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Newest library board member

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Board of Trustees of the Ada Public Library would like to welcome Meri Skilliter as their newest member. 

Skilliter replaced Dr. Suzanne Darmer as Superintendent of Ada Exempted Village Schools, upon Darmer's retirement, and thus takes her spot on the Ada Public Library Board of Trustees.

Pictured is Skilliter being sworn in by notary, Natalie Walton, (Youth Services Coordinator, Ada Public Library).

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Women's indoor track and field set to compete this weekend in OAC championships.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, February 23, 2017

The No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the 2017 OAC championships hosted by Baldwin Wallace. The meet will feature all 10 teams from across the Ohio Athletic Conference.

The Polar Bears have posted two top-3 finishes at the OAC championships in the last two seasons, including a second place finish in 2016.

The top eight competitors in each event will be scored. Field events will begin on Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm, as men's and women's pole vault, shot put, long jump, 3,000-meter run and distance medley relay's will all be final after Friday.

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3 ONU men named All-Ohio Athletic Conference

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, February 23, 2017

ONU senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior), sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) and senior Joey Hurless (Van Wert) were all named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for 2016-17 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Allen was named First Team All-OAC, Bruns was named to the Second Team and Hurless was an Honorable Mention All-Conference honoree.

Allen led the Polar Bears in scoring this season with a 15.4 ppg average and leads the OAC with 90 made 3-pointers and started 23 of 26 games at shooting guard

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Local musicians celebrate 100th annivesary to the day - on Sunday

First-ever recorded jazz by Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

100 years to the very day!

The  Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the Centennial Dixieland Jass Band ensemble in a 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, performance.

The Centennial Dixieland Jass Band (CDJB) ensemble was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the very first recorded jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB) on Feb. 26, 1917, in New York City.

The ODJB was a collective of five musicians from New Orleans, La., led by the famous cornet player Nick LaRocca.

The Centennial band is led by Dr. David Kosmyna, ONU associate professor of music.

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It's FFA Week at AHS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Meri Skilliter, Ada school superintendent, helps celebrate National FFA Week with an FFA class who were high sellers. National FFA Week is Feb. 18-25, and raises  awareness about agriculture. Ada's chapter is participating with Business Meeting Day, Official Dress Day, Ag Foods Sharing, Carhartt and Plaid Day, and holding annual officer elections. (From Ada school website)

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All about an ONU pharmacy student's internship

Heather Shaffer: "It ignites my drive to help others"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

FROM ONU WEBSITE - It’s repeating the answer to an elderly patient’s question one more time. It’s reassuring a nervous child before giving a flu shot. It’s teaching a patient how to use his epi-pen to possibly save his life one day. Pharmacy is all of these things, but most of all, it’s personal.

To many, interactions such as these may seem perfectly ordinary, but for fifth-year ONU pharmacy student Heather Shaffer, they are the reasons she wants to be a pharmacist.

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