Ohio Northern senior Melina Woods (Ada) and freshman Taylor Baxter (Bellevue) have been named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference First Team, joining senior Kiki Carle (Cincinnati/Mother of Mercy) and freshmen Rachel Jennings (Novi, Mich.) and Erin Wagner (Massillon/Perry) on the 2021 All-Conference Volleyball Team in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Baxter was also selected as the OAC Freshman of the Year.
Jennings and Carle were Second Team selections, and Wagner rounded out the ONU quintet as an Honorable Mention pick.
A routine Google search by the Ada Icon for “Ada, Ohio” news revealed that ONU decisions regarding the sale of “Back the Blue” t-shirts by the ONU College Republicans have been discussed online since September.
It was also the subject of a political roundtable discussion in Kenton on November 6.
Ohio Northern University department of Communications and Marketing released the following statement to the Ada Icon on November 8:
A recent report finds that student voting at Ohio Northern University increased significantly in last year’s presidential election, rising 12 points to 65% in 2020 from a rate of 53% in 2016.
Dr. Robert Alexander, the founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy at Ohio Northern notes that he is “excited to see such large numbers of students take part in the important ritual of voting.” He adds that “For most, this is their first experience voting and establishing this habit early is instrumental in connecting one another to the democratic process.”
The 44th annual Ada Music Feast, a show choir competition, will be held at Ada High School, 725 W. North Avenue on Saturday, November 13. The competition will feature outstanding show choirs from Ohio and Indiana including the school's own Varsity Singers. Tickets for the event are available online.
With the support of the Ada Music Boosters and volunteers, the event hosts and feeds performers and audience members.
Michael Kent Mathewson, age 64, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Thursday, November 4, 2021 at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Mike reported to work on Wednesday, November 3rd and returned home following a productive day, only to suffer from a massive brain aneurysm later in the evening. He died a few hours later as a result of his unknown health condition.
The November Ada Schools calendar is full with winter sports, meetings of the Academic Boosters, Music Boosters and School Board, as well as special events including the Elementary Book Fair and High School Drama performances.
This week:
Thursday, November 11 - No School K-12, Veterans' Breakfast
Saturday, November 13 - Music Feast
For complete details, visit the Ada Schools Calendar on the Ada Schools website ada.k12.oh.us.
Jenny Frankart admired spoon rings and had watched an artisan at the Tiffin Flea Market make rings. Instead of going shopping, she ordered a ring making vise from Ukraine and waited six month for it to come to rural Bluffton. Her father-in-law modified it to work with flatware. That was in 2013.
This year, Frankart has opened the Rustic Bendz jewelry shop-workshop at her home, after a sequence of larger and larger vehicles to sell jewelry at shows, and then a walk-in trailer shop. She makes rings as well as necklaces, key chains, money clips, wind chimes, and other accessories that have sparked her imagination.
Patrick “Pat” Michael Archer, 50, the most genuine soul you will ever know, was called Home on November 3, 2021.
Patrick was a miracle and immediately blessed his father and mother, Barry and Suzanne Archer of Harrod, on February 18, 1971.
He has said that he barely graduated from Allen East High School in 1989 where he was active in FFA and 4-H. He was on the football team wearing his number 69 but didn’t play much and was ok with that because that meant that someone else had their chance to shine. He took pride in showing sheep and helping on the farm. Having his own farm was a lifelong dream that was never truly realized.
On Friday, November 6, Ohio Northern University unveiled the commissioned scultpure "Nexus" by Professor of Art Luke Sheets. The work is displayed on the first floor of Heterick Library, where is it is illuminated internally and can be viewed from inside and outside the building.
The sculpture was commissioned in honor of the university's 150th anniversary. The cylindrical structure is described as exploring "one of the most concrete intersections of art and mathematics—the golden ratio. It also includes numerous symbolic components and uses light to illustrate the concept of students venturing toward their future."
