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Varsity Singers performed on Friday

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Ada Varsity Singers gave a special performance of this year’s show to Ada elementary students on Jan. 11.

Based on comments posted on Ada Bulldogs Facebook the performance was a huge hit.

“Little Red” (as in Little Red Riding Hood) is this year’s Varsity Singers show theme. Vocalists are directed by Scott Henning and instrumentalists are directed by Jonathan Lischak. Varsity Singers have 28 singers, 13 band members, and 4 crew members.

Oshra Gadkar, an ONU student, is choreographer. Aleece Al-Olimat, an AHS sophomore, is pianist.

Music and costumes from the 1940s-1950s era add nostalgia to this year’s show.

Next meeting Jan. 15 at McIntosh Center

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President-elect Marlene Hoorman presided over the Jan. 8 Ada Kiwanis Club, which met at New China Restaurant.

Members discussed the 67th annual pancake and sausage Day. It was agreed future calendars would be scanned and the project discussed further at the January 15 meeting.

It was noted that the new Kenton Kiwanis Club has been granted its official charter from Kiwanis International. The new club will celebrate with a Charter Night Party at a future date.

The club will meet at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 15,  in the Dean’s Heritage, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.

 

Vancrest Ada's resident spotlight for January

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Betty Layman is a resident in our Assisted Living. She celebrates her birthday on April 24. 

Betty is now a widow after being married to Allen for 60 years. They had six children together, which include one adopted daughter and a set of twins. Betty enjoys reading in her free time and loves to pass the time doing it.

She is not much into sports even though she is a pro at balloon volleyball. Betty’s favorite time of year is the fall with the changing leaves and the cooler weather.

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Several area students were named to the Ohio Northern University fall semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled full-time.

Area students include:

Rand Abdullatef
Zachary Beaschler
Kiser Colley
Shaheed Khan
Kaitlyn Newland
Sydney Newland

Maggie Krause, junior biology major, serves with the Ohio Northern Colleges Against Cancer chapter

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If someone glances through the career accolades list for junior pole vault specialist Maggie Krause, they quickly realize she embodies the true spirit of an NCAA Division III scholar-athlete.

In a breakout sophomore season, the Chagrin Falls native garnered All-OAC and All-Great Lakes Region honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. She also qualified for the indoor and outdoor national championships for the first time in her career.

If that was not enough, Krause then capped the eye-opening campaign with her first career All-American honor, finishing eighth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.

Jamie Hall, Brandt Miller, Eileen Peterman, Angela Polachek, Norm Rex, Don Traxler

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Ada’s Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) elected six trustees to three-year terms at its Dec. 19 meeting.

Elected for terms from Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2020 are: Jamie Hall, Brandt Miller, Eileen Peterman, Angela Polachek, Norm Rex and Don Traxler.

They join other members whose terms expire on Dec. 31, 2019: Deb Curlis, Terry Keiser, Bryan Marshall, David Retterer and Fred Steiner.

CIC will meet next on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at noon, in the ONU’s McIntosh Center. At that meeting they will election chairpersons for 2019.

The 2019 CIC meetings are Jan. 16, April 17, July 17, Oct. 16 and Dec. 18.

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