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Made of Metal: Magnesium

Posted by Staff on Thursday, May 2, 2024

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

Magnesium is a shiny gray earth metal with the atomic number of 12. It is the eleventh most abundant element found in the body. Magnesium is essential for the proper function of cells and over 300 enzyme systems.

Magnesium is an intracellular cation, meaning large quantities are found in tissue, cells, and organs rather than in the blood. This makes sense because cells need magnesium to function properly. 

Magnesium is extremely important for the heart including a normal rhythm and regulating blood pressure. It is an essential ingredient for the production of energy for the body. The regulation of nerve function, blood sugar control and muscle contractions are dependent on magnesium.  Magnesium contributes to bone development and maintenance.

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Village of Ada helps grow interest in the urban forest

Posted by Staff on Thursday, May 2, 2024

Ada earns continued Tree City USA designation

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Last week the Village of Ada Tree Commission sent third graders home with three-year-old river birch seedlings. The bagged, slime covered infant trees will grow fairly rapidly and have the potential to become 40+ foot trees with papery bark and yellow fall color.

The students participated in a program led by Jennifer Donley of the Ada Tree Commission, which gave them the opportunity to share their knowledge and interest in trees. At the same time, the children learned about how to plant and care for their river birch seedlings.

A drawing competition awarded prizes of tree books to three student artists selected by Ada’s mayor, Dave Retterer. Village Administrator Jamie Hall read the mayor's Arbor Day proclamaction to the students.

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Make way for brewery development

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, May 2, 2024

Recent demoliton work on E. Buckeye in Ada has created a partial blank canvas for the creation of the Old Route 69 Brewery which plans to provide "craft beer, food and family-inclusive entertainment." The project now entails use of the Armory and the former Cole Motor Sales location.

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ODA will begin aerial treatments for spongy moth

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will soon begin aerial treatments to control populations of the Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth), an invasive species, in Ohio.

Treatments will be applied in Hardin County as well as in Auglaize, Fairfield, Hocking, Knox, Licking, Logan, Vinton, and Washington counties.

Applications are tentatively scheduled for mid-June, weather permitting. Treatment dates and information can be found on ODA’s Spongy Moth webpage. 

Applications are administered using a low-flying yellow aircraft, approximately 100 feet above the treetops.

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Bulldog softball out-slugs W-G, wins 8th straight

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, May 1, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

WAYNESFIELD – The visiting Ada High School softball team scored a whopping 11 runs in the sixth inning to break up a close game and beat Waynesfield-Goshen 21-8 in a wild non-conference contest Tuesday evening, April 30.

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Bulldog track & field 3rd at county meet

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, May 1, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

DOLA __ The Ada High School track and field teams each finished a solid third in the annual six-team Hardin County meet at Hardin Northern Tuesday.

Riverdale captured the girls team crown, while Kenton won the boys title.

Ada senior standout Jackson Brown won the 110 high hurdles, the 200- meter dash and took second in the 100 meters to pace the Bulldog boys.

Sophomore speedster Jordyn Smith finished second in the 100 meters to post the top Ada girls finish.

Top Ada girls finishes:

Girls 100 meter dash

2nd Jordyn Smith 13.45

Girls 400 meters

3rd Jordyn Smith 65.57

Girls 300 hurdles

3rd Mariah King  51.95

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