September 2024

The Alger Public Library wants you to know that September is Library Card Sign-Up Month: "Whether you’re upgrading your skills, scouting for knowledge and information, or connecting with other readers, a library card is your key to a collection of resources.

"Dive into the library shelves for new stories and adventures and kickstart your critical thinking skills. Hitting the road? Use your library card to fuel your mind with books, e-books, and audiobooks that are available free with Libby and Hoopla!”

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

In 1971, the Who released their album Who’s Next, which deviated from their more traditional rock style. The band formed in London in 1964 with members Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. The band was influential in the 1960s and 1970s rock era and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. 

What are the recommendations for who is next for the flu and COVID-19 2024 vaccines?

Paul E. Simon, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at The James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with three different cancers. 

He was born on January 24, 1951 in Lima, Ohio to the late Evan and Dorothy (Baier) Simon. On April 29, 1978 Paul married Lucinda “Cindy” Price and she survives on Long Island Indian Lake, Ohio. 

Check out the September 2024 calendar: Zumba and Seated Stretch classes are back at the Ada Public Library. Move, stretch, and stay active — no sign-up necessary. Zumba Gold (low impact) is available on Saturdays.

WEDNESDAYS
Seated Stretch - 4:15 p.m.
Zumba - 5:15 p.m.

SATURDAYS
Zumba Gold - 9:45 a.m.
Seated Stretch - 10:45 a.m.

You can also find the schedule on the Icon's Community Calendar.

An 1898 textbook owned by W.J. Bowden has connected a Youngstown thrift store shopper with Ada Ohio Historical Society members on Facebook. Danielle Stoner reached out for information and with the help of Beth Gray learned that Stoner was an Ohio Northern University student who studied under Professor JB Gregg.

Bowden's notes in cursive include the price of the book (95 cents), biographical information about Galileo and Isaac Newton, and his "natural philopsophy" grades.

The Alger Public Library wants you to know that September is Library Card Sign-Up Month: "Whether you’re upgrading your skills, scouting for knowledge and information, or connecting with other readers, a library card is your key to a collection of resources.

"Dive into the library shelves for new stories and adventures and kickstart your critical thinking skills. Hitting the road? Use your library card to fuel your mind with books, e-books, and audiobooks that are available free with Libby and Hoopla!”

The United Way of Hardin County has announced that tickets are on sale for the 2024 Bourbon Disco Ball: "This year we are traveling back to the 1970s when it was groovy to wear platform shoes and bell bottoms."

This is a costume recommended event. Call the United Way at 419-675-1860 to purchase tickets. Individual tickets are $30.00 with tables of 8 available for $210.00. Organizers emphasize, "Don't be a Jive Turkey, get your ticket today!"

RSVP by September 6

Class of 1976, here's your invitation: "Let's get together for lunch September 14, 2024 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at The Liberty Conversation Club. The address is 1552 SR 235 Ada.

7:30 p.m. on Tues., October 8
Freed Center for the Performing Arts

The 2024-25 Keiser Distinguished Lecture in Life Sciences Lecturer will be award-winning writer, artist, illustrator, and naturalist David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds, The Sibley Guide to Trees, and What It's Like to Be a Bird, and illustrator for Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds.  As an artist and as a bird enthusiast, Mr. Sibley has been recognized as one of the greatest scientific illustrators of our time as well as perhaps the most important illustrator of birds since Roger Tory Peterson.

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The Ohio Northern women's golf team opened the fall portion of its 2024-25 season Sunday and Monday with a third place finish at the ONU Wilson Football Kickoff Golf Classic in Honor of Joe Campoli tournament at Colonial Golfers Club.

The Basics

The Polar Bears finished third of six teams with a 346-329—675.

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