February 2017

Part of $2 million grant from U.S. State Department

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Last fall, the Ohio Northern University Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law received a $2 million grant from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State to organize and administer the Afghanistan Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Program for 2017 and 2018.

On Jan. 19-25, more than 90 Afghan law students and 18 faculty coaches gathered in Kabul, Afghanistan, to participate in the Jessup competition.

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Three Ohio Northern wrestlers were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in wrestling for the 2016-17 season on voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.

Sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) were named First Team All-Conference and junior Seth Meyer(Defiance) was a Second Team All-OAC selection.

The Polar Bears finished the season with an 11-4 record and were third in the OAC with a 4-2 league mark under 29th-year head coach Ron Beaschler.

Nelson was 23-12 at 157 pounds on the season and posted a 5-1 record in the OAC regular season matches.

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The Ohio Northern men's track and field team moved to No. 31 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.

The Polar Bears are 47-16 overall.

Wis.-LaCrosse came in at No. 1 with 135.61 points while Wis.-Whitewater took second place with 113.55 points

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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1900 the mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery was built

March 1918 a service flag containing 389 stars was displayed at ONU

March 1923 Ohio Northern students chose the name “Polar Bears” for their athletic teams. Anthony Muto, campus correspondent, promoted the idea.

March 4, 1938 the Ada Future Farmers of America was chartered.

VITA program available for persons who qualify

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Ada area taxpayers can receive free income tax assistance from ONU business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), if your income is below $54,000.

The service is available from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at the business college.

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The public relations program at Ohio Northern  won an honorable mention and $500 in the global Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism campaign during the 2016-17 academic year. Hosted by EdVenture Partners, Facebook and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, participants of the P2P program were asked to develop a campaign challenging Islamophobia.

 

because there are so many things happening at 320 N. Main St., Ada

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March is coming in like a library.
Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St., posted its March calendar and the Icon shares it with viewers (CLICK TO VIEW).

Among March library highlights include:
• March 1 – Teen pizza waffles (6th to 12th grades), 3:30 p.m.
• March 7 – Family Storytime, 11 a.m. and again at 6 p.m.
• March 14 – ONU mobile clinic, 11 a.m. and again on March 28
• March 17 – St. Patty’s Day party for K to 5th grade, 3:30 p.m.
• March 25 – Animal legends, 10:30 a.m.
• March 30 – Spring art for K to 5th grade, 3:30 p.m.

Illinois Wesleyan, Trine and Lakeland (Wisc) play in Ada

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No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern will host the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament.

ONU will take on Lakeland (Wis.) on Friday, March 3, in a First Round game in the nightcap of a double header at the ONU Sports Center.

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No. 17-ranked Trine (Ind.) and Illinois Wesleyan will play in the first game on Friday night.

The two First Round winners will play at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday night in a Second Round game.

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The Icon spotted this plate on a grey Honda CR-V on Main Street, Bluffton. Meaning? What's your guess?

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Here are the charter members of the Ada Kiwanis Club, taken on April 25, 1924.

First row, from left: Ed Park, Paul Abt, Godfrey Ott, Emmitt Creators, Charles Moorehead and Barton Snyder.

Second row, from left; J.B. Stambaugh, Ellsworth McCoppin, Paul Droge, Wilbur Vorhis, Harry Sousley and Dr. Thomas J. Smull.

Third row, from left: Ernest Lowman, Fred Bentley, Pearl Moore, Lauren McElroy, Wilbur Dunlap, Joseph McAlpin and J. Guy Demming.

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