Say goodbye to garlands and other Christmas decorations installed by the Village of Ada. This week village crews began removing the holiday aspect on Main St.
The Ada High School girls basketball team crafted a 12-point lead and then held off a late Lima Central Catholic comeback bid to win a defensive battle 37-31 Tuesday evening, January 4.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 4-9 with the non-league victory, while the Thunderbird girls fell to 4-7 with the defeat.
Ada led by 12 points early in the third quarter before LCC whittled away the lead to four late in the fourth period, but they got no closer.
"We had all eight players score, so it was nice to see everyone contribute that way," said Ada girls head coach Morgan Bass.
On January 4, the Ada Village Council held organizational and regular meetings.
Members of council have been sworn in by Mayor Dave Retterer and legal counsel Jane Napier. Newly reelected members Jeff Oestreich and Bob Simmons, and new member Jason Campbell were sworn-in on January 4. New member Sean Beck was sworn-in on December 31.
Ada Exempted Village Schools buses are now equipped with cameras to monitor the behaviour of other drivers. In November, Transportation and Maintenance Supervisor Tim Garmon reported that in the first 18 days, 9 citations were issued for drivers running the red flashing lights that indicate traffic must stop. On January 4 he told the Icon that these violations have been greatly reduced.
Marathon Center for the Performing Arts is holding auditions for Youtheatre’s upcoming production of Madagascar Jr. Auditions are open to students in grades 3-5 including an on-stage cast of no more than 40 students in addition to positions on the production’s technical crew.
Auditions for the on-stage cast will begin promptly at 6 p.m. Monday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 18 at Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, 200 W. Main Cross Street in Findlay. Check-in will begin at 5:45 p.m.
Ohio Northern University announced that it has received a $1 million gift commitment from 2000 alumnus Dr. Michael Craig Cox, PharmD, MHSc, BCOP.
A cancer researcher and small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor developer, Cox has made the gift to support students, faculty, research initiatives, and science-related programming. The Dr. Michael Craig Cox Endowed Fund for Careers in the Sciences will represent the first alumni-established fund of its kind at ONU.
