United Methodist Church bell - it's a story of community involvement
It make take a community to put a church bell in a place on honor.
Ohio Northern University engineering students participated in the bell project. ONU students learned woodworking principles from master woodworker Scott Phillips from "The American Woodshop " television program on PBS.
Phillips is helping with an EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) project to build a wooden display pedestal for the bell from the Ada United Methodist Church that was destroyed by fire in March 2013.
(Photo below) Carpenter Scott Horn of Thomas & Marker Construction in Bellefontaine works to remove support straps for the bell. Ohio Northern University engineering students created the display for the church as part of an Engineering Projects in Community Service assignment.
(Photo below) Ohio Northern University seniors David Woolley and Mitchell Schulze, right, examine a board cut by Scott Phillips.
(Photo below) Scott Phillips works with Ohio Northern University students.
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Friday, September 4, 2026
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- Ada Library Flower Arrangement Class
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- Bulldog volleyball rallies past Lima Temple Christian
- Bulldog girls soccer shuts out Delphos Jefferson
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Thursday, September 3, 2026
- UWF hosts Chicken and Noodle Luncheon on Sept. 19
- Bulldog boys soccer loses to undefeated Miller City
- The Pulse opens Freed Center season on September 12-13
- ONU Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, September 25-26
- Ada Council recap: Vendor documentation query and rail spur update
- Save the date: Sept. 19 is 40th Harvest & Herb Festival