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It's a snow day!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

It all above board. This is a photo illustration - we've enhanced the actual photo - of a homemade snowflake created at the Ada Public Library late last week. It's actually the inside of a rather large snowflake, which was part of a snowflake art class for school students. The entire snowflake is below.

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Freed Center brings the world's stage to Ada

Not to mention quality performances by ONU's Department of Theatre Arts
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Where else, but in Ada…

could you attend the ultimate Michael Jackson experience, Ben Vereen’s homage to Frank Sinatra, Broadway’s Next H!t Musical, plus ONU student productions of The Pirates of Penzance, an International Play Festival and a host of other acts?

The answer: The Freed Center for the Performing Arts on the Ohio Northern University campus. You could say that the Center brings the world's stage to Ada.

On Wednesday morning, Rosanna Scott, Marketing and Communications Specialist of The Center, shared with Ada Area Chamber of Commerce members some of the upcoming shows and talked about The Center’s impact on Ada.

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Ada Village Council meeting notes

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

A proposed cell tower, dog park planning, and the football drop schedule were discussed at Ada Village council meeting on Tuesday night in the city building.
Verizon is interested in constructing a cell tower on village property and may pay the Village about $10,000 a year to do so.
Council agreed to pursue the idea further. It will probably be discussed for a long time before contracts are signed. The location has not been decided, among other issues.

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Ada and ONU have long connection to Bluffton pharmacy

And, more ONU connections are on the way
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - There's an interesting, long-standing link between Ada, Ohio Northern University and pharmacies in Bluffton.

Greg Conkling past owner of Greg's Pharmacy, Bluffton, purchased the pharmacy from John Skelly (1942 ONU pharmacy grad) in 1986 and owned it for 26 years.

Conkling was an ONU pharmacy grad.

Deb Retterer, a pharmacist at Greg's since 1989, who retired at the end of 2016, was also an ONU pharmacy grad.

Deb's replacement is Bluffton native, Andrea Williams, also an ONU pharmacy graduate.

Here's the story of the latest Ada-ONU pharmacy connection to Bluffton:

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Bearcats spurt past Bulldog boys

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

Visiting Spencerville started and finished very strongly to post a convincing 74-42 victory over the Ada boys basketball team in a Northwest Conference bout Friday night. Following a fifth consecutive defeat, the Bulldogs fell to 2-8 overall and 0-3 in the NWC. Meanwhile, the league-leading Bearcats improved to 8-2 and 3-0.

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ONU swim team loses to Mt. Union

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, January 18, 2017

By Tim Glon

The No. 30-ranked Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team fell 160-123 at Mount Union at the Hammond Natatorium Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears fall to 4-3 overall and are 1-2 in Ohio Athletic Conference action, while the Purple raiders improve to 7-0, 3-0.

Seniors Eric Chen (Mason) and Logan Pfeifer (Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) each won twice to lead ONU. Chen won the 100 free in :48.56 and Pfeifer won the 50 free in :22.34. The pair then combined with juniors Thomas Golba (Kettering/Archbishop Alter) and Ian Simpson (Strongsville) to win the 400 free relay in 3:16.85.

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