Welcome to a new Ada Icon feature. We call it "Hi! I am a foreigner." This feature includes interviews with Ohio Northern University international students. Icon intern, Elizaveta Dyachuk, a student from Russia, conducts the interviews. Our first feature follows:
Yuuki Okada
English pronunciation:Yuki
Your nationality: Japanese
Year at ONU: Freshman
Major at ONU: Graphic design
Cleveland Indians Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Bob DiBiasio and Indians’ radio announcer Jim Rosenhaus will conduct a question-and-answer session from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 4 in the Forum of James F. Dicke Hall at Ohio Northern University. DiBiasio, who has been with the Indians for more than 30 years and is the brother of ONU President Dan DiBiasio, and Rosenhaus, who has been broadcasting the Indians since 2007, will discuss their respective roles with the Cleveland Indians as well as the current state of the team. The event is free and open to the public.
By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The Ada wrestling squad competed at the 41st annual Sally George Invitational hosted by Marion Pleasant last Friday and Saturday.
Host Pleasant won the 21-team event for the first time in 12 years with 249 points, finishing well ahead of second-place London (163.5). Ada scored nine points to finish 20th.
No Bulldogs made it to the second day of the double-elimination competition.
Antonio Pettit (113), Cameron Bober (152) and Jonathan McClain (220) each won one match for Ada.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Paulding ran out to a big early lead and went on to defeat Ada 80-39 in a Northwest Conference girls basketball contest Thursday night.
Lady Panther senior wing Chelsi Giesige poured in 30 points to pace her team to victory. She scored nine first-period points, while junior wing Jalynn Parrett connected on four baskets to lead Paulding to a commanding 28-8 lead after just one quarter.
The Bulldog girls dropped to 6-13 overall and 0-6 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Panthers improved to 16-3 and 5-2 in the NWC with the win.
Kathleen M. Sehlhorst, 61, died Jan. 28, 2020 at her residence. Kathy was born June 7, 1958, in Bluffton to James and Ursula (Nussbaum) Alt. On Sept. 9, 1977, she married Chuck Sehlhorst who survives.
Kathy worked as a secretary at the Ohio Northern University - College of Pharmacy and at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bluffton. She was a graduate of the Ohio State Beauty Academy and the University of Northwestern Ohio.
