The Ada Post Office and non-essential Federal Government offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 11. Did you know the holiday was moved to create 3-day weekends during 1971-74? This proved unpopular and was revoked.
Ohio Northern senior Melina Woods (Ada) and freshman Taylor Baxter (Bellevue) have been named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference First Team, joining senior Kiki Carle (Cincinnati/Mother of Mercy) and freshmen Rachel Jennings (Novi, Mich.) and Erin Wagner (Massillon/Perry) on the 2021 All-Conference Volleyball Team in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Baxter was also selected as the OAC Freshman of the Year.
Jennings and Carle were Second Team selections, and Wagner rounded out the ONU quintet as an Honorable Mention pick.
On Nov. 2, the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main. received voters' support for a tax levy renewal by a more than 2-1 margin (746 votes for, 351 votes against). For more information on library services, visit https://adalibrary.org.
A routine Google search by the Ada Icon for “Ada, Ohio” news revealed that ONU decisions regarding the sale of “Back the Blue” t-shirts by the ONU College Republicans have been discussed online since September.
It was also the subject of a political roundtable discussion in Kenton on November 6.
Ohio Northern University department of Communications and Marketing released the following statement to the Ada Icon on November 8: