February 2021

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The following persons plow snow for residents and businesses. If you plow snow, add your name to our list by contacting [email protected]. This list is continually updated. Last update at 11 a.m. Feb. 15.

• Snow plowing (skid steer with blade or tractor)
Wayne Augsburger (419)230-0182
• Snow Plowing (4 wheeler with blade)
Jordan Motter (567)712-4755
• We are fully insured and available 24/7 

Here are officers of the Ada High School Future Farmers of America in the 1966-67.

From left, Wayne Wright, reporter; Bill Van Atta, treasurer; Roy Wyss, sentinel; Neil Williams, president; Steve Mankey, vice-president; Jerry Hall, student advisor; Gary DeVier, secretary, and Joe Saltzman, teacher.

Anticipating a week of heavy snowfall, the Icon invites persons who plow driveways and remove snow to add your name to the Icon Snowplow List.

This is a free service provided by the Icon.

If you are in the snow removal business and are "on call' for snow removal, send your contact information to the Icon at: [email protected].

We will list your name, email, phone number. The list will be updated as additional contacts are provided to the Icon.

By Tim Glon
The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team finished second of 10 teams with 148 points at the OAC Elite Meet on Saturday at Otterbein and Capital.

The ONU women finished fourth - their results follow the men's story

The Polar Bears (15-3 overall) got a pair of victories from junior Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph), who won the 200-meter dash in :22.47 and was on the winning 4x200 relay team.

Convincing 68-53 victory on Saturday night at the ONU Sports Center

By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team was clinging to a 36-35 lead late in the third quarter against No. 8-ranked John Carroll.

The Polar Bears dominated the game the rest of the way, making 10 of their last 11 shots and outscoring the Blue Streaks 32-18 over the final 12:44 to post a convincing 68-53 victory on Saturday night at the ONU Sports Center.

ONU (4-4 overall, 4-4 Ohio Athletic Conference) got 12 points from senior Sydney Ward (Columbus/Upper Arlington) and junior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) in the biggest coaching victory for ONU's first-year head coach Mark Huelsman.

We anticipate this weather system to produce a consistent snowfall over a long period which will keep us on 12-hour shifts for an extended time

ODOT is preparing for what may be the most significant snowfall of the year which is expected to begin late Sunday or early Monday and continue into Tuesday.

"We anticipate this weather system to produce a consistent snowfall over a long period which will keep us on 12-hour shifts for an extended time," said Rod Nuveman, ODOT District 1 highway management administrator, based in Lima.

"We also expect reduced visibility. This snow is predicted to be dry so the accompanying winds of up to 25 miles per hour at times will factor in," he said.

Became Northern's 11th president in 2011 • Retirement effective June 30, 2022

Daniel A. DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president, annoucement that he will retire June 30, 2022. The announcement was made this weekend.

DiBiasio, 71, was hired in August, 2011, as Ohio Northern’s 11th president. His announcement to the campus community was in a letter, which stated that his stewardship here “has been – and for the next year and a half will continue to be – a great privilege and tremendous honor.”

Prostate enlargement treatment

Most of us are familiar with Benjamin Franklin's quote from 1789; "nothing is certain except death and taxes." To the men reading this column, we will add a third certainty: PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT! As men grow older and wiser, the prostate tends to follow. That doesn't mean that every man will develop voiding symptoms.

The prostate is a small gland located at the bottom of the bladder. It makes up the beginning of the tube that drains the bladder (urethra). Its primary function is to produce fluids important for the viability of the sperm.

The Bluffton industry has hired and trained over 375 persons in the program

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - GROB, Bluffton, is searching for its next class of apprentices. Over the past years, several persons in the program are Ada High School graduates.

The application deadline for the 2021 class is Wednesday, March 31.

The apprenticeship program at GROB Systems has been in place at the Bluffton production plant for 30 years. The goal of the program is to build the company’s future workforce with employees who are trained in a highly technical way that matches the growing needs of their customers and products.

To date, GROB Bluffton has hired and trained over 375 apprentices.

Due to yesterday's water main break on Ream Street

The boil water advisory issued yesterday to two Ada neighbors is now lifted, according to the village.

The advisory was a result of a water main break on Ream Street. The boil alert affected the 300 block of Ream and 300 to 557 blocks of East University.

An e-mail message stated:
"We are pleased to report that the problem has been corrected and that it is no longer necessary to boil drinking water. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

 

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