Junior C. Conley, 72, died on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at 2:30 a.m. at Vancrest of Ada.
He was born on Aug. 29, 1946, in Hardin County, Ohio, to L.T. and Martha (Elwood) Conley who preceded him in death.
Junior was a loader at Provico Grain Elevator. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving from 1965-1967.
Junior is survived by two sons: Chuck (Wathusiri) Conley of Shawnee and David (Traci) Bitler of Westminster; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers: Anthony “Tony” Conley of Lima and Loyd (Debra) Conley of McGuffey; and a sister: Ruth (Paul) Lawrence of Ada.
By Cort Reynolds
Despite a solid team score, the Ada golf team finished fourth in a tough four-team Northwest Conference meet Tuesday at the Bluffton Golf Course.
Bluffton and Allen East tied with 179 strokes each, followed by Paulding (190) and Ada (209). The Pirates won the tiebreaker with AE after both teams' fifth man shot 51 since Pirate Wes Brauen shot a 64 in the sixth spot.
Senior Alex Morgan and junior Brevin Sizemore tied for Bulldog team honors as each carded a 47. Senior Ethan Hull tallied a 55, while junior Jacob Morgan shot 60 to round out the Bulldog scorers.
Ohio Northern University will put active learning and community involvement into practice with the annual Ada Community Engagement (ACE) event from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 24.
The program is designed to engage incoming students with their college home and provide opportunities for ONU’s first-year students to contribute to the village and surrounding communities.
University members will travel to several individual residences to help with projects such as weeding, mulching and painting.
The most important questions for Ada elementary students leading up to the first day of school are:
• Who is your teacher?
• Who are your class members?
Those questions are answered today as the Kindgergarten to sixth grade class lists are now posted.
Ben Thaxton, Ada elementary principal, provided the lists to the Ada Icon. Those lists are provided below. To enlarge, clip on the list.
In addition to the visual lists below, viewers may see the entire lists by clicking here.
Annis L. “Ann” Piper, 88, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at 5:30 a.m. at Lima Manor.
She was born on Aug.17, 1930, in Hindman, Kentucky, to the late Willis and Della (Cox) Conley. Ann married Waldo Oglesbee and he preceded her in death on April 1, 1960. She later married Paul Piper and he preceded her in death on April 3, 2004.
Ann was a homemaker. She was a member of the Alger Assembly of God Church.
The Ada Historical Society will hold its regular monthly August meeting on Monday, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main Street, Ada.
