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Looks like another great year for ONU women's bball team

OAC coaches pick Polar Bears to win the conference

The No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team was picked to win the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title in the OAC Preseason Poll, voted on by the leagues 10 coaches.

The Polar Bears recieved 79 points and seven first place votes.

Baldwin Wallace was picked to finish second with 74 points and three first place votes, while Wilmington was picked to round out the top three with 57 points.

Northern is looking for its third consecutive OAC Regular Season title after finishing 23-5 overall and 17-1 in the OAC a season ago and advancing to the second round of the NCAA III Tournament.

Hey, this is for us!

"Hey, this is for us, maybe we'll get more chew toys," the dogs may be thinking. A fundraising project, organized by Stacy Manns, was held Saturday at Community Health Professionals with a portion of the profit going to Polar Paws, an organization at ONU that helps train service dogs. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS. (Monty Siekerman photo)

Here's some additional info on Liberty Chevrolet

Provided by Cathy Smalley

The Icon posted this photo two weeks ago. It's Liberty Chevrolet. We asked viewers for more information.

Cathy Smalley responded with additional information, which follows:
The Chevy dealership was/is 4171 State Route 235.  It was owned by Mr. Smith.  His wife's name was Florence, but I don't remember his first name. She passed about 25 years ago and he before her by several years.

It's a carry-in at the Alger Public Library

By Monty Siekerman
Once a month, supporters of the Alger Public Library come together for good food and fun while all the time raising money for the library.

Here, the group of about 20 diners have some fun answering questions after the carry-in meal on Thursday. By the way, the teens won the second quiz game, mostly because the subject was children's fiction and the books were fresh in their mind. Nevertheless, the middle-angers and senior citizens gave it a valiant try.

Polar Paws benefit from Saturday LuLaRoe fundraiser

Nine service dogs on ONU campus this semester

By Monty Siekerman

A fundraising project, organized by Stacy Manns, was held Saturday at Community Health Professionals with a portion of the profit going to Polar Paws, an organization at ONU that helps train service dogs.

Stacy sells LuLaRoe clothing for adults and children.

She and several other consultants were on hand to sell their LuLaRoe wares and support Polar Paws.

There are nine service dogs on campus this semester. Polar Paws sold 2017 calendars that featured all the local pups-in-training, as well as bandanas for dogs.

Where would Ada be without ReStore?

10th anniversary celebrated on Tuesday; over 100 in attendance

By Monty Siekerman
ReStore Community Center celebrated its 10th anniversary on Tuesday evening with more than 100 people in attendance for dinner, birthday cake, and to hear several speakers who have been involved with the effort from Day One or who are among today's leaders.

A slide show of people and activities, current and in the past, showed on a screen during dinner.

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