Now, more than a year later, the final phases of construction are underway.
The 105,000-square-foot facility will be nearly twice the size of the current 55,000-square-foot Biggs Engineering Building and will feature space for collaboration, class projects and community-building, helping ONU remain on the cutting edge of educating engineers who make a difference.
By Cort Reynolds
On Sunday, July 7 Ada's Lily Baumgartner met a long-term goal by qualifying for the national AAA swim meet in the 50 butterfly.
She will now compete in Wisconsin on Aug. 1, at the highest level she can in the nation for her age group in USA Swimming.
Baumgartner, an incoming seventh grader at Ada Schools, is 12 years old and will be a part of the State of Ohio Team which will compete in the Central Zone championships.
The USA Central Zone Swim Championships is an All-Star format held each August where athletes represent their Local Swimming Chapters (LSCs).
By Cort Reynolds
Ada sisters Mackenzie (left) and Miranda Wills faced off in the finals of the annual Lima Area Tennis Association city tournament in late June
Mackenzie, a junior for the Ohio Northern University women's tennis team, won the sisterly championship match 6-3, 7-5 to take the title.
Miranda is an incoming junior at Ada and made districts for the 14-5 Bulldog tennis team this past spring.
What's summer without bright blooming lilies? You'll find an assortment of these garden beauties in the Ada Railroad Park. You'll also find lots of other summer bloomers, in the photos that follow in this series.
