Ada's latest news

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
ONU HealthWise Pharmacy

St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ada announced its Free Community Meal for Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Visitors may drive up or dine in.

This novel is about relationships. And idiots.

By Robert McCool

Really, Fredrik Backman's 2019 novel, Anxious People (Thorndike Press, ISBN-13: 978-1-4328-7971-6), translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith, is about the ridiculousness in all of our lives. It's about how humor is the only safe guide to a pathway clear of the clay-more mines that lie in wait for those who love somebody, someone who has emotions too, emotions sometimes so like our own it's hard to differentiate between the two. Especially so on New Years eve.

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada boys soccer team earned its first win of 2021 with a 7-0 whitewash of New Knoxville Monday evening.

The Bulldogs improved to 1-0-1 with the victory, while NK fell to 0-1 after the defeat.

Freshmen Logan Jolliff and Nathan Williams each tallied two goals to pace the offense.

Juniors Carter Conley, Cody Loy and Brendan Jameson all netted one goal apiece.

Sophomore Colton Long made two saves in goal for Ada.  

The Bulldog boys travel to Old Fort Thursday, August 26 for a 5:30 p.m. contest.

Ada Music Boosters annual chicken barbecue will be held Friday, September 10, before the first home football game.

Tickets may be purchased online, http://adamusicboosterfundraisers.square.site/, for $10 each. Dinners include pulled pork and pulled chicken, cheesy potatoes, green beans, and a dinner roll.

The dinners will be available for pick up from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ada War Memorial Park.

Bulldog Cards are also available for purchase online for $10 each.

St. Mark Lutheran and Sugar Grove UME will be sponsoring a Community Meal on Wednesday, August 25.

The meal will take place at St. Mark Lutheran Church at the corner of Johnson and Lincoln from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

This month's meal is a ham sandwich, potato salad, mandarin orange cup, chips, cheese slice, and pudding cup.

Curb-side service or dine-in will be available. The meal is free and open to the public. Last month over 100 meals were served.

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