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Mark Bays cares for the Survivor Tree

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

Mark Bays cares for the Survivor Tree, an 80-year-old American elm that survived the Oklahoma City bombing which occurred 20 years ago in April.

Bays spoke at Tree City USA awards ceremony held at the Toledo Zoo on April 29. At the occasion, the Village of Ada and ONU were both honored for the planning, growth, and care of trees.

During lunch, Bays met with Monty Siekerman who is familiar with memorials built in memory of those lost in disasters. Siekerman's daughter, Amy, and her husband Kyle Miller perished aboard TWA Flight 800 the next year. The memorial for the plane crash is located on Long Island.

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Ada HS Envirothon team competes at Camp Palmer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

In late April, five students represented Ada High School in the Area 1 Envirothon, according to Tony Dyer, Ada Agricultural Education Instructor. This year's theme was Urban and Rural Forestry.

The event was held at 4-H Camp Palmer near Fayette, Ohio. A total of 58 teams competed in the areas of aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and current environmental issues. The Ada team placed 32nd in the annual competition.

Competing in the Envirothon were, from left, Quinn High, Alex James, Ashley Sumner, Jackson Secor and Blake Willeke.

 

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Hey Ada third graders - do you still have the elephant snot?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, May 2, 2015

This picture is "snot" what you think.

Members of the tree commission prepare red maples seedlings to hand out on two occasions. They scoop "elephant snot" into a plastic bag, drop in the tree, then tie up the bag.

"Elephant snot" (that"s what it looks like) is actually a compound that retains a large amount of water, thus if the tree is left in the bag for several days, the plant continues to live.

Twenty seedlings were given out at the Chamber Spring Fair in War Memorial Park on in mid-April, and 60 of the small trees were distributed to third graders on Arbor Day, April 24.

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Alger Farmers elect 2015 officers; next meeting May 25

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Thursday, April 30, 2015

By Jason Helton

The Alger Jr. Farmers 4-H Club held their 1st meeting on April 12th at 1:00 pm at the 235 Grill in Alger. The meeting was called to order by Cecily Preston and the pledge of Allegiance was led by Trevor Dotson followed by the 4-H Pledge led by Cecily Preston. Trevor Dotson gave the treasurers report from last years balance. The election of 2015 officers was held with the following elected:

President- Ross Thompson

Vice-President – Trevor Dotson

Secretary - Wyatt Daniels

Treasurer – Dylan Thompson

Reporter – Jason Helton

Health Officer – Grasean Evans, Alyssa Leonard

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Ada Friends ends the year with a roar - at the zoo

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Ada Friends Mentorship Program at Ohio Northern University recently ended its year of activities with Ada Elementary School in an extraordinary way.  

In late April, more than half of the program participants took part in a trip to the Columbus Zoo where they viewed and learned about many exotic animals. 

WATCH FOR MORE PHOTOS THIS WEEKEND

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Roger Young will receive ONU honorary undergrad degree

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Roger Young is the Ohio Northern University undergraduate commencement honorary degree recipient at this year's ONU undergrad commencement.

Young has positively impacted the lives of thousands of business students during his 34-plus year career at Ohio Northern. He joined the ONU faculty 1964 and retired in 1998. He didn’t stay retired for long; after eight years at Bluffton University, Young returned to ONU as a visiting professor emeritus in 2008.

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