By Maddie Gossard
The Liberty Belles and Boys had a 4-H organized for the year earlier this week. There were 39 members who attended.
Officers were elected as follows Will Allen - President, Nora Dellifield - Vice President, Kaitlyn Long - Secretary, Casey Swick- Treasurer, Maddie Gossard - Reporter and Historian, Jon Allen- Photographer, Katey Stuart - Health, Andrew Rohrabaugh- Safety, Carson Gossard- Flags, Molly Sheets, Paige Jochims, and Reece Evans- Recreation Leaders.
Formal dedication of the Ada First United Methodist Church is Sunday at the new $6 million, 25,000 square foot church located at 301 N. Main St. The worship service will begin at 10 am. Rev. Barry R. Burns, district superintendent, will be present. There will be a special presentation of a piece written by Jonathan Wey of ONU titled "Unless the Lord Builds the House." It will be sung by the Chancel Choir and the University Singers under the direction of Dr. Ben Ayling, II The ribbon cutting will occur at the close if the service, about 11:30 a.m. Rev.
Wilma J. Haney Pitts, 74 was born in Harrod, Ohio, on Sept. 13, 1940, to LeRoy and Bonnie (Arnett) Haney who preceded her in death. One sister, Lillimae Whitaker of Kenton, Ohio, preceded her in death and one brother, Donald Haney of Lafayette, Ohio, passed the day of her death.
Ohio Northern University will hold its annual Multicultural Fair in the McIntosh Center Activities Room on Friday, April 10, at 4 p.m. This event is a collaboration of ONU’s International Services, ONU Student Senate and seven multicultural student organizations.
You’ve probably noticed that freight trains through Ada are more frequent, are longer and they travel at higher speeds than you are used to. A rebirth of the line through Ada for freight happened this winter.
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Norfolk Southern (NS) track resurfacing crews labored between Ft. Wayne and Bucyrus last fall and into the early winter. The reason: A race to relieve rail traffic congestion on other lines.
NS is experiencing serious freight traffic congestion on its Chicago Line between Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago where up to 110 trains a day travel.