AHS Volleyball coach Melissa Gossard (right) introduces team members at a pep rally this afternoon. A boisterous pep rally at the end of the Ada school day on Thursday recognized the tournament play of volleyball tonight, tournament play of football on Friday night, and band and color guard for their successes this year and the all-day Music Feast on Saturday. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The long-running and popular Ada High School Music Feast is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in the school auditorium.
The show choir competition begins with River Valley at 9:30 a.m. Ada Varsity Singers perform at 1:45 p.m. Evening finals competition begins at 5:30 p.m. Awards will be handed out at 9 p.m.
Seven of the top show choirs in the state will be here. Each show choir of singer/dancers performs a set of songs between 15-20 minutes in length.
Tickets for the 40th annual Music Feast are available at the door.
Sophomore Meagan Grierson (Miamisburg) stopped three of five Otterbein penalty kicks to help the No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team advance to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championships match during Wednesday afternoon's semifinal matchup at Kerscher Stadium.
The contest goes down as a tie as the top-seed Polar Bears move to 16-1-2 overall and the fourth-seeded Cardinals move to 13-4-2.
The Hardin County Sheriff's Office has received a $29,000 grant from the federal government to pay overtime to deputies and related expenses for traffic enforcement, especially impaired driving.
It's the Wizard of Oz: lion, Dorothy, tin man and the good witch. These unusual Halloweeners are in reality some of the Polar Paws service-dogs-in-training. They decided to get in the spirit of the season. Below is RossCo as the cowardly lion plus Cosmo and Layla as bumble bees.
Dan McCrory of Ada Flea Market, 111 N. Main, has a unique idea to promote his business during the holiday season, an idea that can save customers money on their purchases.
He is offering up to 25 percent off on purchases of $20 or more on Thursdays only.
To receive the discount, a customer will throw one dart at the dartboard and whatever percentage number the dart sticks on, that will be the discount. Hit the bullseye and gain another 5 percent off for a total of 25 percent.
