Including a resolution opposing the contractual relationship between OSU and Nike and use of Nike football
The Ada Council will meet tonight, October 4, with the option to join by Zoom at this LINK.
Meetings are held in the council chambers at the Ada Municipal Building with the opportunity to address council during a public comments segment of the agenda.
The agenda and claims register are available HERE on the village website.
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering has received a $748,839 grant from the National Science Foundation to assist academically successful students who are financially challenged.
Beginning in Fall 2023, the S-STEM grant, the first NSF S-STEM award for ONU, will support 15 scholars. Students who are accepted into the program will receive a $7,750 scholarship renewable for four years. Five first-year students per year will be selected annually for three years, for a total of 15 scholars.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Crossroads Crisis Center of Lima will be posting a "Have You Ever Said?" daily in October to help raise awareness of abusive relationships.
The Icon's October 2022 calendar is updated at www.adaicon.com/calendar and ready for your additions and adjustments. Please email [email protected] if you have events of general public interest to share.
Highlights for October include:
3 - Poet Annah Browning at Elzay Gallery
7 - Free Blood Pressure Checks at Ada Public Library
7 - Jazz Blue Trio at the Inn at ONU
10 - No School K-12
10-11 - ONU Fall Break
14 - ONU Law Golf Outing
14 - Jonathan Wey at The Inn at ONU
20 - Lovestruck Balladeers at Presser Hall
21 - Riley Jamison Music @ The Inn at ONU
21-23 ONU Homecoming
22 - Craft with Miss Chloe
22-23 Swing! at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts
25 - 2-hr Delay, K-12
27 - Halloween Party at Ada Public Library
27 - Trick or Treat Night
28 - Jazz Blue Trio at the Inn at ONU
30 - Band-O-Rama at the Freed Center
Ohio Northern University and the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce have announced that the 57th Town and Gown Banquet will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 7 in the McIntosh Ballroom at Ohio Northern University. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
The event will honor the 2022 Distinguished Person of the Year and welcome new businesses and persons to the Ada-Ohio Northern community.
Helen R. Robinson, age 89, of Lima, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 6:58 p.m., at Shawnee Manor, Lima.
She was born on December 16, 1932, in Floyd County, Kentucky to the late J.D. and Willa (Bays) Newberry. Helen first married Henry Shepherd, Sr, and he preceded her in death. Helen then married Charles Robinson in 1970 and they were married for over 51 years, he survives in Lima.
The Ada High School girls soccer team convincingly defeated winless visiting Van Wert 9-1 Saturday morning, October 1, at War Memorial Park Stadium, setting some individual records in the process.
The Bulldog girls improved to 5-7 overall with the non-league win that snapped a seven-match losing streak.
The Cougar girls fell to 0-13 with the defeat.
Ada raced to a 6-0 lead at halftime and cruised to the lopsided win.
Sophomore standout Ella Marshall poured in four goals to tie a program single-season record with 14 this year. She also dished out two assists.
First of a series of articles pertaining to indigenous people of the Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties.
From a 1928 Bluffton News, history of the community–While Michael Neuenschwander, the first Swiss settler to this community, constructed a temporary hut as his family dwelling a party of Indians came through and stopped.
Ada rallied during a strong second half to defeat visiting Spencerville 33-28 in a hard-fought Northwest Conference contest on a chilly Friday night, September 30, at War Memorial Park Stadium.
The Bulldogs outscored the Bearcats 12-0 in the second half, and the defense came up with a key stop deep in its own territory early in the fourth period to preserve the win.
Ada improved to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the NWC with the big victory. It was their first league triumph since beating Delphos Jefferson in 2019.
Meanwhile, the Bearcats fell to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in league play with a defeat that extended their losing skid to five games.
Shifty Ada sophomore quarterback Levi Green ran for a score, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and accounted for 369 yards in total offense to pace the victors.
