An election “watch party” will be held beginning at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 in The Inn at Ohio Northern in conference rooms 1 and 2. This event presents an opportunity to see how college students react to the presidential election.
The watch party is a culminating event as part of several initiatives held this fall as part of ONU’s involvement in the nationwide Voter Friendly Campus initiative, which strives to encourage student registration and voting.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Icon caught up with Amos Wolber at the Harold and Nancy Barker home where Amos was filling a tank with fuel for his riding mower. In two months, Amos will be 95 years old...and he's still going strong.
Amos continues to repair lawnmowers, even make the mower parts, if needed. He's been a machinist most of his life, having learned the trade at Lima Locomotive, which turned into Lima Baldwin Hamilton, which turned into Clark Equipment, which finally closed the facility in Lima.
Amos was born in Ada, but lived elsewhere. In his youth, he took farm jobs in various states.
By Monty Siekerman
Several Ada School students have created a "billboard" about stuttering.
The billboard gave the students to provide facts about the disorder but more importantly, gave them an opportunity to share about their feelings about stuttering.
They wanted people to know that they are "way more than kids who stutter." They chose not to have their names on the project because it could be about anyone who stutters or struggles with anything.
They created the work with assistance from Occupational Therapist, Lisa Closson and Speech Language Pathologist, Sherry Miller.
The facts tell the story.* *(These fact are from 2015)
• 4,288 registered users
• 76,282 circulation of physical material
• 32,500 visits
• 3,302 downloadable material (e-books and audio files)
• 268 children’s program with attendance of 5,636 persons
There’s more and you can go deeper into statistics by clicking here.
A strong, viable public library is one of the important cornerstones of any community. Certainly this is true in Ada.
