(Reminder: the Ada Historical Society charter membership drive is 5-6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 7, with a reception at the Railroad Depot. $10 individual, $15 family. All are invited to go to Viva Maria’s at 6:30 to continue the conversation over dinner.)
By Monty Siekerman
Wilson Sporting Goods makes Ada famous, but at one time the building was going to be the home of the College of Engineering. The Great Depression put a stop to that idea, which is probably a good thing because construction began this week on a $30 million new Engineering Building in the heart of campus.
Story and photo by Monty Siekerman
Youngsters love a carnival and parents and teachers love one that encourages reading.
The Ada Academic Boosters sponsor a carnival each year in the '86 Gym, as they did on Friday for grades K-5. Children earn tickets by meeting reading goals, and can spend them on games, popcorn, raffle items and, a popular one, throwing a wet sponge at a teacher.
Parent volunteers help, led this year by cochair Amber Simon and Lori Poling.
Youngsters love a carnival and parents and teachers love one that encourages reading. The Ada Academic Boosters sponsor a carnival each year in the 86 Gym, as they did on Friday for grades K-5. Children earn tickets by meeting reading goals and can spend them on games, popcorn, raffle items and, a popular one, throwing a wet sponge at a teacher. CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
The first ever Ada Historical Society dinner and membership drive will be held on Monday, May 7. Those who join that evening will be charter members of the organization.
There will be an open reception from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Railroad Depot.
“We look forward to meeting you and having an opportunity to introduce our group and goals,” said President Rhett Grant. “If you have an interesting piece of your history that you would like to share, bring your stories and photos as we would love to see and hear them.” There will be several historical displays to be viewed at the reception.
For the first time since the 2009 season, the Ohio Northern softball team has been crowned the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Champions after defeating host and No. 1 seed Otterbein 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in the title game at the Otterbein Softball Field.
The Polar Bears (30-9 overall) become the first team since current head coach Jackie (Mangola) Price made the NCAA Tournament as a player and current assistant coach Tina (Mangola) Martinez made the NCAA Tournament as an assistant coach for ONU in 2012, to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
Ohio Northern will be the No. 4 seed in the 2018 OAC Baseball Tournament May 10-12 at Otterbein.
The Polar Bears will play top-seeded host Otterbein in the first game on Thursday with second-seeded Marietta and third-seeded Baldwin Wallace meeting in the second opening round contest in the double-elimination tournament.
Game times will be announced soon.
Thursday's winners will face off in Game 2 on Friday with Thursday's losers following in an elimination game on Friday.
