The Ohio Northern volleyball team enjoyed success both on the court and in the classroom during the Fall academic semester in 2017.
The Polar Bears posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.53 during the fall.
Northern also saw 12 of its seventeen players named to the Dean's List for their efforts in the classroom.
ONU made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA III Tournament in 2017 under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte and advanced to the Regional Finals before bowing out of the tournament.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will begin its spring schedule indoors with five matches in February under second-year head coach Mike Bonnell.
The Polar Bears will travel to Albion, Mich., on Feb. 10 for matches with Albion and Olivet (Mich.)
On Feb. 17, ONU will play road matches at both Franciscan and Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) before returning home to face Penn State-Behrend on Feb. 25 at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima.
Ohio Northern will then travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for its annual spring break trip March 3-11.
Patricia A. Shellabarger, age 89, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 10:05 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on October 22, 1928 in Woodland, West Virginia to the late Lloyd and Blanche (Heslep) Yoho. On September 13, 1958 Patricia married Fredric A. Shellabarger and he survives in Ada.
Patricia was a homemaker. She was a member of the West Milton United Church of Christ.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Public Library will be closed for a week and a half starting Wednesday, Jan. 10, because the library is undergoing a major renovation and addition. The library will reopen at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 22.
During the closing work will be done on the ceiling and renovations in the main part of the library, taking advantage of being closed for Martin Luther King Day and a staff inservice day. A new front desk will also be built during the closing.
Steven D. Robirds, age 64, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at his residence in Ada.
He was born on January 10, 1953 in Hardin County, Ohio to the late Earnest Edward and Ressie (Dyer) Robirds. On April 16, 1971 he married Cathy D. Simon and she preceded him in death on April 25, 2014.
Steven worked as a maintenance supervisor at Steel Technologies of Ottawa. He was a member of the Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, Alger. He was a 1970 graduate of Upper Scioto Valley High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1972 to 1978.
Incumbents of the Ada village council were sworn in for another four-year term by Jane Napier, law director, at their reorganization meeting, Jan. 2. From left to right: Jane Napier, Bob Simmons, Jeff Oestreich, Terry Keiser and Don Fleming. (Connie Fleming photo)
