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By Cort Reynolds

NEW KNOXVILLE - The Ada boys basketball team fell 55-39 at New Knoxville Saturday night in a non-league bout.

Their third road defeat in five days dropped the Bulldog cagers to 2-6. Meanwhile, NK evened its mark at 4-4 with the victory.

Junior Ethan Swaney led the Bulldogs with a career-high 14 points. Senior Jordan Bailey contributed 10 points.

NK methodically ground out the victory, winning each quarter. The Rangers knocked down 21 free throws in 34 tries, including 14 of 19 in the fourth quarter.

Registrations are being accepted for this month's PaintINN at The Inn at ONU.

The program is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17. The cost is $38 and includes all the supplies, food and a beverage. Call 419-722-2500 to register.

 

By Cort Reynolds

PORTLAND, Ind. - The Ada boys swim team finished a solid fifth out of 13 teams at the Jay County Invitational in northeast Indiana Saturday.

The Lady Bulldogs came in 13th in their 15-team field.
Oak Hill won both the boys and girls team titles with 439 points on each side. The Bulldog boys team totaled 205 points.

Boys team standings
1) Oak Hill 439 points
2) Celina 425
3) Bellmont High School 288
4) Jay County 227
5) Ada 208
6) Versailles 186
7) Centerville 118
8) Coldwater 99
9) Fort Recovery 87
10) Saint Marys Memorial 74
11) New Bremen 62
12) Marion Local 45
13) Minster 14

The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet on Tuesday January 10th, at noon in the Dean's Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.

Kiwanian Charles Van Dyne will be in charge of the club program.

Hardin County Sheriff Keith A. Everhart will be the guest speaker.

Dennis "Doc" Garbrecht was listed in fair condition Saturday evening at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus following a fire at his home, 301 E. North Ave.,  on Thursday morning. His wife, Peg, who was also home at the time, was uninjured. The family is being assisted by ReStore and other agencies. Click here for more of Ken Collins' photos of the fire. (Ken Collins photo)
 

Yearbooks from 1913 to 2015 on library's website

Ada High School Yearbooks, ranging from 1913 to 2015, are now available online via the Ada Public Library's website.

The choice to digitize the yearbook came out of a two-fold concern: preservation of the oldest yearbooks, that are beginning to fall apart; and concern for making as much of the library's collection available to the public, especially those doing genealogical research who are unable to make it to Ada.

To access the yearbooks, one must only:

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