Do you know a potential “Distinguished Citizen of Ada?”

The Town and Gown Committee wants to know.

The 51st annual Ada Town and Gown Banquet will be held in the McIntosh Center ballroom on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Monday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m.

An application form is attached at the bottom of this story.

Applications are being accepted for the 2016 winner. The guidelines follow:

• The nominee should be a person who looks at what they can do for others and their community to make a positive impact.

• The nominee should be a person who gets others involved and has demonstrated extensive and diverse participation, leadership and support in public and or provide civic endeavors over a period of years.

• The nominee should be a person who has successfully gotten others to participate in public and or civic endeavors over a period of years.

Nominations are accepted now until Wednesday, Oct. 19. Nominations may be mailed to:
Ann Donnelly Hamilton
Ohio Northern University
525 S. Main St.
Ada, OH 45810

Or hand delivered to the Office of the President, second floor of Lehr, or via email at: [email protected]. Persons with questions may call Hamilton at 419-772-1022.

The Town and Gown Association was established in 1957 by a group of townspeople and ONU personnel to develop and maintain a strong positive relationship between the village of Ada and Ohio Northern. As with each year, the honor of Distinguished Citizen of the Year will be given to an Ada resident nominated by fellow citizens.

Winners in the past 10 years:
2015 – Sandra Neely
2014 – David Retterer
2013 – Agnes Crates
2012 – James Turner
2011 – Mary Bowden
2010 – Ken and Toby Baker
2009 – Terry Keiser
2008 – Arden Shearson
2007 – Dick Lawrence
2006 – Norm Rex