"Santa sent Bob the Elf to oversee Rudy the Rude Elf because he saw his shenanigans on Facebook. Needless to say, Rudy did not take kindly to having Bob as his moral compass." Elf shenanigans at Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St.
***UPDATE*** Santa will be inside the Depot instead of in the caboose.
Saturday, December 13, 11 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in downtown Ada
FROM FACEBOOK__The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce has announced all participating businesses on Main Street and East Buckeye Ave will have these Merry on Main signs displayed so you know to stop on in!
MT. BLANCHARD–The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team hung close for a half but eventually lost 44-30 at Riverdale in a Blanchard Valley Conference battle on Thursday, December 11.
The Falcon girls turned a one-point halftime lead into a 14-point victory by outscoring Ada 25-12 after intermission.
The Bulldog girls dropped to 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the BVC with the road defeat that snapped their three-game win streak.
Riverdale improved to 3-2 overall and 3-0 in BVC play after the win.
BRYAN – The Ada High School girls wrestling team competed at the Bryan Invitational on Sunday, December 7.
In the 25-team event, Defiance Tinora squeaked by Archbold by 1.5 points (188-186.5) to win the team title. Gibsonburg finished third with 140 points, followed by Woodmore (103) and Delta (96).
The Bulldog girls finished 21st with 24 points.
Ada’s Cheznie Vieira finished second in the 120 lbs. weight class to post the top Bulldog finish.
The Ada girls are slated to wrestle at the Clyde Invitational on Sunday, Dec. 14.
ADA–Ada junior kicker/punter Andrew Allen was named third team Div. VII All-Ohio in voting recently conducted by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association.
Allen was also named to the all-Northwest District first team as a punter, and made honorable mention in the All-Blanchard Valley Conference as a kicker.
Allen booted 31 punts for a 40.0-yard average per kick this season, good for the second-best average in the BVC.
Allen successfully booted 32 of 33 point after attempts, and made one field goal to score 35 points this past season. He was a perfect 37-37 on PATs as a sophomore.
By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Elvis Presley released Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956. The song hit number one on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed there for 7 weeks. The crossover hit stayed at number one for seventeen weeks on the Country & Western charts. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995. Many have covered the song, including a duet by Willie Nelson and Leon Russel.
Why the talk about heartbreaks during the most wonderful time of the year?
