Mary Lou Carman, age 94, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at her residence, surrounded by her family.
She was born on April 13, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Wendall Miller and Dorothy Elizabeth Miller Pickering. In December of 1943, Mary Lou married Carl Carman, Jr., who preceded her in death on December 11, 2010.
Mary Lou is survived by her daughter Carla Jo (Mark) Oberly of Harrod; five grandchildren: Shirley Davis, Bonnie (Gregory) Pieper, Turmak (Annette) Davis, Derrick (Courtney) Oberly and Amanda (Kellen) Dunlap; and nine great grandchildren.
The Ada High School girls basketball team suffered a long first-half scoring drought and lost to league-leading visitor Delphos Jefferson 57-27 in Northwest Conference action Thursday night, January 13.
The Bulldog girls fell behind 17-3 after the first period against the tough press and physicality of the 12th-ranked Lady Wildcats.
Ada junior guard Courtney Sumner spearheaded an 11-2 second quarter run, but DJ pulled away for good with a 22-7 third stanza.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-11 overall and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats improved to 14-1 and 4-0 in the NWC with the victory.
On January 13, newly elected member Ted Griffith takes the oath of office to serve on the Board of Education for the Ada Exempted Village School District.
Ada community members are invited to join a celebration of the life of Wayne Simon, who passed away at his home in Florida on December 13, 2021. Wayne is a 1965 graduate of Ada High School.
The Celebration of Life will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19 at Crimson Lane, 4600 CR 1, Ada, Ohio 45810. There will be a small ceremony and refreshments afterward.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced on January 12 that the distribution of free at-home COVID tests through public libraries will be paused and priority given to supporting school and university testing.
Since March 2021, the Ada Public Library has distributed some 4,600 tests to the public and has been awaiting the delivery of additional tests.
As of the afternoon of January 13, the Ada Schools had not received specific details regarding the ODH change, according to Superintendent Robin VanBuskirk.
Though it didn't include an NCAA Tournament berth, the Ohio Northern men's soccer team's 2021 season was still one to remember.
"It was a landmark season in terms of how challenging we knew it was going to be," third-year head coach Chris Matejka said. "We played one of the toughest schedules in the country, so we knew from the early stages that we were going to be challenged and pushed weekly, and we exceeded expectations."
