Following a historic 2017 campaign, the Ohio Northern women's soccer program has set lofty goals as they begin their defense of the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season and tournament crowns under 15th-year head coach Mark Batman.
Their first matches are this weekend at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational. The first home game in Ada will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, against Case Western.
Last season, the Polar Bears sported an impressive 20-2-2 overall record with an undefeated 9-0-0 mark in conference action.
There is a slight change in the times that presale football tickets will be sold at the Ada High School office this fall. Tickets will be sold from noon until 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays and from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Presale tickets are $4 for students and $5 for adults. Tickets at the gate are $6 for students and adults.
Fionnuala Ni Aolain will discuss “How can states counter terrorism while protecting human rights?” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at the law school. Her talk, which is part of the law college’s Kormendy Lecture series, is free and open to the public.
Her talk will address the balance between security and human rights in the post-9/11 landscape, and Ni Aolain will emphasize that one concern does not need to be sacrificed for the other, pointing out that security and human rights can co-exist out of mutual necessity.
She teaches law at the University of Minnesota, is chair of the Open Society Foundation, and works with the UN on human rights.
There will be a special village council meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the City Building to review bids for the 2018-2021 solid waste and recycling disposal contract.
Wilson employees shared their trade secrets with persons attending Saturday's Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival. During the fest', fans had the unique opportunity to buy a one-of-a-kind football and watch it being created.
Four stations in the process included: sewing, turning, lacing and molding the footballs in a unique assemblyline fashion.
In these photos are Ashley Lamb, sewing; Derek Gibson, turning, Chrissie Oakes, lacing and Gibson, at the molder.
One of fans to purchase a football was Zane Wilson, 8, of Findlay, who now has a football with a "Wilson" name on it.
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Mud volleyball lived up to its name on Friday evening when ONU students got down and got dirty for a good cause.
Proceeds from the Founders Hall tournament support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Kenton. The fundraiser provides monthly books for children. The event has been a residence life tradition at ONU for 25 years.
