Polar Bears take a bow. Today (Feb. 27) is your day. February 27 is National Polar Bear Day.
Polar Bears International, the world's leading polar bear conservation group—dedicated to saving polar bears by saving their sea ice habitat, is the sponsor of the day, which has special meaning in Ada and Ohio Northern University.
After all: Ada is the capital of polar bears in Ohio, or as the ONU Alumni Association states on its Facebook page tonight, "From our tundra to yours."
Click here to read more about the work of Polar Bears International.
Hardin County came to Ada on Thursday for the ninth annual Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance's annual membership meeting.
The following awards were presented:
• Quest Federal Credit Union - 2014 Business of the Year;
• Margaret Carmean - 2014 Citizen of the Year;
• Maddie Kugel - 2014 Community Service Award; and
• Wesley Lowery - 2014 Community Service Award.
Polar Plunge Results
The fourth annual Polar Plunge raised $2,000 which will be given to the Hardin County chapter of the Red Cross. About 100 brave swimmers took the frigid dive for charity. Kewpee donated 300 hamburgers for the quick-dash swimmers. The brothers of Delta Sigma Phi organized and carried out the service project
The Hardin County Pork Producers will hold their annual Pork Banquet on Saturday, March 14, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, starting at 6:30 p.m. The fun-filled evening will include selection of the Queen and Scholarship Recipients as well as amazing food and door prizes.
Ticket prices are $6, and half price for 2014 Hardin County Junior Fair Swine Exhibitors, as well as Fair Workers from the Food Pavilion, and children under the age of 12.
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “Mutts Gone Nutts” on Saturday, March 14 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The evening performance is sold out, however, tickets still remain for the matinee showing at 4 p.m.
https://www.onu.edu/node/64377Ohio Northern University student Brandea McIntyre, a senior international theatre production and Spanish dual major from Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded the 2015 United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) Ohio Valley National Conference Scholarship.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will present “Estate Planning for Alternative Couples” in the Dicke Forum on Friday, March 13, at 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by the ONU LAMBDA Law Students’ Association.
This event is free to the public; however, there is a fee for those seeking continuing legal education credit.
Joan M. Burda, attorney with a solo practice in Lakewood, Ohio, and Maria L. Shinn, family law attorney with Shinn Lanter LLP in Lakewood, Ohio, will discuss the rising issue of LGBT couples creating families in Ohio.
With less than one month to go, the Relay for Life of Ohio Northern University has already raised $6,725 through its 20 teams and 205 participants, according to the organization’s website.
This year’s Relay is Friday and Saturday, March 20-21 in the King Horn Sports Center on campus. Watch the Icon for more details on this year's event.
If your child knows of the books “Oh, Ducky!: A Chocolate Calamity,” “Moishe’s Miracle,” or better yet “I Loathe You,” then everyone is in for a treat.
David Slonim, author-book illustrator involved in those three titles will be in Ada schools in March. His Ada visit is on Tuesday, March 24.
During the week of his visit will be the spring book fair in the school media center. More details on the sale and Slonim’s visit will come later.
In case you wonder, “I Loathe You” tells the story of a monster who is afraid his parents will stop “loathing” him.
I am impressed with the reach and effectiveness of the Ada Icon. An online newspaper has many advantages over print media. Having spent most of my career in journalism, I see the great possibilities the new technology has.
In just over a year's time, the Ada Icon has provided the community with immediate news, such as weather alerts, school closings and road conditions.
Beyond immediacy, the Icon has the ability to provide more coverage of local events because it is not limited by space, which in newspapers is determine by the amount of ads sold.
