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College of Engineering building changes daily

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Note: You can check out the current progress of the College of Engineering building through the live webcam feed - click here.

Workmen begin attaching flooring to the three-story College of Engineering building under construction on the ONU campus. The steel beams are in place.

The $30 million project is on schedule to open in a year. The building will accommodate twice as many engineering students compared to the current Biggs Engineering building, which opened in 1972. Engineering courses were first offered at ONU in 1881.

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A little piece of Americana—late-summer blooming sunflowers and the American flag displayed at a home in the 300 block of East Lima Avenue. (Monty Siekerman)

Where to recycle items not accepted by Ada's curbside recycling

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By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Part 6 of the Icon's recycling series

Where can you take items that your curbside recycling will not take? There are a surprising number of items that are recyclable, which Ada's curbside recycling service does not currently accept.

There may be additional locations in Ada where recycled items may be collected. If any of these are omitted from this story, please notify us at [email protected] and we will add that information.

Here is a list of the more common items that can be recycled elsewhere:

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Story by Cort Reynolds - photos by Vickie Garmon
OLD FORT - The visiting Ada boys soccer team defeated Old Fort 4-1 Thursday evening.

Sophomore Jacob Poling scored three goals to pace the Bulldogs to victory, which upped their record to 2-2.

Junior Skylar Williams added the other goal.

Jon Allen, Isaac Spar, Brendan Sheridan and William Jolliff each registered an assist for Ada.

Junior keeper Drew Hadley made 10 saves in goal.

Ada (1-2 home) plays host to NCOSA foe Cory-Rawson Thursday, September 13. Their NWC match at Spencerville scheduled for August 25 was postponed.

The Bulldog reserves host Lincolnview Sept. 4.

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Talk about the perks of having great neighbors. When the Polar Bears take to the field on Saturday evening, they will be one of only three schools in the country that get to use the newest Wilson football, the Wilson GST Prime, before its release.

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Saturday's Contest: Ohio Northern will kickoff its 124th season of football on Saturday in the season opener of the 2018 season for both teams. ONU is 533-492-36 in his first 123 seasons, a winning percentage of .518. ONU is 19-5 in its last 24 season openers and is 65-53-5 all-time in its 123 previous season openers.

ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul is in his 15th season at ONU with a 96-48 record. Paul is ONU's all-time winningest coach in ONU football history. He is 135-60 in 18 seasons overall and is 1-0 against AC.

AC head coach Jim Deere: Deere is in his 9th season at AC with a 52-30 record. He is 0-1 against ONU.

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