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Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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Liberty National Bank, 118 S. Main, Ada, will offer free document shredding the week of April 30. The bank is open Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Friday from 8:30-5, and Saturday 8:30-noon.

The bank will have available locked containers for individuals to drop off unwanted paperwork to be destroyed. Limit the shred to 5 boxes no larger than 20” wide x 10” high.

This is a free service to the community to help fight identity theft. It is estimated that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen every year. 

ONU junior Kaitlin Surdej (Lancaster) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference's Softball Pitcher of the Week.

Surdej earned the honor after the Polar Bears (24-4 overall, 10-2 OAC) went a perfect 4-0 last week.

The junior tossed two complete games for ONU, posting victories in each contest to win her tenth and eleventh victories this season.

She posted a 1.08 ERA during the week and struck out ten batters and now ranks second in the OAC with a 2.35 ERA and 11 victories.

During 90th birthday party he received certificate for 70 years as a legionnaire

By Monty Siekerman
Tom Cassell was honored with a certificate for 70 years of continuous membership in Ada American Legion Post 185 during his 90th birthday party. Tom, a former village councilman, was feted at an open house at the Ada First United Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon.

Tom enlisted in the Navy in 1945. In 1950, he was recalled to the Navy for the Korean War.

Many well wishers were on hand for the man who is a 70-year member of the Boy Scouts, a life member of the VFW, a member of the Masonic Lodge for 46 years, a member of the Lions Club for 35 years, and a Methodist for 75 years.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. sculpture is in place and all is in readiness for the Tuesday ceremony commemorating Dr. King’s address here 50 years ago in 1968. The unveiling of the bronze sculpture will take place during a program that begins at 10:30 a.m. in the area between Taft Memorial and the Law Building. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in English Chapel. The forecast calls for 31 degrees and windy, but dry, at that hour. Bernard Lafayette, a protege of Dr.

This year's goal is 200 individuals - it takes place Tuesday

By Monty Siekerman
Interested in being a bone marrow donor?

Three ONU student organizations have joined together to encourage people to be donors. The first step: complete a form and do a mouth swab. Simple. Those interested in being donors may go to McIntosh Center activities room between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. Their goal this year: 200 individuals.

The students are working with DKMS, a national organization dedicated to recruiting bone marrow donors. After the mouth swab, DKMS will notify people if they are a match if that event occurs.

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