High winds causing power outages in Ada has affected the Ada schools. At 5:45 a.m., according to Ohio Alerts, Ada cancelled school because the power is out.
The Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Antoine T. Clark will conduct a program titled “British Wind Band Classics,” featuring works by William Walton, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Gustav Holst, Gordon Jacob and Percy Grainger. Erin Helgeson Torres, flute instructor at ONU, will feature as soloist on Martin Ellerby’s “Neapolitan Serenade.”
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s will be partnering with OhioMeansJobs to host a Career Fair on Friday, March 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 718 W. Market St., Lima.
We are looking to hire in the following areas: Environmental Services, Patient Transport, Nutrition Services, New Vision Medical Laboratory, and LACP mobile transport
Mercy Health would like job seekers to come with resume and interview ready. Computers will be available to apply on-site. OhioMeansJobs is helping to coordinate and assist job seekers.
If you have any questions, contact Jeremy Amstutz, 1-419-226-8755.
Ada Varsity singers earned a second-runner up trophy in a 10-school competition on Saturday. The Singers competed in the St. Clairsville Division III show choir invitational. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Host Ada battled tooth and nail with local rival Bluffton on Senior Night, but in the end the Pirates held off the upset-minded Bulldogs 54-45 to record a Northwest Conference win in the regular season finale Friday night.
The purple and gold finished the regular season 5-17 overall and 2-6 in the NWC with the hard-fought defeat, while Bluffton ended up 15-7 and 5-3 in league play after the win.
Crestview (21-1) whipped Columbus Grove 61-44 Friday night to share the league title with CG, as each finished 7-1.
