Monty Siekerman recalls Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech at Ohio Northern University. A chapel service Thursday morning commemorated the civil rights Icon’s visit to campus 50 years ago. He was assassinated in Memphis three months later. Siekerman headed publicity for the University at the time.
Joel Weaver, a pharmacy graduate who retired as an anesthesiologist, is at right in the picture. He was a student at ONU at the time. Thursday’s service, organized by Chaplain MacDonald, included comments from two other professors who taught at Northern at the time and two other students.
Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had his eighth double-double of the season with game-highs of 29 points and 11 rebounds, but the Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 84-80 to Heidelberg on Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (11-5 overall) finish the first half of their double round-robin Ohio Athletic Conference schedule in fourth place with a 6-3 record.
Ada High School sophomores will visit Apollo Career Center's 411Blast, Friday, Jan. 26.
Approximately 700 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district will also participate.
This day exposes students to possibilities and paths available for their career and/or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.
The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will look to continue to be a force in the Ohio Athletic Conference and challenge for an OAC title in 2018 under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.
Northern enters the 2018 campaign ranked No. 22 nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III Preseason Power Rankings.
ONU was named the runner-up at both the indoor and outdoor OAC Championships and will look to continue to challenge for an OAC title.
Maus and his staff welcome back 19 letter winners in 2018.
Anyone who thinks winter is bleak hasn't looked closely at the range of brown tones and earth tones offered by the Ada landscape. Consider this view of Main Street from the window of First United Methodist Church.
FROM ADA MUSIC BOOSTERS FACEBOOK - Ada High School Winter Guard members have prepared for the 2018 competition season.
This year all three group’s, Winter Guard, Flag Line and Dance Line performances feature Harry Potter themes. The groups will compete in both the OIPA (Ohio Indoor Performance Association) and WGI (Winter Guard International) circuits.
The Ada High School Winter Guard’s show is titled “Conjuring a Patronus.” It takes the audience through the process of learning this “advanced magic,” and ultimately dispersing a gym full of dementors with Harry Potter’s iconic spell.
