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Great Decisions start second season in Findlay

Programs at Hancock Historical Museum
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 8, 2019

The Findlay Chapter of Great Decisions will begin its second season with an introductory meeting on Sunday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Hancock Historical Museum, W. Sandusky Street.  Anyone interested in learning more about critical issues facing America is encouraged to attend.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book, watching a DVD and meeting in a discussion group. 

This non-partisan, grassroots model adopted more than 50 years ago, continues today with tens of thousands of participants taking part in discussions nationwide annually.

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Katayama paces Ada swimmers at Wapak Invite

Captures first in 50 and 100
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 8, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
WAPAKONETA - The Ada swim teams competed at the 13-school Wapakoneta Invitational meet this past Saturday.

Ada junior ace Klava Katayama captured first in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races to score 40 of the 116.5 Lady Bulldog points.

The purple and gold girls finished seventh out of 12 teams, while the Bulldog boys came in ninth out of 13 squads with 88 points.

Shawnee grabbed both the boys (387 points) and combined team titles (757.5). Ottawa-Glandorf captured the girls team crown with 376 points to edge out Shawnee (370.5).

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The colors around us

Coloring club at work in the public library
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 7, 2019

• Interested in joining the Ada Public Library coloring club? The next meeting is 3:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, at the library.

The club meeting was pretty quiet. You might say, quiet as in “stress-relieving quiet.”

Yet, there were animals, enchanted forests, secret gardens and kaleidoscope designs radiating from the artists’ palettes.

Three members of informal adult coloring club at the Ada Public Library sat around a table keenly focused on their work on Friday afternoon.

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She's the OAC scholar-athlete of the month

Maggie Krause, junior biology major, serves with the Ohio Northern Colleges Against Cancer chapter
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 7, 2019

If someone glances through the career accolades list for junior pole vault specialist Maggie Krause, they quickly realize she embodies the true spirit of an NCAA Division III scholar-athlete.

In a breakout sophomore season, the Chagrin Falls native garnered All-OAC and All-Great Lakes Region honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. She also qualified for the indoor and outdoor national championships for the first time in her career.

If that was not enough, Krause then capped the eye-opening campaign with her first career All-American honor, finishing eighth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.

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Wilson's January words

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 7, 2019

Our "resolution" for 2019 is to "accept" a "variety" of words, "except" ones we can't spell. Along the hallway in Ada Elementary are Wilson's Outstanding Words for January. They include: accept, except, variety and resolution. Watch the Icon at the end of the month to see how students handle these words.

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17 points, 9 rebounds for Bruns, but 'Bears lose

ONU men travel to Baldwin Wallace Jan. 9
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 7, 2019

The Ohio Northern men's basketball team got off to a slow start and fell 64-52 at Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at the Steele Center.

The Polar Bears (4-9 overall, 0-6 Ohio Athletic Conference) fell behind 8-0 in the first 1:22 and trailed 41-15 with 3:40 left in the first half.

Northern stepped up its defense from there, holding MU to just 23 points in the final 23:40 of the game, but could get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.

Senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chckasaw/Marion Local) led Ohio Northern with 17 points and nine rebounds.

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