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The fourth annual Ada Public Library holiday auction will begin soon.

Stop in the library between Monday, Nov. 23, all the way to Saturday, Dec. 5, to view and bid on items.

Proceeds from the auction go toward the summer reading programs.

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International students, some living thousands of miles away, won't make it home during the ONU Thanksgiving break, Nov. 23-27.

ONU encourages faculty and staff as well as area residents to take students into their home for some of the time.

For those interested, there will be a meeting for Holiday Hosts at 6 p.m., Wednesday, in the McIntosh Center Wishing Well.

There are 179 foreign students from 24 nations at ONU this year.

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Construction will start immediately – but first comes the groundbreaking.

St. Rita’s Health Partners broke ground at noon on Monday at 604 W. North Ave., for what will become Mercy Health Ada Family Medicine.

The project, estimated at a cost of $1 million, will result in a family practice open to the needs of the Ada community. It is located between the Ada schools and the Van Crest of Ada nursing home, currently under construction. It is anticipated to be open in April 2016.

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Participating in the Ada Family Medicine groundbreaking are (from left) Jon Cross, Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance; County Commissioner Brice Beaman; Ada Mayor Dave Retterer;  Tara Miller, director of primary care at St. Rita's Professional Services; Mark Jarvis, developer; Ronda Lehman, COO St. Rita's Professional Services; Herb Schumm, president of St Rita's Professional Services; Deb Curlis, Ada Chamber president; Bob Baxter, St Rita's president and CEO.

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The Economist has ranked Ohio Northern University first among Ohio’s four-year liberal arts schools, and third overall in the state, in its first-ever set of college rankings. ONU placed 166 out of the more than 1,200 schools from across the nation.

ONU, which ranked in the 87th percentile, placed third behind Columbus College of Art and Design and the Cleveland Art Institute in Ohio.

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Juvenile Court Judge Zimmerman, from Shelby County, was guest speaker at the Ada Kiwanis Club last week.

Zimmerman is a graduate of O.N.U., as is his wife and three of their children.
He was joined by Amy Simindinger, who is the liaison between the Shelby County juvenile court and the schools. 

Simindinger and Zimmerman visit schools to educate young people about the dangers of misusing cellphones. 

Simindinger spoke about a Shelby County program called IMPACT (Imagine Making Positive Accountable Changes Together).  She helped start the program in 2011 and the program is supported completely by the United Way. 

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