On Jan. 11, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Ohio Northern University. At the time of his visit to Ada, Ohio and ONU, Dr. King was an international figure.
He was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize and only the 12th American to ever do so. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and a key social figure of the turbulent 1960s.
The entire recording of his speech can be heard by clickin the link below - this link takes viewers to the Ohio Northern University Facebook site, where the speech is available.
The visiting Ada girls basketball team hit a late dry spell and fell 45-35 at Northwest Conference foe Spencerville Thursday evening.
Following the defeat, the Lady Bulldog record dropped to 5-6 overall and 0-3 in the league. Meanwhile, the Lady Bearcats improved to 3-8 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the victory.
The low-scoring game was tied 18-18 at the half, and Spencerville edged in front 29-27 after three periods. They then put the game out of reach with a 16-8 fourth quarter.
"We shot poorly," said Bulldog third-year head coach Bill Taflinger. "We couldn't make a shot when we had a chance to extend our lead."
No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern posted a 22-20 victory over Springfield (Mass.) and a 26-12 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) and finished 2-1 in pool play of the Lycoming (Pa.) Invitational on Friday at Lamade Gymnasium.
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Tabitha McPeeks.
“I like to see my students having fun in the classroom,” shares Tabitha McPeeks, Ada Elementary music and 5th grade band teacher. Read on to learn more about a memorable exclamation heard in her classroom…“Hey! That actually sounded like a song!”
What subjects and grades do you teach?
Elementary music and 5th grade band.
Artists who live both in the U.S. and Italy will exhibit their work at the Elzay Gallery of Art beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17, continuing through Feb. 19. The exhibit features photography, installation, painting, drawing, video, and sound works.
One of the artists is Emily Jay, lecturer in art who makes her home in Ada and Italy. She is a 2010 ONU graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio arts. She earned the MFA in painting from BGSU.
Other artists are Radha Rose Tague, Christina Gednalske, and Molly DiGrazia.
The exhibit, titled "Lacuna," concerns living in a culture not your own.
This looks like it takes concentration...and it does. The Robotics Club met at the Ada Public Library on Thursday to assemble a robot and program "the beast." It was the first of seven meetings of the club advised by Max Gauthier, AmeriCorps member. Pictured are (from left) Dexter Woods, Max, Kamron Wilkerson (seated) and Jacob Butterfield. In the photo below are from left: Donald Waters, Robby Waters, Jacob Bassett.
