By Monty Siekerman
He comes from Tegucigalpa and is here to serve as family ministry director of the Ada First United Methodist Church.
Roberto Varela, a native of Honduras, recently began his duties at the local church after graduating with a B.A. degree from Ohio Christian University in Circleville where he majored in ministry and sports management. Sports? He loves soccer, a game he played from his young days in his native Honduras through college.
As family ministry director, he will work with all generations, from newborn to the elderly, to bring families together to serve God and the Church.
By Monty Siekerman
More dirt is being turned at Ohio Northern, this time for an IT (Information Technology) Building.
The new structure will be located south of the Business Services/Public Safety Building on Union Street. Next door, work continues on a new home for the College of Engineering, slated to open in the fall of 2019. Presently,
IT services are scattered throughout campus. This new building will consolidate the IT employees and equipment into one location.
Photo: Graders turn more dirt to prepare the land for construction of an IT building.
A Gospel Praise Gathering was held at Ada War Memorial Park on Saturday with the audience finding shade under the tall trees near the bandshell on an extra warm evening. Several groups performed Christian music. Leading off was Second Chance (pictured) with Gary Collins of Cairo on the guitar and Buddy Van of Lima on keyboard. This duo sings Southern Gospel. They and a dozen other groups are lined up for another Gospel Praise Gathering to be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Ada Church of Christ Disciples, 316 S. Main. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The Village of Ada public works department is holding a recruitment fair from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, July 8, according to Jamie Hall, village administrator.
The event is in the municipal building, 115 W. Buckeye Ave.
According to Hall the event is open to persons interested in working for the Village of Ada public works deparment. He said that previous and current applicants are encouraged to attend.
During the recruitment fair persons attending will hear about open positions and benefits offered to those posts. It is also an opportunity to complete an application and schedule an interview.
The Ohio Northern baseball team lived up to its high expectations in 2018 as it ended an 18-year Ohio Athletic Conference tournament drought and posted its fifth straight winning season under the guidance of seventh-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.
The Polar Bears finished the season 27-15 overall and 11-7 in the OAC and were tied for third in the OAC standings as it punched it ticket to the OAC Tournament for the first time since the 2000 campaign.
Six athletes were named All-OAC in 2018 for their efforts during the season.
Ohio Northern University will use a mobile clinic to address substance misuse and behavioral health concerns thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation’s Generation RxPrescription Drug Misuse Prevention Education for Youth grant.
The project will use a proven innovative model to employ an existing mobile clinic using a multidisciplinary team of student health care providers under the supervision of licensed professionals to address the problems of substance abuse, its leading cause, behavioral health concerns.
