Gathering for an interview with the Toledo Blade on Friday are ONU/Ada old-timers (from left) Terry Keiser, Monty Siekerman, and Al Cohoe. In the press interview in Lehr Memorial, the trio talked with Blade reporter Zach Lemon about their memories of Dr. King’s visit.
They will be panelists Jan. 18 in the Freed Center, along with three others who were students at the time. Keiser and Cohoe taught at ONU at the time while Ada Icon Editor Siekerman was ONU publicity chief. They hold recording of Dr. King’s speech.
ADA - Visiting LCC outscored Ada 21-11 in the fourth quarter to down the Lady Bulldogs 51-39 in a hard-fought non-conference girls basketball contest Thursday evening.
The purple and gold drop to 2-8 with the defeat, while the Thunderbirds improved to 1-12 after their first win.
LCC finished the game on an 18-6 run after breaking the final tie of 33-33 on a Rosie Williams three-point play with just under five minutes remaining.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team enjoyed success both on the court and in the classroom during the Fall academic semester in 2017.
The Polar Bears posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.53 during the fall.
Northern also saw 12 of its seventeen players named to the Dean's List for their efforts in the classroom.
ONU made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA III Tournament in 2017 under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte and advanced to the Regional Finals before bowing out of the tournament.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will begin its spring schedule indoors with five matches in February under second-year head coach Mike Bonnell.
The Polar Bears will travel to Albion, Mich., on Feb. 10 for matches with Albion and Olivet (Mich.)
On Feb. 17, ONU will play road matches at both Franciscan and Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) before returning home to face Penn State-Behrend on Feb. 25 at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima.
Ohio Northern will then travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for its annual spring break trip March 3-11.
Patricia A. Shellabarger, age 89, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 10:05 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on October 22, 1928 in Woodland, West Virginia to the late Lloyd and Blanche (Heslep) Yoho. On September 13, 1958 Patricia married Fredric A. Shellabarger and he survives in Ada.
Patricia was a homemaker. She was a member of the West Milton United Church of Christ.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Public Library will be closed for a week and a half starting Wednesday, Jan. 10, because the library is undergoing a major renovation and addition. The library will reopen at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 22.
During the closing work will be done on the ceiling and renovations in the main part of the library, taking advantage of being closed for Martin Luther King Day and a staff inservice day. A new front desk will also be built during the closing.
