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Cross country to open at Bluffton on Sept. 1

The Ohio Northern men's and women's cross country teams are set to open the 2017 campaign at the Bluffton Invitational 5k under ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

The Polar Bears will open the season on Sept. 1 at the Bluffton Invitational for the fifth consecutive season.

Northern will then travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to compete in the annual Calvin (Mich.) Invitational on Sept. 9 before competing in the Tiffelberg Open at the Clinton Heights Golf Club on Sept. 16.

After taking a week off, the Polar Bears will return to action on Sept. 29 as they compete in the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville University.

Spicing it up

You could say they are spicing it up at the ONU student cafeteria this summer - that's what the sign says. It's one of many renovations underway on campus this summer.

Swim team is this summer's "coolest" sport - Go Gators!

Here's what all that cheering is about at the pool in the evening

Photos by Ken Collins
Ask anyone in Ada what's the "coolest" sport this summer. The answer is swim team.

Ken Collins, Icon photographer, checked out the Ada versus Kenton swim meet at the local pool last week. The home team won.

He found action on the sidelines and in the pool.

Please enjoy his photo story of the meet below:
 

Here's the park board's list

Funded by two property tax levies

By Monty Siekerman
What are the Ada Park Board's plans for the money that will be generated from the two property tax levies passed last fall by the voters in Ada and Liberty Township? 

Here's their current thinking, in no particular order of priority:
Replace the park truck
Get on a 5 year rotation to replace park equipment
New Gator
New fence around stadium
New lines painted on the track

 Kenneth R. Hawk 1955-2017

 Kenneth R. Hawk, age 61, died on June 27, 2017 at 9:48 p.m. at his residence in Lima.

          He was born on October 13, 1955 in Lima, Ohio to Richard A. and Betty Rose (Fleming) Hawk. His father preceded him in death and his mother survives in Harrod. Kenneth was previously married to Charlotte Brumfield and she survives in Harrod.

          Kenneth was a self-employed millwright; he previously worked for Spallinger Millwright of Lima. He was a 1975 graduate of Allen East High School. He was a member of the Hog Creek Game Club.

More drugs found in Kenton

The Hardin County Crime Task Force executed a search warrant at 723 W. Lima St, Lot #2 in Kenton on Tuesday. 

Twenty-six individual doses of heroin, 60 capsules of a controlled substance, drug abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia were seized.  Two adult males were arrested, one for an outstanding warrant and one for a probation violation. Additional charges are pending on them as well two women also found at the residence. 

The Task Force was assisted by the Kenton Police Department,  Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, Hardin County Special Response Team and the Hardin County Prosecutor’s Office.

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