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ONU students to benefit from page-turning partnership with publishing nonprofit

Posted by admin on Friday, August 13, 2021

A new partnership with Brink Literacy Project, a nonprofit publishing organization, will offer Ohio Northern University students myriad opportunities for learning about and working within the publishing industry.

The Scotland and Denver, Colorado-based group champions literacy worldwide and provides platforms for exceptional storytelling “to positively affect the lives of people on the brink,” particularly those from underserved communities, its website states. For ONU students, it will offer a shot at paid internships within its organization along with other resources for learning about the complicated but captivating publishing world.

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As tall as it gets

Posted by admin on Thursday, August 12, 2021

Farmers have benefited from the weather this year as evidenced by the tall corn in the area. The Icon captured this between Bluffton and Ada late last week.

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Cort Reynolds article reviews Game 4 of the 1985 NBA Finals

Posted on celticsblog.com
Posted by admin on Thursday, August 12, 2021

Icon sports writer Cort Reynolds' latest SB Nation celticsblog.com article was recently published. 

The article reviews Game 4 of the 1985 NBA Finals between Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Cort has received SB Nation Best of Day in the past.

Click here to view it:

https://www.celticsblog.com/2021/7/26/22593773/reliving-the-almost-perfe...

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Patsy Fern Worrell was a member of the County Line Church of the Brethren

Posted by admin on Thursday, August 12, 2021

Patsy Fern Worrell, age 79, went home to be with her Lord and husband Ralph whom passed away on March 6th of this year, at Vancrest of Ada  on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 6:45 PM.

She was born on October 30, 1941 in Lima, Ohio to Clyde N. and Fern (McCarty) Long who preceded her in death. She married Ralph M. Worrell on January 26, 1957, and they were married for sixty-three years.   

Patsy formerly worked at Gardner Drug Store, Ada and at Lima Memorial Health System.  She was a member of the County Line Church of the Brethren, Harrod.  Patsy was loved by everyone who knew her.  Her greatest love was her family whom she loved endlessly.

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What We Can Learn From the Red Coats

Posted by admin on Thursday, August 12, 2021

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

April 18, 1775 was famous for the ride of Paul Revere and his fellow colonists who warned that the Red Coats were coming. The Red Coats were British Army soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Red Coats were not well trained compared to other soldiers in the British army. The soldiers were in an unfamiliar environment with a vast countryside of harsh situations with few loyalists to help them. Why talk about the Red Coats and what do we have to learn from the British? How does this apply to COVID-19 pandemic?

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Beantown Baggers holds cornhole tournament this weekend

Registration is Saturday at noon
Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Beantown Baggers is hosting a cornhole tournaments this year in Ada at the Farmers and Merchants Fair.

Interested individuals should have a two-person team and bring their own bags.

The tournament is double elimination and is being held at Ada War Memorial Park.

Registration will begin at noon on Saturday, Aug. 14. Cost is $30 per team.

The tournament begins at 1 p.m.

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