August 2013

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Ohio Northern University will begin its third annual Student Safety Week, featuring a number of activities, on Sept. 9.

Sponsored by the ONU Security Office, in partnership with the ONU Student Senate, the ONU Panhellenic Council, the ONU Interfraternity Council and the ONU Student Planning Committee, the event will touch on subjects such as personal safety, dating violence and human trafficking.

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Welcome to another season of the Icon weekly football contest.

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Ada residents were in the spirit of the Buckeye State during the 1953 Ohio sesquicentennial celebration.

Here's a photo from the Ada Public Library's historic photo collection of some Ada residents "playing pioneers" in 1953.

Front from left, Dr. C.E. Wintringham, Dr. Alger Tipple (Ada dentist), Mary Tipple and Clyde Lamb.

Back from left, Madge Weimer, Ron Parshall, Phoebe Lamont, Katie L. Hanson, Gayle Zimmerman, Wilma Wintringham, Alice Marshall, Rev. Harry Bright (Methodist), and Genevieve Wheelock.

The Icon welcomes comments on this photo from viewers.

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By Tim Glon

Sam Slavik has been named an assistant baseball coach at Ohio Northern University. He will be the pitching coach and also the head JV coach.

In the summer of 2013, Slavik was on the coaching staff for the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Colliegate Baseball League. The Locos captured 2nd place in the league and finished with a 25-19 overall record.

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Ada Kiwanis members went fishing - in a manner of speaking - on Aug. 20.

Here's the story:

Kiwanis member Harold Friesner reported on the annual fishing trip made by several Kiwanis members Harold Friesner, Charles Van Dyne, Bruce Neely and John Berg, along with four others Jim Turner, David Schmidt, Dick Hubbard and Karlton Plaugher.

The trip was taken to Ontario, Canada, a little east of Thunder Bay. The trip has been made by various Ada residents since 1972.

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Hardin County Fair week is just around the corner. This year’s fair opens on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 8. Ada schools will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 3, for "fair day."

To view the entire week-long schedule, click here.

Gates open daily at 7:30 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Open class and junior fair exhibits must be in place by 9 p.m., Sept. 2. The fair officially opens at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 3.

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The Ohio Xtreme 12U Fastpitch Softball Team would like to thank the following businesses/individuals for their donation which helped the team with expenses to play in the USSSA World Series in Orlando FL in July:

Bluffton:

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Ohio Northern University is once again featured as one of the nation’s top schools in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, “The Best 378 Colleges: 2014 Edition.” ONU also is one of the 153 institutions that The Princeton Review recommends in the “Best of the Midwest” section of its website feature, “2014 Best Colleges by Region.”

“We are pleased that this student survey again places ONU among the best universities in the country,” said Dr. Daniel A. DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president. “This is reflective of the quality of our programs and personnel and the appreciation our students have for excellence.”

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Ohio Northern University is holding children's auditions for the “Holiday Spectacular” on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 4p.m. at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Ohio Northern University.

Looking for singers and dancers ranging in age from 5-12.

Children may be asked to sing and should be ready to participate in a dance call (jazz and/or
tap shoes).  No prepared dance or vocal solos, please.  Call (419) 772-1998).

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This calendar of events is provided by the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance.

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