Auditions for the ninth annual Ohio Has Talent! competition will be held Nov. 13-14, 5-9 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity Friends Church in Van Wert.
Audition applications are available at www.comhealthpro.org and are due by Oct. 30.
The top acts will perform in the March 5, 2016, show at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. All entertainment talents are welcome including single and group acts. Talents beyond singing and dancing are especially encouraged to audition.
Contestants will compete for prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250. Winners are based solely on votes collected from the audience.
Ohio Northern University will formally dedicate the newly renovated track and field and soccer complex as “Kerscher Stadium” during a ceremony prior to the ONU women’s soccer game against Capital University on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2:15 p.m.
The stadium is named in honor of Robert Kerscher and his wife, Barbara Kerscher. Robert Kerscher, a member of the ONU Board of Trustees, is the founder, retired chair and chief executive officer of Lexi-Comp Inc., an Ohio-based medical publisher.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ohio Northern in 1970 and his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University in 1978. He received an honorary degree from ONU in 2014.
Story and photo by Carl Wilkerson
Ada tradition reignited – after an almost 20-year lapse. Several hundred Bulldog students, faculty and fans showed up Wednesday night for a rousing homecoming bonfire held in the practice field at the high school.
The students danced and sang and texted to the music of YMCA by The Village People – can you believe that!
The cheerleaders and homecoming court performed several skits for the football team.
The Ada faculty, who were instrumental in bringing back the event, provided donuts, popcorn and drinks.
This is Fred (no, not the owner of the Ada Icon) but another guy by that name, who showed up at Beth Howard's home, 403 W. Highland Ave. in a nicely decorated fall/Halloween yard display. Fred advises, "Sit back, relax, enjoy the fine day." (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
It's a mini mall of sorts. Six new businesses celebrated a grand opening Saturday afternoon at 4171 State Route 235, just north of Dollar General.
No department stores, restaurants, or shoe stores are located in this "mall" but you'll find much there.
Tuesday afternoon was a good day to walk a dog...or three. Andrea Chaparro was out with son Ricardo enjoying the fall day at Gilbert St. and Highland Ave with Abigail, a Shetland; Abril, a Boxer; and Minerva, a Pointer. (Monty Siekerman photo)
