Ada's latest news

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The February meeting of Ada Junior Civic League was held recently with Erin Swick, as hostess and Sherry Evans as co-hostess.

Club members prepared the lasagna dinner for Crockpot Tuesday at Restore on Feb. 26.  JCL will sponsor the donor diner at the Ada Bloodmobile on March 25. The special projects committee is considering several important community programs for the annual donation from the annual pecan sale.

The program for the evening was the Polar Paws Service Dog Training Program. Three students, along with their dogs, Monty, Amity, and Chaos spoke to the group.

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Senior All-American distance runner Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) has been named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year for the 2019 indoor season, the national office announced Wednesday.

This season, McVey posted the fastest one-mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter run times and helped establish the third-fastest DMR time in the region. His 3,000 and 5,000 meter times are also among the top-ten times on the NCAA Division III national performance list.

Plus "game ball" patent from O-K Manufacturing

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Provided by Leland Crouse
January 1950 - The societies and clubs found in Ada were Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter O founded in Ada in 1950; Entre Nous Club; Order of Eastern Star; Twice Ten Art Club; Sorosis Club; Neighborhood Club; Research Club; Ada Garden Club; Junior Civic League; Advance Club; WCTU; Past Presidents Club; Daughters of Union Veterans; Quatre; Pastime; Current Events, and the Zetetic Club.

K through 3rd graders next Tuesday evening

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Science in action and it’s kid’s only!

That’s the theme of a special evening for Ada Kindergarteners through third graders who have signed up in advance.

The action is from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the school cafeteria. A team of Ada teachers will be present and will guide students through activities during the evening.

According to an information sheet on the event:

“Our own Mr. Lusk along with his education students from ONU will present five engaging science centers.

“Students will travel to learn about the polar bears at the top of the world to the clouds at the top of the sky.”

Joe Campoli will coach NCAA DIII all-star team March 16

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Legendary Ohio Northern men's basketball coach Joe Campoli will serve as one of the coaches for the Reese's National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III College All-Star Game on Saturday, March 16.

Campoli will join former Elizabethtown (Pa.) coach Bob Schlosser as the coaches of the two teams, made up of Division III seniors from across the country.

The all-star game will be played prior to the NCAA Division III Championship game at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Campoli led the Polar Bears to the 1993 NCAA Division III title in his first season as head coach and to the 2001 Final Four.

She operated Allen's Bar and Grill in Alger

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Patricia P. Allen, 82, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 2:42 a.m. at Hardin Hills Health Center, Kenton.

She was born on May 8, 1936, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Joseph and Louise (Plummer) Thompson. On May 28, 1964, Patricia married Kash Allen and he survives in Alger.

Patricia was owner and operator of Allen’s Bar and Grill in Alger.  She loved her cats and enjoyed gardening. 

Also surviving is a son, David Allen of Alger; two daughters: Debbie (Ronald) Frazier of Ada and Julia (Steve) McClure of Alger; eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jeannie Myers of Lansing, Mich.

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