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ONU ART & DESIGN ON LINKEDIN__Congratulations to Ohio Northern University professors Luke Sheets, professor of art & design, and Bruce Chesser, professor emeritus of art & design, for having work selected to the Ohio Designer Craftsmen “Best of 2025” exhibition.

Linda M. Prichard, age 68, of Alger, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Lima Memorial Health.  

Linda was born on July 27, 1956 in Lima, Ohio to Virgil Craft and Barbara (Allen) Craft Pitts. On July 7, 1978 Linda married Toby R. Prichard and he survives in Alger. 

Also surviving is her brother and sister: Larry (Hope) Craft of Hokes Bluff, AL, and Sandy (Joe) Roark of Jackson, KY.  

She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers: Timothy Craft and Terry Craft. 

Linda previously worked for Autolite. 

It was Linda’s wish to be cremated. Services will be held at a later date.  

CORRECTED 4:22 p.m. Original posting was incomplete.

By Cort Reynolds

MT. BLANCHARD – The Ada High School boys track and field team won the annual five-team Hardin County Invitational meet hosted by Riverdale on Wednesday, May 7.

The Bulldog boys scored 93.33 points to nose out Riverdale by four points for the tightly-contested title. Kenton was a close third at 85 points, four behind the host Falcons.

Ridgemont came in fourth (47.33), followed by Hardin Northern (37).

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School boys tennis team beat visiting Fostoria in a lengthy 3-2 match on a sunny evening Wednesday, May 7 at War Memorial Park.

The Bulldogs improved to 3-4 after the hard-fought victory.

“We were missing our number two singles, so Brandon was bumped up to two and Luke Archer was bumped up to third singles,” explained Ada head coach Carter Bivens.

The lineup changes did not deter the Bulldogs from victory.

Ada senior Nathan Williams dominated at first singles as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Redman sophomore Landon Sherman. 

“Nathan had a quick victory, decisive and clean,” said Givens.

FROM ADAOH.GOV__The Village of Ada's West Montford Improvement Project is getting an early start. Due to wet ground at other job sites the Contractor has mobilized to the Montford Project 2 weeks earlier than scheduled. Today, 5.7.2025 we have equipment and cones staged along the entire length of the project. Contractor will start Thursday or Friday with pavement saw cuts along the concrete gutter on both sides of the street.

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