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Ohio Northern senior All-American Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week form her efforts in the 41st AnnuL ONU Invitational Friday at Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

Huppert led the No. 23-ranked Polar Bears to victories over No. 13 Illinois Wesleyan and Transylvania (Ky.).

Northern also dropped a 4-set decision to No. 2 Calvin (Mich.) and a 5-set thriller to No. 6 Wittenberg.

Sadie (Mullins) Conley, 79, died on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 at 7:50 p.m. at Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky.

She was born on April 14, 1940, in Magoffin County, Kentucky, to the late Elisha and Fannie (Bailey) Mullins. On Sept. 2, 1967 Sadie married Rodney L. Conley and who preceded her in death on Jan. 25, 2007. 

Sadie retired from United Aircraft in Forest, Ohio, where she worked as an assembler.  She was a 1958 graduate of Alger High School.

Kerry L. Allen, 62, died on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019,at 1:52 p.m. at Hardin Hills Health Center, Kenton.

He was born on April 18, 1957, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Jack C. and June (Winegardner) Allen. 

Kerry worked as Tow Motor Driver for Whirlpool in Findlay.

He is survived by  his daughter, Jada Allen of Minster; two sisters: Cynthia (Jeff) Hollon of  Alger and Jacqueline (Doug) Martin of Fremont; a step brother, Mike (Roberta) Ginter of Springfield; and two step sisters: Janie Ginter of Toledo and Cindy Ginter of Kentucky.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Hospice of Fremont.

Former co-owner and operator of the Lincoln Avenue and Parkview Mobile Home Courts

Former Ada resident Vivian L. Brown, 98, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at 10:23 a.m. at Willow Ridge in Bluffton.

She was born on April 15, 1921, in Rockford, Ohio, to the late Ralph and Lulu (Rutledge) Krogman. On Aug. 22, 1947, she married Claude S. Brown and he passed away on June 4, 1988.  

Vivian was a graduate of Mendon Union High School in Mendon, Ohio, with the class of 1939. She was a member of the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church and its Womans Society.  She was a member of the Ada Senior Citizens and a former member of the Ada Mothers Study Club and a member of the American Legion Post 185. 

Alex Morgan paced the Bulldogs by shooting a 47

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada golf team finished a solid third in a four-team Northwest Conference battle Wednesday at the Bluffton Golf Course.

Co-host Bluffton won with just 171 strokes, followed by Lincolnview (183), Ada (207) and Delphos Jefferson (210).

Senior Alex Morgan paced the Bulldogs by shooting a 47. Other than one bad stretch on the second hole, Morgan shot 36 over the other eight holes.

Junior Brevin Sizemore was second for Ada with a total of 52.

Senior Ethan Hull, sophomore Dexter Woods and junior Jacob Morgan each tied for third on the Bulldog squad with identical rounds of 54.

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