Applications are now available for The Village Garden. You can pick up an application at ReStore during normal business hours. All completed applications should be returned by May 1.
The Village Garden administrator is Joan Zachariah. You may contact her with questions at 513-578-8123 (leave a message) or you can email Joan at [email protected].
Lots of news is coming out of the Ada schools this month. Here's a summary of items from the school website from Friday.
ADA SCHOOLS NEEDS YOUR HELP! We need you to get out in your communities and ask your local farmers to nominate Ada for the opportunity to complete for a $10,000 grant through Monsanto Fund’s America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education.
With help from you and your families, the school could win grant money to buy classroom IPADS and TI-Nspire Calculators. Now until April 15, farmers can nominate their favorite, local public school district. Grants will be awarded based on merit, need and community support.
The Ohio Northern University Model United Nations team was presented with an honorable mention delegation award at NMUN•NY 2013, the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in New York City from March 24-28.
ONU, representing the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, claimed the prestigious honor at the international conference, which draws more than 5,000 students annually and has participants from all over the world. (Approximately 50 percent of the participants are from outside the U.S.) At the conference, the delegations discuss current global issues on 20 selected committees.
President Myrna McCurdy called the Wednesday March 26th special meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 6:00 at the Community Health Professional building S.R. 235, Ada.
The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.
The following were welcomed as guests: Anne Schulman, Joanne Berg, Arlene Allison, Linda Ferguson, Kelly MacDonald and Daniel MacDonald.
A potluck dinner was enjoyed ball all those in attendance.
In brief business:
-Members were updated on Pancake Day finances by Bryan Marshall, Treasurer.
Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by international author and actress Carol Drinkwater in the Dicke Forum on Monday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. Drinkwater’s lecture is titled “The Olive Route.” The event is free and open to the public.
Drinkwater is perhaps most familiar to audiences for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC series “All Creatures Great and Small.” A popular and acclaimed author and filmmaker, Drinkwater also has published 19 books.
Robert U. "Bob" Preston, 83, of rural Alger, died at 4:21 p.m. April 2, 2013, at the Lima Memorial Health System, of complications following open heart surgery.
He was born Jan. 20, 1930, in the home he lives in today, the son of William M. and Merle E. Crowe Preston, who preceded him in death. On July 15, 1951, he married Mary K. Clark, who survives. They enjoyed 61 years of marriage.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team won its sixth straight match by a 7-2 score over nonconference foe Wooster on Thursday afternoon at the University Courts.
The Polar Bears are now 8-4 on the season, while the Fighting Scots fall to 5-10.
In doubles action, the tandem of senior Joey Frank and junior Do Thai dominated for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles.
Freshman John Mostowy and junior Josh Saunders followed with a 8-3 win at the No. 2 doubles position.
Sophomore Sam Prewitt and junior Blake Troller finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles.
Freshman Meghan Letizia won two matches to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory in a key early season OAC match over Otterbein on Thursday afternoon at the Richard A. Sanders Tennis Center.
The win moves the Polar Bears to 14-4 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the OAC. The Cardinals fall to 9-4, 1-1.
Letizia teamed with junior Carly Olmstead to post a 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
She also scored a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles for Northern.
The doubles tandem of freshman Rachael Miller and junior Michelle Tuma won 8-5 at No. 1 doubles.
Ohio Northern University celebrates its annual Honors Day program on Saturday, April 27, from 8:15 a.m. until 5 p.m.
This year’s Honors Day continues the rich tradition of ONU’s colleges and departments recognizing students and faculty members for scholarly achievement and service to the University community. More than 40 undergraduate academic departments and honor societies will present awards and induct new members.
