This year’s Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance dinner meeting in Ada will carry special significance here.
The event takes place in the Ohio Northern University McIntosh ballroom. The Icon understands that Deb Curlis, marketing director of Community Health Professionals, and past president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, will be one of the recognized honorees.
The dinner and awards presentation is Thursday, Feb. 23, beginning with a 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. awards program, 7:15 p.m. dinner and 7:45 p.m. business meeting.
While at ONU, Larry J. Merlo, president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, said, "As change accelerates in health care, pharmacy can drive important solutions in the areas of cost, quality and access."
"In fact, I believe we are witnessing the beginning of a reinvention of pharmacy that will help drive more affordable, accessible and effective care," he said while delivering the Sebok lecture on campus.
At the conclusion of the talk, Merlo, along with Hanley Wheeler, an ONU graduate and CVS Health senior vice president, presented the College of Pharmacy with a corporate grant of $50,000.
1903 the Rail Road Park cannon was erected, aimed directly at Ft. Sumter South Carolina.
March 1917 a state charter was granted to the Ada Hospital association. Signers of the charter were Dr. L.W. Campbell, Dr. C.S. Ames, H.S. Lehr, C.W. Breck, T.J. Smull, E.E. McAlpin, and L.O. Ream.
Mrs. George Anderson spoke for the women at the charter meeting.
During the men's swimming and diving competition, the Polar Bears finished in second place out of seven teams in the 20 events, snapping their impressive streak of 12 consecutive conference championships. The OAC competition was held over three days at the University of Akron.
Senior John Raker (Labanon/Lakota West) won the 200 fly title.
After two runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2014, Raker won his first OAC title in the event by nearly a second.
The 400 free relay team of senior Eric Chen (Mason), sophomore Pete He(Mason), junior Ian Simpson (Strongsville) and senior Logan Pfeifer (Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) won the OAC crown.
An Ada Business and Professionals Women's Club existed in the community in the mid-1950s. Here's a photo of the members taken for the 1953 Ada centennial booklet.
There are many familiar names here. Who do you identify?
It doesn't take much thought to figure out that the driver of this grey Serra is a dog lover. Monty Siekerman spotted this Pugmobile at a stoplight in Ada.
Ohio Northern placed third among 7 teams in the OAC women's swimming and diving competition last weekend at the University of Akron. There were 20 events during the three-day event.
Freshman Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) won the 200 fly.
Sophomore Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) earned All-Conference accolades in the 200 back, finishing second.
Junior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) and senior Stephanie Brookens (Louisville) earned All-OAC honors in the 100 free.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team began the Mike Bonnell era with an 8-1 victory at Olivet (Mich.) on Sunday afternoon at the Minges Creek Athletic Club.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Comets fall to 0-7.
Sophomore Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) led Ohio Northern with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles and an 8-3 victory with freshman Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) at No. 1 doubles.
Sophomore Jake Abbott (Kenton), freshman Tyler Frantz (Bellefontaine), junior Cody Hurley (Centerville) and senior Dan Warren(Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln) also won singles matches for ONU.
ADA - Three-point bombing Lima Temple Christian took control with a 13-0 second quarter run and cruised to a 63-39 victory at Ada in non-conference boys basketball action Saturday night.
The loss in the regular season home finale dropped the Bulldog record to 4-17 overall, while the Pioneers improved to 10-11 with the victory.
"It was another game with a bad second quarter," lamented Ada first-year head coach Dre White, whose team was out-pointed 17-9 in that decisive stanza.
"We have got to get better defensively," he continued. "We didn't shoot well, but our rebounding wasn't bad. Temple shot the three well (10-for-21)."
BOWLING GREEN - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for the state meet by finishing second in the 100 freestyle race at the Div. II Bowling Green district meet held Friday evening. She will now swim at the Div. II state meet Feb. 23-24 in Canton.
Katayama finished sixth in the 50 freestyle race as well, two spots away from state qualification in that event. She posted personal-best times in both freestyle events.
Several other Bulldogs competed in the BG Div. II district meet as well, but none qualified for Canton. Senior Andrew Ross posted the best Ada boys finish, coming in ninth in the 100 backstroke.
