As the sun sets, Ada Fire, EMS, and Police stand together in remembrance of those who lost their lives on 9/11. Together, the local first responders honored those who gave their lives for others. Fireman Caleb Garmon (see next photo) gave a tribute talk that he wrote. The occasion was held in front of the fire department. Unexpectedly, traffic on Main Street stopped during the solemn occasion, the drivers honoring those who were injured and those who died on that fateful day. (Monty Siekerman photos)
Kate Witte won her 700th career victory when the ONU volleyball team swept area rival Bluffton Tuesday at the ONU Sports Center. She is the winningest coach in Ohio Northern volleyball history and in the history of the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Witte is now 700-229 in 28 seasons at ONU, an outstanding winning percentage of .753.
"I am just so grateful to be the head coach at such a fine institution as Ohio Northern University,' Witte said. "This is a testament to the quality of women we have had in our program. I love the ladies on the team right now and I love all of the players that have played for me through the years.”
Here's the bios of the members of this year's Ada HS homecoming court.
The announcement of the king and queen will be made at pregame ceremonies at 6:30 p.m. on Friday prior to the start of the football game at Ada War Memorial Stadium.
This is Family Weekend at ONU as well as Harvest and Herb Fest downtown. Many parents will be wandering around the Festival booths with their students between activities on campus.
Family Weekend includes these activities on Saturday:
· 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 33rd annual Harvest and Herb Festival on Main Street The event features a parade, about 180 craft booths, food vendors and live entertainment. Booths open at 9 a.m. and the parade begins at 10 a.m.
· 10 a.m. to noon. Fine Arts Exhibition. Display of art created by ONU’s students outside of the Wilson Art Building.
A team of Ohio Northern business students—including students from Ada and Alger—won the best practices competition at the Beta Alpha Psi regional conference for the presentation “Branding your chapter.” The students then went on to represent ONU at the Beta Alpha Psi annual conference in Washington, D.C.
Members of ONU’s team were Ledondrick Chapman of Cleveland; Jack Ellerhorst of Cincinnati; Alexis Jordan of Alger; Alexander Klouvas of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Benjamin Neville of Ada; Zachary Padden of Cambridge; Martrina Parks of Worthington; and Victoria Volpe of Fostoria.
The Ada golf team won a fifth-man tiebreaker to beat Crestiew in a Northwest Conference tri-match Tuesday evening.
Columbus Grove won the match with a total of 175 strokes. Ada and the Knights tied at 208 strokes.
But Ada fifth man Rob Allison shot a 64 to nip the fifth Knight by a single stroke, providing the margin of victory. Will Sharpe and Scott Bowman each shot 65 to tie as fifth man on the Crestview squad.
Ethan Hull posted his career-low for the second straight day, shooting a 46 to pace Ada. Austin Amburgey and Alex Morgan each carded a 53. Brevin Sizemore shot a 56.
Owen Macke of Grove was match medalist with a score of 41.
