After eight years as director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, Fred Steiner, owner of the Ada Icon, is stepping down and that position is now open, according to Phil Zimmerly, Bluffton chamber board president.
Steiner said that while he enjoys his involvement with the chamber, the Ada and Bluffton Icons, two online websites he owns, continued to grow and take more of his time.
The Bluffton chamber launched several new programs in the past eight years. It spearheaded a new Christmas downtown garland project now used by 45 businesses.
The Ohio Northern football team finished the 2015 season ranked No. 19 in the final D3Football.com poll.
The Polar Bears (9-3 overall, 7-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 144 points in the voting after receiving 33 points in the 11th and final regular season poll.
Mount Union won the national title and was ranked first with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, national runner-up St. Thomas (Minn.) was second with 599 points and Linfield (Ore.) was third with 562 points.
The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in the D3football.com poll in 14 of the last 17 years.
It’s the ONU Polar Bear Classic, all-day regional VEX Robotics Competition event in the ONU Sport Center/King Horn on Friday, Jan. 8.
The competition is open to middle and high school teams. When the competition is completed four teams will advance to a state event.
The ONU classic will host teams from Bluffton High School, Tri-Rivers Career Center, Kenton Middle School, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Highland Heights and Team Comet Robotics Club. Each of these schools and clubs will enter several teams in the competition.
Most Ada residents don't worry about living in a flood plain. However, Ada has flood-prone areas. Here are some photos of the work taking place by the village crew on the flood-prone section of North Simon Street in Ada. CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS (Ken Collins photos)
Ken Collins took this photo of one of Ada's wildlife residents on New Year's Day. The squirrel is celebrating 2016 by chewing on one of its daily finds.
