The Ada Icon recently announced that The Cadets selected Ohio Northern University as their primary spring training site. The Cadets are one of the oldest and most honored continuously operating drum and bugle corps in the country.
The Cadets have some immediate need for volunteers. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer or have never volunteered for a drum corps in your life, you are welcome.
Wednesday is known as "Hump Day" and it was literally so at ONU this week when students took turns, two riders at a time, on one of the hump-back beasts.
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A handler walked the camel around a roped off area for the bumpy ride. Steps led up to the camel's seats, so mounting the animal was easy. A long line of students awaited their turn in chilly weather, a few snow flakes in the air, probably unlike the camel's native home in the hot deserts of the Middle East.
Tara Whitsitt (left), Amy Eddings and Mark Hiland show the spread of food brought for a potluck in Ada on April 25, Earth Day. Tara has a bus called Fermentation on Wheels.
After dinner Tara discussed health foods and gave a tour of the bus. Amy and Mark hosted about 30 diners for the event at their home, 508 N. Main.
Two large rooms filled with diners enjoyed the potluck. (Photos and story by Monty Siekerman)
Ohio Northern University students Brett Wonders, a fourth-year pharmacy major from Defiance, and Dan Knapinski, a senior sport management major from Neenah, Wis., garnered second place in the Audio Production category of the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) Festival of Media Arts in the Student Two-Year/Small Colleges Competition at the Broadcast Education Association's 60th annual convention in Las Vegas from April 11-13.
The duo was recognized for their WONB-FM broadcast coverage of ONU’s 2014 football game against Muskingum.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the ONU Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Travis Jürgens will conduct the ONU Symphony Orchestra in the season finale, “A French Twist.”
Works include Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (orchestrated by Ravel), Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” Ravel’s “Pavane pour une infante défunte” and Milhaud’s Percussion Concerto, featuring Dr. Sarah Waters as soloist. Artwork related to “Pictures at an Exhibition” will be displayed on the monitors in the lobby.
Ohio Northern University Dicke College of Business Administration student Courtney Horstman, a senior accounting major from Delphos, Ohio, was awarded the 2015-16 Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
More than 100 people enjoyed a wonderful meal and extensive auction to benefit Community Health Professionals hospice program. The fundraiser was held Thursday evening in McIntosh Center ballroom.
More the 100 donated items were auctioned. Wayne and Travis Farthing of Findlay were auctioneers. Some items were valued as much as $500.
Deb Curlis, CHP fundraising coordinator for the organization and organizer of the evening festivities, gave the welcome. Music was provided by The Jubil-Heirs.
Ashley Cosgrove, RN, nursing supervisor of CHP Helping Hands and Claudia Crawford, RN, nursing supervisor, spoke.
One of the cool things about being in the third grade at Ada Elementary School is the annual Arbor Day celebration.
Each spring, the volunteers on the Ada Tree Commission visit the third graders to talk about trees. The commissioners share stories about trees, wildlife and how to plant the bare root tree each student receives from the Tree Commission.
