FROM ONU.EDU/NEWS__Dr. Bryan Lutz teaches students in his first-year Writing Seminar at Ohio Northern University a skill just as vital as grammar and syntax: how to be a critical consumer of media.
Whether you call it misinformation, disinformation, or “fake news,” much of the content flooding online spaces lacks even a shred of journalistic integrity, said Lutz, associate professor of rhetoric and composition.
Listed below are county, police, school, university and village notification systems
By Paula Pyzik Scott
When the Village of Ada made an emergency announcement regarding drinking water on January 16, the Village alert system notified subscribers by email and, a little later that evening, the Ada Police Department notified its subscribers via the Nixle System. (See Council meeting includes timeline of Jan. 16-17 water emergency)
Ohio Northern's spring semester began on January 20, a day that indeed felt polar on the Tundra and throughout the campus. Temperatures approached zero in the early hours on Tuesday.
Follow-up Utilities Committee meeting scheduled for February 3
By Alec Keller
The Ada Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 20 with all members present and Mayor Dave Retterer presiding. No pending legislation or ordinances were on the agenda for the evening. The full meeting packet is HERE.
WATER EMERGENCY
Village resident Anita Stephenson was invited to address Council to express her concerns in the wake of the drinking water issue in which lime was overfed at the village’s water treatment plant on Friday, January 16.