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All aboard for Merry on Main

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, December 5, 2021

Ada enjoyed a beautiful day for Merry on Main, December 4. Santa and Romick Railway brought famlies to Depot park, while a scavenger hunt, Princesses Ana and Elsa, and holiday shopping kept Main Street bustling. The Icon overhead the comment, "It's like old home week!"

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World-famous Getty was son of ONU's Gettys

Portrait of a Namesake, onu.edu/news
Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, December 4, 2021

The Getty name is notorious worldwide for prodigious wealth and tragedy. But few know that the Getty family dynasty can trace its beginning to Ohio Northern University. In fact, ONU’s Getty College of Arts & Sciences is named after George Franklin Getty, BS 1879, LLD 1926 and Sarah Catherine (Risher) Getty who were both students at ONU, made a fortune in oil, and became the parents of the eccentric J. Paul Getty, who was destined to become–in his day and age— the wealthiest person in the world.

The Getty family may be fodder for tabloids and Hollywood movies, yet the family has connected with ONU in enriching ways over the course of three generations.

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Weekend Doctor: Chronic Wasting Disease in deer

By Christian Steiner, MD, Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio
Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, December 4, 2021

There’s a pandemic. This one is specific to deer and, subsequently, should be of interest to deer hunters. It is called chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease is similar to Mad Cow disease, as it is caused by a prion. What is a prion, you ask? While a little hard to describe, prions are essentially a misfolded protein that can cause other proteins (predominantly in the brain and nervous system) to also misfold and then create microscopic holes in the brain tissue.

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Chamber winds Dec. 6 concert

Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, December 4, 2021

Music education major Austin Friess rocking it as a trombone soloist with the Wind Ensemble in rehearsal for their 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6 concert at Presser Hall on the ONU campus (Livestream link). PHOTO https://www.facebook.com/ohionorthernmusic/

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FEATURE PHOTO: Take a bow

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 3, 2021

November 3 feature photo: The elementary musical took place on the afternoon of December 2 under the direction of teacher Tabitha McPeeks.

https://www.adaicon.com/feature/202112/take-bow

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Lady Bulldogs beaten by Lancers in NWC opener

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 3, 2021

The Ada girls basketball team fell behind early and lost 69-39 at unbeaten Lincolnview in the Northwest Conference opener Thursday night, December 2.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the loss. The Lancers improved to 4-0 and 1-0 with the victory.

Ada trailed 24-8 after the first period and 41-21 at halftime. Lincolnview led 59-32 after three periods and won the closer second half, 28-18.

Lincolnview canned four of its 10 three-point goals in the first quarter, and was never threatened.

"Lincolnview shot extremely well," said Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass. "Despite the score, we did do some good things.

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