets are $1.00 each.
Drawing at 12 Noon on Friday, November 21. All winners will be called after the drawing. Pickup is that day and the following day from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit Beatitudes outreach programs.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
On Saturday, November 8, Ada High School hosted the 48th annual Ada Music Feast, a show choir competition and collaboration by Ada students, teachers and community members. Ten schools participated in performances from 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
FROM FACEBOOK__Ohio Northern hosted its annual Veterans Day ceremony to honor those who were willing to risk their lives in the name of freedom and their country. Ada Schools hosted the annual breakfast for local veterans and their families.
By Chaehyeon Jin, Student Pharmacist, and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
The saying “no pain, no gain” has roots in ancient Greece, when Sophocles wrote “there’s no success without pain” in his play Electra. In 1758, Ben Franklin published a book title The Way to Wealth and penned the statement, “there are no gains, without pains.” The saying took on new meaning with the aerobics craze of the 1980s when Jane Fonda’s videos pushed you to “feel the burn.”
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 300 E. Highland, will host its Annual Bazaar on November 17 with dine in or carryout melas available.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Dinner 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Items for purchase will include homemade Buckeyes and Chocolate Covered Cherries, Peanut Brittle and Pumpkin Rolls. There will be 50/50 tickets and a Theme Basket Raffle.
Ada, Ohio resident Luke Gross was sentenced to 6-9 years in prison by Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Terri Kohlrieser on Friday, November 7. Gross was convicted of aggravated robbery, with charges coming from a July 2025 Circle K gas station robbery in Lima.
The Lima News reported that the gas station cashier was threatened with a large screwdriver by a man in a black mask. Gross was found riding a bicycle and carrying the items stolen from the scene.
