Workmen from Accu-Cut in Lima prepare the area where the the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be placed between Taft Memorial and Tilton Law Building. Dedication of the statue will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17. The statue commemorates the visit of Dr. King who spoke in Taft 50 years ago. Taft was the university’s gymnasium in 1968. The statue will be surrounded by a garden area. Dr. King gave one of his last speeches on a college campus at ONU in Ada. He was assassinated 84 days later in Memphis. Taft is shown in the background of this photo. For more about Dr.
A rail study is underway to explore re-routing Ada's through-town railroad tracks to bypass the village.
If successful, the current railroad tracks that pass through Ada would be removed and replaced with two possible alternatives. A spur would still connect the elevator on the west side of Ada to the mainline, but it would not cross Main Street.
Southern alternative – this plan would create a new rail route (bypass) from the west at approximately Township Road 25. It could loop as far south as State Route 309 and then reconnect with the line on the east side of Ada near Township Road 65.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Senior Matt Molinaro of Sterling Heights, Mich., impresses with a solid finish in the 800-meter run as he represented the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team on the second day of the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday afternoon.
Molinaro finished fourth of 23 runners in the event.
After failing the finish in the 1,500-meter run on day one of the invitational, Molinaro responded with an impressive fourth place finish in 1:50.42 and was within a second of the top finisher.
ADA - The Ada boys tennis team won its twice-delayed season opener at home 3-2 over St. Marys on a chilly Friday evening at the park courts.
The Bulldogs improved to 1-0 with the hard-fought win. Ada swept all three singles matches to grab the victory.
Senior Zach Beaschler and junior Cade Mullins each won handily in straight sets at first and second singles, respectively.
Freshman Miranda Wills rallied at third singles to win the final two sets, including 7-5 in the third, to provide the team margin of victory in her debut.
WESTERVILLE — Junior Avery Ewing of Kokomo, Ind., set a new meet record at the Otterbein April Fools Invitational to lead the No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team on Friday afternoon.
Ewing won the 800-meter run and set the meet record in 2:17.01.
