FROM FACEBOOK__Two Ada area organizations, Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio and Vancrest of Ada, are collecting candy for the Halloween season.
MEDIA RELEASE__State Wildlife Officer Jason Porinchok, assigned to Putnam County, received a call about groundhogs that fell into a dry cistern and became trapped. Officer Porinchok advised the caller to place an object in the cistern long enough to reach to the top and leave it overnight. Groundhogs can climb trees and Officer Porinchok expected they could climb out of the cistern on another object. The strategy was successful and the groundhogs escaped unharmed.
ADA – The Ada High School boys soccer team lost 8-1 to visiting Liberty-Benton in a key North Central Ohio Soccer Association match at War Memorial Stadium on Thursday evening, September 18.
The Bulldog season record fell to 6-3-1 overall and 1-2 in the NCOSA standings after the defeat.
The Eagles improved to 8-1-1 overall and 3-0 in NCOSA play following the decisive victory.
“Liberty-Benton has a lot of quality players on the field, they are good,” said second-year Ada head coach Aaron Acheson. “Our effort was there.“
By Jason Pinkney
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
I'm pleased to announce five free public events at the ONU Observatory this fall. I post blurbs about the events during the days leading up to them on this Public Events web page: https://jpastro.net/astro/publicevents.html
You will also see a link to a printer friendly version of the schedule, which has a white background.
By Jasmine Duarte, Pharmacy Resident and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
In 1986, Rodney Dangerfield starred in the movie Back to School about a self-made millionaire who decided to attend college at the same time his son was in college. This American comedy grossed over 91 million dollars in the United States during the year. In a funny way, the movie discusses the issues of going back to school and difficulties that can arise.
FROM ONU.EDU/NEWS__Ohio Northern University inducted four accomplished individuals into the 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony and luncheon held Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Inductees were Larry Cole, Alison (Steinbrunner) Kwiat, PharmD ’15, Stephan “Steve” Vagedes, BS ’02, and Tamika Washington, BA ’01.
Larry Cole
Head Coach, Cross Country and Track and Field (1991-1997)
