Richard Gainey will retire from ONU this year, but his gig as Santa will continue, which is good news for all the good little boys and girls, adults, too. Richard wears many hats: Mr. WONB, Mr. Claus, Friend of Unloved Pets, and Budding Artist.
As founder and general manager of the campus radio station, in 1988, what changes have you observed?
The profession is constantly changing. For example, what used to be done on a 10-foot long piece of equipment, can now be accomplished on a laptop. Radio ownership is trending toward stations being nationally owned with regional management.
As a biology/pre-med major at Ohio Northern University, Michael Chad Bridges didn’t think he’d be studying food waste. But that’s exactly where the 21-year-old’s senior project has led him. His research has so convinced Bridges of the economic and environmental value of composting, he’s spoken with ONU officials and the village council of Ada about investing in a system to compost food scraps.
Deb Curlis, Richard Gainey, Jane Helser judge the 20 desserts at the Ada Public Library on Friday.
The Ada Public Library third annual Valentines Chocolate Bake-Off at the Ada Public Library was a grand success with 20 entries and more than 50 tasters enjoying scrumptious desserts.
Young bakers showed their cooking ability. Two fifth graders from the Ada Schools took first and second place: Paige Jochims, first, with chocolate peanut butter dessert, and Sandra Litton, second, with chocolate strawberry pie. Molly Sheets took third place with her frozen mocha cheesecake. Nobody was counting calories.
(Monty Siekerman)
Ada is well-represented at the Encore Theatre's performance of "The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood." The four incude William Allen as Robin Hood, Jon Allen as Prince John, Nathan Allen as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Wes Allen as Allan Adale.
The Allens are the sons of Deb and Patrick Allen, of Ada.
The final performance is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at Encore, 991 North Shore Drive, Lima.
Dr. Mark Shull, D.D.S., opened his dental practice in Ada 52 years ago and continues to work fulltime.
Why did you select Ada for your practice?
I grew up in a small town, Hicksville, so looked for a small college town. Ada has been a wonderful town for me and my family. My wife Julie and I have three grown children who continue to live in Ohio. Our daughter Lorraine lives in Bowling Green while Sherry and Stephanie live in Columbus. Ada has been a great place to raise a family. Julie taught kindergarten for 30 years.
(From the Ada Music
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Congratulations to Ada! Junior High Winter Guard, First in Class, Junior High Flag Line division; Ada High School Winter Guard, First in Class, Scholastic Open division, at the Ohio Indoor Performance Association competition Saturday, Feb. 7.
