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ONU to present speaker on LGBT-related issues

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tara McKenzie Allison, an attorney who practices in Columbus, Ohio, will discuss her personal experiences as a member of the transgender community and speak on other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Moot Room on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m.

Allison is an active public speaker on LGBT-related issues and has been a presenter at the TransOhio Annual Transgender and Ally Symposium (2008-10). She also spoke at the 2010 Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference and the 2011 Equality Ohio CAUSE Conference at Columbus State Community College.

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ONU to present ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Warriors Don’t Cry” on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. The production is being held in conjunction with ONU’s celebration of Black History Month.

“Warriors Don’t Cry” is a one-woman play based on the searing civil rights memoir of the same name by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals.

As one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957, Beals and her eight fellow student-warriors captured the world’s attention as they endured untold hatred and violence in pursuit of an education equal to that of their white counterparts.

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Ruth Ferguson, Ada business owner, was involved in many community activities

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

E. Ruth Ferguson, 87, died at 4:11 p.m., Feb. 11, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System.

She was born Feb. 28, 1925, in Ada to Nate J. and Ilo Mae Wollam Stober. On Dec. 2, 1945,  she married John E. Ferguson, who died Feb. 8, 1995.

Mrs. Ferguson was co-owner of Ferguson Insurance Agency, Ada, which was founded in 1956.

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Last call for Ada Bulldog cards

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Ada Music Boosters are nearing the end of the sale of 2013 Bulldog Cards. Proceeds benefit the Ada Music Department. 

This popular local discount card offers free food and specials at many Ada, Kenton, Bluffton and Lima area businesses. Bulldog cards are good from now until Dec. 31, 2013.

Icon viewers may purchase a card, while supplies last, by contacting the Ada Music Boosters at [email protected] or Dave Smittle at (419) 230-8147.

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Mike Schmitz named assistant football coach at Ohio Northern

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

By Tim Glon

Mike Schmitz has been named an assistant football coach at Ohio Northern.

He will coach the quarterbacks.

Schmitz comes to ONU after a 13-year stint as head football coach at Wooster, where he compiled a 74-54 record.

He was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2008 and was the Lee Tressel Ohio College Coach of the Year in 2004.

In 2004, he guided the Scots to an 11-1 record and a No. 6 national ranking.

He also served as offensive coordinator at Wooster from 1995-2000.

Prior to his 18 seasons at Wooster, Schmitz enjoyed a highly successful high school coaching career.

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Ed Fitzgerald to speak at Hardin County Democratic Party Presidents’ Day Luncheon

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Hardin County Democratic Party Presidents’ Day Luncheon Saturday, February 23, 2013 at noon at the Kenton Moose Family Center, 801 West Lima Street, Kenton, Ohio.

In 2010 FitzGerald became the first elected County Executive of Cuyahoga County, the largest County in Ohio and the 29th largest county by population in the United States.  FitzGerald is actively considering a run for Ohio Governor in 2014.

Ed was raised in a large Irish-Catholic family, the seventh of eight brothers and sisters.  He worked his way through college, graduating from The Ohio State University in 1990. 

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