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The Starbucks coffee shop at 534 S Main St. is now open, 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., 7 days a week. It features oven warmed food and Nitro cold brew. 

St Paul's United Church of Christ, on Twp Rd 25 between Twp. roads 50 and 60, will host a Pancake and Sausage breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday October 16. 

Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children ages 4-12. To purchase tickets, call or text 740-360-9285, message the church on Facebook or email [email protected].

Twenty Hardin Leadership 2020-2021 participants will be recognized for completing their nine session Hardin Leadership program in two years due to the pandemic.

The celebration will be held on Thursday evening, October 14 at the Elk’s Lodge Banquet Room, 117 E. Franklin St., Kenton. Gathering begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner buffet beginning at 6:00 p.m. 

Representing the class with the “Class Reflections” will be Kendrick Garmon of Kenton and Deb Oestreich of Ada. Brad Ellis, Director of Behavioral Health for Coleman Health Services will be the Alumni speaker and will talk about “Finding Your Happy Place...No Mask Required.”

By Cort Reynolds

Four Ada cross country runners competed in the Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday, October 2, at the Kalida Fish and Game Club.

Lady Bulldog sophomore Elsie Allen finished 87th in 26:20.5 to pace the Ada girls.    

Sophomore teammate Jillian Hazelton was close behind her in 90th place with a time of 26:59.9.

Senior Andrea Burgei of Kalida won the 117-runner girls race in a time of 19:16.5. Junior Taylor Spencer of Waynesfield-Goshen was second in 19:25.3.

Liberty-Benton won the girls team title with 58 points, Ottawa-Glandorf was second (81) and Van Buren third (86). Ada and 11 others did not have the five runners needed for a team score.

The Ohio Northern men's cross country team raced to a 16th-place finish out of 42 teams at the Louisville Classic on Saturday afternoon at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.

In the Silver Race (Pre-Nationals), the Polar Bears (35-19 overall) scored 508 points and posted a total time of 2:12:41.40 and an average time of 26:32:28 on the 8,000-meter course.

Junior Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) led the seven-man ONU contingent across the finish line, placing 49th overall out of 341 runners with a time of 25:37.9.

Junior Breydan Hann (Wooster) was the next Polar Bear to finish, placing 91st overall with a time of 26:21.4.

The next regular meeting of the Village of Ada council is at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The agenda is attached.

Resolutions on the agenda: 

2021-17 October 5, 2021 A Resolution Accepting the Amounts and Rates as Determined by the Budget Commission and Authorizing the Necessary Tax Levies and Certifying them to the County Auditor

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