By Monty Siekerman
Two members of the Hardin County Genealogy Society (right) chat with Jennifer Carman, of rural Alger, following a talk about cemeteries in Hardin County held at the Ada Public Library on Tuesday evening.
The speakers, Kathy Hines (center) and Doris Blum, both Society officers, said symbols on gravestones have various meanings, for example:
Story and photos by Amy Eddings
Bryan Boulanger remembers when he saw, really saw, the night sky.
It was October 2007. Boulanger was camping with two friends in the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, where he had just started teaching civil engineering at Texas A&M University. He was 31 years old.
“We slept on the ground, and the night sky was amazing,” he said. “It was so fantastic, it was hard to fall asleep.”
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team finished second out of 16 teams at the WTLW-TV Quiz Whiz held this week at WTLW in Lima.
On Tuesday, the upper bracket field was reduced from eight teams to two. In the opener, Ada scored an opening round win over Bath by one question. In the second round, the Bulldogs bested Celina to advance to the semifinals.
In the second night of competition, Ada defeated Versailles to advance to the final match, facing St. Mary’s High School. St. Mary’s had advanced to the finals by winning both of their matches in the Wednesday lower bracket matches. The lower bracket was also a field of eight.
The Ada High School Marching Band continues winning streak.
The Ada High School marching band earned first place in class C Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Buckeye Invitational.
This was the third competition of the season and the third time the Bulldogs have earned first place.
In addition, the group earned honors for best general effects, color guard, music and visual effects in Class C.
The Buckeye Invitational is a high school band competition sponsored by the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA). It is hosted by The Ohio State University Marching Band and takes place in Ohio Stadium.
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sponsored a buffet Tuesday at The Inn, hoping to raise more than $1,000 for cancer research and education.
Colette Rzeszutko (right), who was in charge of the event, welcomes Matthew Phillips, a business professor, and his wife, Angie, a teacher at Allen East.
About 170 people dined at the Pink Pasta buffet. Ridding the world of cancer is the national and local philanthropic effort of ZTA. (Monty Siekerman photo)
