The Ada Friends Mentorship Program at Ohio Northern University recently ended its year of activities with Ada Elementary School in an extraordinary way.
In late April, more than half of the program participants took part in a trip to the Columbus Zoo where they viewed and learned about many exotic animals.
Roger Young is the Ohio Northern University undergraduate commencement honorary degree recipient at this year's ONU undergrad commencement.
Young has positively impacted the lives of thousands of business students during his 34-plus year career at Ohio Northern. He joined the ONU faculty 1964 and retired in 1998. He didn’t stay retired for long; after eight years at Bluffton University, Young returned to ONU as a visiting professor emeritus in 2008.
The Pawsitive Attitudes 4-H club held their first meeting at the Alger Public Library. The club thanks the library for the use of their lovely building. There were 11 members, 2 advisors and 3 guests present.
The club discussed how they might involve their dogs in the community. Possibilities include visiting nursing homes and a summer reading buddies program at the library.
They also made arrangements and set a date for their annual kick-off party to be held at the Osborne residence.
PrayerFlight, a program that started in Bluffton, recently announced that it met its goal of “50 Capitals," according to Michael Harnishfeger of Ada, who is one of the program coordinators.
This effort was begun by a group of pilots and prayer warriors at the Bluffton Airport.
Here's the story:
On Sept. 30, 2006, a single airplane carrying four people set off to fly over the City of Lima and Allen County in Ohio. They departed from the Bluffton Airport on a mission to pray over the city and county. Returning from their inaugural trip, they continued this mission, soon to be named PrayerFlight.
In an interview with Tom Miller, Chief of the Ada Liberty Ambulance District, we learned how many runs they make, how it is funded and organized, and how fully equipped it is to serve residents of the village and township.
How many runs do you make?
Nearly 600 annually.
Where do you get the money to operate?
Mostly by billing private insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid. There is an Ada/Liberty tax levy. We receive some gifts and grants. We get donations from ONU, and they work very well with us.
