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Sophomore Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) won the individual title at heavyweight to lead the Ohio Northern wrestling team to a second-place finish at the 37th annual ONU Invitational on Saturday.

The Polar Bears had a strong outing, finishing the tournament with 11 wrestlers placers in eight of the 10 weight classes.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Ada. On Friday volunteers decorated the depot park. Here is Jill Simmons and in the next photos Heather Cox of LNB places a string of lights on shrubbery. (Monty Siekerman photos)

Village leaf pickup extended into next week

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By Monty Siekerman
Village leaf pickup will be extended into next week for two reasons.

The leaves are falling later this year, and a mechanical problem with the leaf "picker-upper machine" knocked it out of commission for a few days.

It's not too late to rake the leaves to the curb for pick up, if you haven't already done so. 

Connor Frazier led all players with 18 points, 11 rebounds

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys basketball team tipped off its season with a convincing 53-35 victory over visiting Hardin County rival Ridgemont Friday night in the season opener.

The Bulldogs held youthful Ridgemont without a field goal over the final 8:44, and outscored the Gophers 17-5 in the fourth period to finalize the win.

"We did a much better job defending in the second half," said Ada second-year head coach Dre White. "We only allowed four two-point field goals the entire second half.

24-hour sing-a-long by Kappa Phi

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PHOTO AT BOTTOM: Rev. Dr. David MacDonald, ONU chaplain, leads off the Kappa Phi sing-a-thon on Saturday. His song says he wants a hippopotamus for Christmas...hint. Know where to buy one?

By Monty Siekerman
Kappa Phi has held a  24-hour sing-a-thon prior to Christmas for nearly 40 years, and this year the money raised will go to a foundation that assists with research for Reflux Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), a painful disorder.

Theresa Meli of Middleburg Heights, a senior forensics major and a member of Kappa Phi has RSD and received the honor of being the Polar Bear at the beginning of the fundraiser.

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Kera-Ann N. Bollinger, age 21, died on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin.

          She was born on May 21, 1996 in Las Vegas, NV to Kenneth E. and Christine (Ayres) Bollinger and they survive in Ada. 

          Kera-Ann was a student at The Ohio State University.  She was a 2015 graduate of Ada High School where she played soccer.  She was an artist and a good friend to everyone.

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