The Pride of Ada, Pennsylvania Railroad caboose 47779, will be recognized in a re-dedication ribbon cutting at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, as a kick-off to the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival.
Dave Retterer, Ada mayor, will speak about the complete renovation of the
caboose, which occurred this summer.
There will be a display of the caboose during the festival. The Ada railroad depot will also be open to the public during the festival.
An "Out of Darkness" Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will be held on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 12-4 p.m..
This community walk is meant to be a time to remember those we have lost and to work to end the stigma surrounding mental health, according to Ann Johnson,
Assistant Professor of Psychology at ONU.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team defeated visiting Perry in three straight sets Monday evening.
The 25-10, 25-13, 25-22 win ended a four-match losing skid and upped the Ada record to 4-5.
Junior Melina Woods led Ada with 17 kills, three digs, three blocks and two aces. Senior Haley Wyss contributed seven kills and five aces with three digs.
"Melina did a great job," said Ada head coach Melissa Gossard. "Our serving was really good."
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up seven spots to No. 9 nationally in the second weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (6-0-0 overall) received 638 points in the poll, 204 more points that last week, when they were ranked No. 16.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Amherst remained in the top spot in the rankings with 987 points and 14 first place votes, followed by Kenyon in second with 937 points and one first place vote and Rowan (N.J.) in third with 918 points and the remaining four first place votes.
Senior Ashley Borchers had a double-double with 10 kills and 30 assists and hit .444 to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 30-28, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Denison on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-1 on the season, while the Big Red falls to 2-7.
Northern started the match slowly and trailed 28-27 in Set 1 before scoring the final three points to win the opener 30-28.
In the second set, Northern used an early 5-0 run to take a commanding 13-6 lead.
ONU went to the bench in the third set and scored four straight points to go up 19-13.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 9-0 victory over Defiance and an 8-1 win over Concordia (Mich.) on Tuesday afternoon at Dix Tennis Courts in Defiance.
Against, Defiance, freshman Mackenzie Wills led the way for ONU as she posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles and teamed up with senior Brittany Toney to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Freshmen Katherine Curry, Kaleigh Cummins, Jordan Dodson, and Jacey Higbie also posted 6-0, 6-0 shutout victories at Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 sigles, respectively.
