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ONU sophomores Betsy Naugle of Moon Township, Pa., and Rachel Shipman of Noblesville, Ind., each scored four goals to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team to an 18-4 victory over Wilmington on Wednesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 4-5 overall and are 1-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Quakers fall to 2-8, 0-3.

A representative from Central Collection Agency (CCA) will be on hand from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, at the Depot to assist in filling out village income tax forms. The CCA annually sends someone to Ada to assist in completing the tax forms. 

A list of frequently asked questions, as well as e-filing services may be found on CCA’s website: http://www.ccatax.ci.cleveland.oh.us/. 

There is also a link to the CCA website on the village's website. 

Carlotta Minnella will discuss the current state of U.S.-European Union counter-terrorism cooperation during a talk at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 9 at the Business College. The title of her talk is “Quo Vadimus? U.S.-EU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in an Age of Uncertainty.” 

 

Her talk will outline the main patterns that have characterized the transition from the Obama to the current Trump administration, focusing both on cooperation on counter-terrorism operations and on preventive initiatives adopted by member states and by the EU at large. 

 

Pancake fundraiser, coin appraisals, mulch sale, library re-grand opening, shred week, hospice auction

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce wants the community to be aware of the events the chamber and its members are planning this spring for the community.

Heather Cox, chamber president, provided the Icon with the following list of several of those events.

The United States Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration paid a visit Wednesday morning to the Amherst Greenhouse, located southwest of Alger. The story and photos below by Monty Siekerman tell about the visit that put the greenhouse in the national spotlight.

Visit from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Administrator of U.S. Small Business Administration

By Monty Siekerman
“Humbling” and “amazing” are the two words that Adin Horst used to describe the visit of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration who to paid a visit Wednesday morning to his greenhouse located southwest of Alger. “You can’t really put into words the fact they came here,” he said.

- Photos of the visit at the bottom of this story -

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