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Amy Bullimore garners OAC honor again, may surpass Morgan (Dumbaugh) Bass of Ada in scoring record

For the second consecutive week, senior Amy  Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week.

Bullimore guided Northern (14-1 overall, 8-0 OAC) to its 13th and 14th consecutive victories, averaging a double-double during the week.

In a 61-55 overtime victory over Baldwin Wallace, Bullimore tallied a game-best 22 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.

Keeping watchful eyes on Ada's Main Street, the railroad depot clock and Presbyterian Church steeple join a Main Street winter banner on a brisk January afternoon.

CIC promotes, advances and encourages industrial, economic, commercial and civic development here

Ada’s Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) will elect officers for 2018 at its first quarterly meeting of the year.

The meeting, at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 17, is in the Dean’s Heritage Room in McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.

This year’s officer’s slate includes Jamie Hall, president, Brandt Miller, vice president, Eileen Peterman, secretary and Angela Polachek, treasurer. They are the current officers.

According to Peterman, other agenda items include a review of members, and a 2018 budget.

Stage set for this year's Super Bowl Eve event

As the NFL playoffs continue, Ada will again have its own Super Bowl extravaganza.
 
The second annual “Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival” on Saturday, Feb. 3, will celebrate the village of Ada’s connection to the biggest football game of the year. Ada’s Wilson Sporting Goods factory makes the footballs used in the Super Bowl, and the day’s events will again capture that theme, leading up to a “football drop” at midnight on the cusp of Super Bowl Sunday.
 

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Norma J. Guthrie, 77, passed away January 14, 2018 at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.  Norma was born November 20, 1940 in Cambridge, Ohio to the late Roy and Eva (Stiles) Shelton.  On February 2, 1958 he married Harold "Gus” Guthrie who survives in Ada.

If you need insurance, when the operator asks, "Number, please," Say, "214." It's  the Earl Dome Insurance Agency, Ada. Employees were Julia Bentley, Lillian Desenberg and Nancy Long. Earl Dome was the agent. This photo is from the 1953 Ada Community Centennial Souvenir Program.

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