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ONU women's swim team looks for OAC win.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, February 16, 2017

The Ohio Northern women's swimming & diving team will be gunning for its eighth Ohio Athletic Conference Championships crown in the past 11 years Thursday-Saturday at the University of Akron's natatorium.

The Polar Bears, under the guidance of 13th-year head coach Peggy Ewald, have won seven OAC Championships crowns since 2007, including six in a row from 2009-14.

Freshman Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) has the fastest time in the OAC in the 200 fly and is the third-fastest in the 100 fly, the 200 I.M. and the 400 I.M.

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Lots of March events on Icon's calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 16, 2017

March is coming in like a Lions event-wise in Ada.

The Icon now has Ada’s March events posted on its calendar. Viewers may access the calendar by clicking here or opening it on the black scroll bar at the top of the Icon home page.

Persons interested in having events posted on the calendar may send the event name, date, time and location to: [email protected]

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New Ada school superintendent meets Kiwanis members

Explains the Every Student Succeeds Act
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

By Jon Umphress
Meri Skilliter, new Ada school superintendent, talked with members of the Ada Kiwanis Club earlier this week. She joined Ada schools on Jan. 1.

Skilliter told members about the “Every Student Succeeds Act.” In 2015 President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (or ESSA), an overhaul of federal education law.

Skilliter said, that passed with bipartisan support, ESSA represents a shift from broad federal oversight of primary and secondary education to greater flexibility and decision making at the state and local levels. The law replaces the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Liberty National Bank Offers Welcome Home Grant

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

ADA, Ohio – Ronald L. Zimmerly, Jr., President and CEO of Liberty National Bank, recently announced the Bank’s participation in the Welcome Home Program, which is a grant sponsored by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati. The Welcome Home Program was designed to assist eligible homeowners with down payment or closing costs when purchasing or buying a home.

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Nils Riess, ONU professor emeritus, honored by Republic of Estonia

He will received the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Ohio Northern University professor of communication arts emeritus, Professor Nils Riess has been awarded the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana from the Republic of Estonia. 

The Republic of Estonia bestows as gratitude and recognition various state decorations on persons whose activities have maintained and reinforced the independent Estonian state.

Professor Riess has been chosen as a recipient of this highly prestigious award in recognition for the contributions he has made for the republic.

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Give me an "A"!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

There's more Ada school cheerleaders than you might imagine. The high school and junior high cheerleaders had practices with girls in grades kindergarten through 4th grade this winter. All girls performed everything that they learned on Feb. 11 during halftime of the high school basketball game, according to Bridgette Jones, cheerleading coach. Here's a photo. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)

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