Over 90 Ada High School students participated in the first-ever AHS "Pack The Pound" Night during Thursday night's girls' basketball game.
Cade Mullins hit a halfcourt shot to win a $500 scholarship sponsored by Ryan Yoakum State Farm Insurance.
In addition, 10 students won Under Armour "Pack The Pound" T-shirts, sponsored by Lima Sporting Goods.
Here's Cade receiving his big check from State Farm. The next "Pack The Pound" Night is Friday, Feb. 22, when Ada boy's entertain Bluffton in an NWC basketball game.
Dick Lawrence, a 45-year member of Ada Rotary, is a Paul Harris (times 7) Award recipient.
Lawrence (left) received the award during the Tuesday evening Rotary Super Bowl at Norada Lanes. Presenting the award is Richard Meininger (right) as Bill Trudeau (center) watches.
The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
For Lawrence, this recognition is his seventh Harris award.
Northwest Ohio Auto Parts (formerly Kline's) edged Associated Plastics 725 to 708 to capture the 5th Annual Ada Rotary Super Bowl at Norada Lanes Tuesday evening.
Northwest Ohio Auto Parts defeated Quest 777-479 and Vancrest 806-770 en route to the finale.
Vancrest bested Ada Kiwanis 840-644 to capture third place.
Century 21 Sunway Realty prevailed in the consolation bracket defeating the Ada Lions 666-617.
The event was dedicated to the memory of that late Kevin Mierzejewski, who spearheaded the event until his death a year ago.
Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for the undergraduate students for the fall 2018 term. Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. Area students on the dean's list include:
• Katelyn Richardson, Alger
Students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours
received dean’s list with distinction for continued high achievement. Area students on the list include:
• Lydia Sorensen, Ada
Chad Hays can’t wait until spring – not just because he’s tired of winter.
He’s a member of the Ada Disc Golf Association. That means that he can’t wait until Tuesday night league starts at the ONU disc golf course.
Chad’s such a fanatic at the sport that he even has a practice basket in his back yard. And, has a “hole-in-one,” and a signed disc to prove it. “It was a 205-foot toss on number 18 at McComb,” he said.
He retired the disc after that game. “It’s in a shadow box and I’ll never play it again.”
Members of the Ada Kiwanis Club participated in a service project earlier this week in downtown Ada.
Members prepared and served the weekly community meal at the ReStore Community Center. The meal, consisting of spaghetti, salad, bread sticks and cannoli’s was served from 4 to 6 p.m.
Members began preparations in early afternoon. The club served 28 adults and 12 children at the meal for a total of 40. The crowd, which was smaller than usual, was likely due to the extremely cold weather conditions.
