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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada boys golf team played in a quadrangular league match at the Bluffton Golf Course Thursday morning, August 12.

Bluffton won the event with a score of 173, followed closely by Columbus Grove (174). Crestview was third (210) with Ada fourth (218).

Senior Drew Rush led Ada with a nine-hole round of 50. Senior Dexter Woods, junior Geddes Klingler and sophomore Jack Baumgartner each shot 56.

Senior Kamron Wilkerson carded a 58, and freshman Wyatt Ferguson added a 73.

Ada Lions' Club is sponsoring a Free Swim at the Ada Village Pool on Saturday, August 14, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Many people in our community and the surrounding communities know someone that has been affected by a stroke. Whether you are the caretaker, friend or stroke patient, it is important to understand the recognition and prevention of strokes.

A new partnership with Brink Literacy Project, a nonprofit publishing organization, will offer Ohio Northern University students myriad opportunities for learning about and working within the publishing industry.

The Scotland and Denver, Colorado-based group champions literacy worldwide and provides platforms for exceptional storytelling “to positively affect the lives of people on the brink,” particularly those from underserved communities, its website states. For ONU students, it will offer a shot at paid internships within its organization along with other resources for learning about the complicated but captivating publishing world.

Patsy Fern Worrell, age 79, went home to be with her Lord and husband Ralph whom passed away on March 6th of this year, at Vancrest of Ada  on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 6:45 PM.

She was born on October 30, 1941 in Lima, Ohio to Clyde N. and Fern (McCarty) Long who preceded her in death. She married Ralph M. Worrell on January 26, 1957, and they were married for sixty-three years.   

Patsy formerly worked at Gardner Drug Store, Ada and at Lima Memorial Health System.  She was a member of the County Line Church of the Brethren, Harrod.  Patsy was loved by everyone who knew her.  Her greatest love was her family whom she loved endlessly.

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

April 18, 1775 was famous for the ride of Paul Revere and his fellow colonists who warned that the Red Coats were coming. The Red Coats were British Army soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Red Coats were not well trained compared to other soldiers in the British army. The soldiers were in an unfamiliar environment with a vast countryside of harsh situations with few loyalists to help them. Why talk about the Red Coats and what do we have to learn from the British? How does this apply to COVID-19 pandemic?

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