Ada's latest news

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 The Ohio Northern baseball game with area-rival Bluffton, scheduled for Tuesday at Wander Field, has been postponed due to the impending snowstorm expected to hit the area on Monday.

The makeup date has yet to be determined.

The Polar Bears posted a 6-4 record on their Spring Break trip to the Orlando, Fla., area last week and are scheduled to return to action Friday-Saturday with a 3-game series at Thomas More (Ky.)

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The piano recital with Polina Bespalko scheduled for Monday, March 13, in Presser Hall, Snyder Recital Hall, is being rescheduled. More details to follow.

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Here's a cute beagle currently available for adopting at the Hardin County dog shelter.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

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Here's the Ada High School girls' choir from the 1988-89 school year. Names are under the photo.

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The Icon spotted this plate in the Bluffton University student parking lot. It's on a blue Toyota Corolla - with lots of interesting bumperstickers, like "Read Banned Books."

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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1899 Company G, Ohio National Guard was mustered into the state’s service

March 1905 Mayor Greer said Ada needed a marshal; we had a deputy but needed a primary officer and he nominated Alonzo Cummans.

March 1908 J.W. Morrow collided with a car opposite the post office, receiving slight injuries. This was the first auto accident in Ada.

 

 

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