Do you know where the phrase "saved by the bell" comes from?
During a recent talk at the Ada Public Library, Doris Blum (left) and Kathy Hines explained that a century ago, and previous to that time, it was unclear if a person was truly dead.
So, sometimes a bell was tied to a string and attached to the hand of someone thought to be deceased. A family member or friend stayed up all night with the "deceased."
If the bell rang because the "deceased" moved, then the "deceased" was still alive...saved by the bell.
Alice Cheney, a member of the Ada VFW Post 9381 Auxiliary, sells poppies at Country Market in Ada on Friday.
She sells poppies every year to assist veterans because her late husband, Dallas, saw a lot of combat in the European Theater during World War II. In addition, she had two brothers who served in that war.
The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance. Donations on Poppy Day remain local to help veterans and their families. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Bagging Candy Tuesday for the Ada Kiwanis Club's Halloween Parade were (from left) Jon Umphress Scott Allison, Peter Previte, Marilyn Green, Charles Van Dyne, Bruce Neely, Carol Friesner, John Berg, Sandy Neely, Tom Kier and Bill Fuller.
The Kiwanis Halloween parade is tonight (Monday, Oct. 24).
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.
