On January 8 the Board of Education of the Ada Exempted Village Schools (AEVS) held their annual reorganization meeting.
Two new board members were sworn in, Troy Erikson and Justin Hollon. Ron Fleming was elected as board president and Ted Griffith was elected as vice president. The fifth member of the board is Matt Gossman.
Fleming and Erickson were also named to a policy committee. Meetings for this committee will be announced in advance.
The members agreed to continue meeting on the third Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. The regular January meeting will be held at noon on Saturday, January 20.
As discussed at meetings in late 2023, the school is now required to provide a second preschool classroom, which has been used for storage.
PLAIN CITY__The Allen East girls basketball team made the long trip to face a new foe in Div. II Jonathan Alder on Martin Luther King Day Monday afternoon, January 15.
Women's Basketball falls 67-58
(January 10) BEREA__The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell at No. 25 Baldwin Wallace 67-58 in a battle of league unbeatens on Wednesday night.
McGUFFEY__The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team fell behind early and lost 73-46 to backyard foe Upper Scioto Valley in their traditional rivalry contest Saturday night, January 13, at Alumni Fieldhouse.
The Bulldogs dropped to 2-10 with the non-conference defeat. USV improved to 6-5 after the grudge match win.
NEW BREMEN__The Ada High School girls swim teams finished a solid seventh at the 16-team Celina Invitational held at the New Bremen YMCA Saturday, January 13.
Junior standout Lily Baumgartner won the 100-yard butterfly (58.32) and 100 backstroke (61.84) races to compile 32 of the 65 Bulldog girls points.
The Bulldog boys finished 12th out of 16 teams with 26 points. Ada finished 10th in the combined girls/boys team standings.
Ottawa-Glandorf swept both the boys and girls team titles. O-G edged St. Marys 274-268.5 for the girls crown. The Titan boys also beat out the second-place Roughriders 229-204.5 to claim first.
O-G won the combined teams event championship, with St. Marys second and Wapakoneta third.
“We had a few minor errors due to slippery blocks and walls, but I feel they adapted well and did the very best they could,” said Ada head coach Ashley Robey.
As our nation prepares to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, we commemorate the 56th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech at Ohio Northern on Jan. 11, 1968.
“Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God. Without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So, it is necessary to help time and to realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
