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Hardin County Leadership goes online

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Hardin County Leadership is proceeding online, according to Kathy Oliver, in charge of the program.

Hardin Leadership develops positive leaders within Hardin County by providing personal enrichment, expanding community networks, and recognizing future leaders. 

She reports that the April 2 session is a virtual session and the May session will likely be modified also.

The leadership group meets monthly now through November.

Click here for more details about the program

 

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15 minutes with Anni from Finland

"My primary goal is to finish my education, and then I hope I’ll find something to my heart that makes me happy"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 30, 2020

Pardon our recent distracation. The Icon has a couple  15-minute interviews with ONU international students that we've not had a chance to post. Our intern, Liza Dyachuk, from Russia, conducted these in early March. We hope these students are able to continue to communicate with their family and we hope everyone is well.

Interview by Liza Dyachuk

Anni Miettinen
Finnish student
Senior at ONU,business major  

Icon: How did you hear about ONU?
Anni: My home university and ONU are partners, so I got to know about ONU from my university back home. 

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15 minutes with Bel Mancuso, Ada HS senior

She's the April Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 29, 2020

Ada High School senior, Bel Mancuso, is the April Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month. The Icon chatted with her earlier this week. Here’s a portion of that conversation.

What classes are you taking this semester?
This semester I am taking sociology, intro to film, economics, algebra II, astronomy and mobile app design. 

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It's digital home ec with Grace and Jacob

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 27, 2020

FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - When school work is completed, and you are missing your extra curriculars and friends, you add a digital Home Ec class to fill your new daily schedule.  Ada HS students Grace and Jacob baking together. Love the ingenuity of our teachers AND our students.

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Ada historian researching Ada's involvement in WWII

Leland Crouse hopes to display findings at this year's F&M Picnic
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 27, 2020

Ada’s involvement in World War II is a project underway this spring by Leland Crouse, Ada historian. And, he is looking for contributions from Icon viewers.

“I am doing research of Ada and World War II,” he told the Icon.

The project covers many things involving Ada during this period of the 20th century. Here’s some of the areas that Crouse’s research involves:

• What the community was asked to do 
• War effort boards and committees formed during this period
• Rationing
• Who entered the armed forces and where did they serve
• Any other stories, memorabilia or information residents are will to share

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Four Ada High School students receive Elks student of the month honors

Katie Butterfield, Alexander Morgan, Victoria Ross, Reese Evans
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Four Ada High School students received recognition from the Kenton Elks Lodge 157 as their school's students of the months for March and April.

Students from each school in Hardin County are recognized each month. This was the third group of students recognized for 2019-2020 school year by the Elks.

A partial listing of individual student activities is included here:

March students

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