LIMA__The Ada High School softball team utilized two huge innings to decisively defeat Carey 11-0 in Div. VI Northwest 1 district semifinal action at Bath on a windy Thursday evening, May 21.
The Bulldog girls scored four key runs in the bottom of the first frame to settle in and take control early. They then plated seven runs in the fourth to invoke the 10-run mercy rule after shutting out the Blue Devils in the top of the fifth.
It was the second year in a row that Ada eliminated Carey at the district level on the Lima Bath diamond. The twice-postponed game was delayed from its original May 19 date, and again on May 20.
MEDIA RELEASE__Lima Central Catholic defeated Upper Scioto Valley 16-0 in five innings on Thursday in a Division VII sectional final at LCC. LCC will advance on to play Minster on May 28 at Elida in the district semifinals.
MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton Cars & Coffee will hold its 2026 season opener on Saturday, May 23 from 8:00-11:00 a.m.
Twisted Whisk is back with Coffee, Pastries, and their new food truck...The Whisk on Wheels
Door prizes from our generous local businesses
50/50 drawing
and more!
FROM THE ORGANIZERS
Last year we had 18 Door Prize Donors. This year we have 28 Door Prize Donors! A huge Thank You to our local businesses that have chosen to support Bluffton Cars & Coffee!
MEDIA RELEASE__Ada High School will hold Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 24 at 2:00 p.m. in the Ada High School gymnasium. Valedictorians Lily Howard and Emma Lambdin, and Salutatorian Slade Gossman are featured speakers. Class president Justin Bowden will deliver a welcome address. The Commencement address will be given by English teacher David Ames. Senior class advisor Kristin Salyer will read the names of graduates.
2026 graduates of Ada High School were celebrated at the annual Baccalaureate service on Tuesday, May 19 in the English Chapel at Ohio Northern University. This tradition began in 2002, under the leadership of Rev. Wayne Albertson, who wanted to honor graduates in a way that recognizes God’s guidance in their lives and allows their families and the community to offer personal blessings over each graduate. The Ada Ministerial Association has continued the tradition in partnership with the parents of graduating seniors.
By Benjamin Hoover, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Moral fiber is an idiom used to describe strength or courage that one derives from moral principles or ethical value. The term is linked to the nineteenth century and was in the 1873 English Oxford Dictionary. It compares human character with the strong threads of material or fiber. The term “a lack of moral fiber” was used officially by the British Royal Air Force in World War II to describe air crews who did not engage in battle due to fear.
