Area county fair dates for 2014 are now set. They follow:
• Allen County Fair: Aug. 25 to 23
• Hancock County Fair: Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
• Hardin County Fair: Sept. 2 to 7
• Paulding County Fair: June 9 to 14
• Putnam County Fair: June 23 to 28
• Van Wert County Fair: Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Mary Jane Whetsler, 83, died on Friday, March 21, 2014 at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.
She was born on December 16, 1930 in Dola, Ohio, to Charles Isaac and Della (Atha) Smith and they preceded her in death. On November 29, 1958 she married Marvin Ray Whetsler and he died on April 3, 1977.
Mary Jane was a homemaker. She formerly attended the First Baptist Church of Ada. She worked at HARCO Industries for many years.
Surviving are three daughters: Becky (Tim) Campbell of Ada, Cheryl Whetsler of Lima and Patricia "Patty" (Bryan) Shadley of Ada; nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.
President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at noon on Tuesday, March 18 at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University. Cox offered the invocation.
Ohio Northern University presents the 37th Annual Law Review Symposium, “Who’s Afraid of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Legal and Ethical Issues in Anticorruption Law,” in the Pettit College of Law’s Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Friday, March 28. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. This symposium is open to the public.
Speakers at the symposium will discuss the various areas of dealing with business, political, and legal corruption, with a specific focus on combating corruption both domestically and internationally.
What can you buy with a quarter? A gumball or a handful of M&Ms from a candy machine, air for your bike tires, six minutes of drying time at the local Laundromat, one hour of parking on (some) city streets, or a secondhand mug at a thrift shop.
Or you can do some good with that quarter by donating it to help David Dellifield reach his goal of collecting 50,266 quarters for Send Cancer on the Run 2: All the Way to the Big Apple. Dellifield, an Ada resident, is a stage 4 cancer survivor who has had a longtime goal of running the New York Marathon. Five years after running his first marathon, he is registered to run the TCS New York Marathon on Nov. 2, 2014.
Ohio Northern University President Daniel A. DiBiasio announced that Steven J. Martin, professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Toledo, has been named dean of ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy. Martin replaces Tom Kier, who has served as interim dean for the past year.
“Ohio Northern University is pleased to welcome Dr. Martin to our campus and leadership team,” DiBiasio said. “Steve’s outstanding academic credentials and scholarly body of work, along with his experience, passion for teaching and enthusiasm, make him a perfect fit to lead the Raabe College of Pharmacy.”
Relay for Life of Ohio Northern University is gearing up for its annual relay held at the King Horn Sports Center on Sunday, March 23. Relay hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
This year’s goal is an ambitious $20,000, but sponsors of the event believe that goal can be raised.
According to Lauren Stahl, “The top three teams thus far in terms of fundraising are Colleges Against Cancer, Walk This Way, and Phi Mu Delta.”
Individuals and teams may still join the event by signing up at: relayforlife.org/onu.
Survivors of cancer are invited to a reception from noon to 1:15 p.m.
The Kenton Theatre, owned by the Ada Theatre, is showing the movie "God's Not Dead." The movie runs at Kenton from March 21 through April 3, according to James Curlis, of the theatre.
He told The Icon that there are only 10 theatres in Ohio showing this month.
The Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University honored three individuals with Pinnacle Awards at a banquet held March 14.
This prestigious award, which honors individuals who have made the highest commitment to the business college, was given to Eugene A. Beeler (posthumously), Joanne Griffith Lipski, and Mark J. Palmer.
“We wanted an avenue to publicly say ‘thank you’ to the people who have made significant and sustained gifts to the college,” said Jim Fenton, dean of the Dicke College of Business Administration; “Through their generosity, they’ve had a tremendous and transformative impact on our students and the business college generally.”
The Ohio Northern University Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law presents a panel discussion on “The Crisis in Ukraine: What is Happening and What Does it Mean?” in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m.
