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Incoming frosh welcomed to campus

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 18, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Incoming freshman were welcomed to campus Thursday morning during Moving in Day.

Several hundred faculty, staff, and upperclassmen students were on hand to greet the new Polar Bears, help unload their cars, and answer questions.

Here, students welcome their new friends at one intersection. Small groups of students cheered at every intersection near campus as the frosh and their parents drove in.

Orange and black cupcakes were handed out, as well. Once near their assigned residence hall, people were on hand to unload their possessions, show them to their rooms, and explain the events of the next few days.

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Only 1.24 inches of rain fell in Liberty Township in July

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 18, 2016

During the month of July, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.68 inches of rain in Hardin County. 

Last year, the average rainfall for July was 4.66 inches.  The extremely dry month had lower rainfall totals in the northern half of the county, although most areas in the southern half recorded low rainfall amounts as well.

Liberty Township recorder, Phil Epley, reports rainfall at 1.24 inches and 11.01 inches for the growing season.

Dale Rapp in Dudley Township received 4.32 inches of rain for the month, the most of any of the township sites. The least rain in July, 0.55 inches, was collected in Blanchard Township by Crop Production Services. 

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Ready, Set Grow is ready, set, to go, for 2016-17 school year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ready, Set, Grow Preschool is ready for 2016-17. The staff provided The Icon with the following information about the year.

OPEN HOUSE is Thursday, Aug. 18 from 9-11:30 a.m. or 5:30-7 p.m.
Please stop by the school and drop off/update any paperwork, school supplies, and August payments and registration fees ($25 per child, non-refundable).

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Community members can join ONU students for a history class that rocks

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ohio Northern University will offer a history course that is hard to beat, or at least has a beat, during fall semester. “History of Rock ‘N’ Roll in the 1960s” will explore history through the lens of rock music.
 
The course will explore how society and rock music in the 1960s influenced each other, how rock ‘n’ roll music is a product of those times, and how rock music from that period continues to resonate in current music.
 
The class is an inter-disciplinary endeavor taught by Raymond Schuck, assistant professor of history; Dr. Rebecca Casey, associate professor of music; and William Mancuso, assistant professor of art.
 

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Saturday's parade - one more look!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The Icon loves parades and some of the best one's we've seen pass down Ada's Main Street.

Here's Monty Siekerman's final look at last Saturday's Farmers and Merchants parade.

• Josh Wilkerson, of Ada, drives (and owns) a 2012 E Mod, which he races on a dirt track in Waynesfield.

• Brenda, riding Smarty, (left) and Sam, riding Sadie, with German shepherd Brook.

• Tractors, some as old as 1941, driven by Hardin County Restorers and Collectors.

• Elsie Allen with a Great Pyrenees and Oveharka mix, 2 months old.

• Grace Gospel Church float.

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Ada chamber and CIC meet Wednesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) hold their monthly membership meetings on Wednesday.

The chamber meets at 8 a.m. in Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main St. The CIC meets at noon in the Dean's Room of McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.

 

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