FROM BLUFFTON ICON - There is no Ohio State-Michigan football game this year. So, for Buckeye fans the Icon provides this Bluffton account of the famous 1950 snow bowl game.
The is an abridged version of the story, published in greater detail in "Bluffton Anthology, Essays on a small Ohio town," collected by Fred Steiner. The book is available from the author and in Bluffton downtown businessees. It will soon be available at The Inn at ONU.
15 minutes with Abby Chamberlain,
a 2019 Ada High School graduate.
When did you join the Air Force and where are you stationed?
I joined in August, 2019. I am stationed at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho. This is my first duty station.
What are some of your goals while in the military?
I plan on doing a full 20 years for retirement. My goals are to retire in the Air Force with two degrees, English and diagnostic imaging.
The Icon's recent "So, you think you know Ada?" photo brought an explanation about the "Kipker 1968" block at the top of the building.
Jennifer Kipker provided the Icon with the following information:
The building is now owned by my husband, Bob Kipker, but was previously owned by his grandfather, Louis Kipker, Sr.
There had been another building beside it that burned down years ago, exposing a wall that wasn't intended to be exterior, therefore it was deteriorating.
Bob and his friend, Tim Rayl, spent 4 years replacing that wall, brick by brick, row by row.
Miranda Wills, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada December student of the month.
Miranda is active in several school organizations including:
• Student council president
• Language Club
• Aspiration Team
• Film Club
• Dogs Volunteer
• Quiz bowl
•Our Lady of Lourdes Youth Group
• And athletic activities:
• Volleyball team
• Basketball team
• Tennis team
• Club volleyball
• Volunteer coach, Ada Tennis Association
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
FROM ONU FACEBOOK - With the recent reporting that three of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in development are highly effective, it’s easy to jump right to the question of “when will we get it?”
While it is impossible to know that at present, we can shed some light on how we got to the point where asking that question is even possible. And for that answer, we need to look to those who worked tirelessly this summer to fast-track the global clinical trials that have delivered the much-needed good news.
Ohio Northern University alumna Donna Christopher, BSPh ’87, is a global vice president of operations for Almac Clinical Services, a division of the Almac Group.
Aleece Al-Olimat and Jacob Morgan are the Kenton Elks Lodge 157 Ada’s teenagers of the month.
Students from each school in Hardin County are recognized each month for this award.
Aleece Al-Olimat
Aleece is a four-year marching band, pep band and concert band. This year she is woodwind section leader. As a sophomore she was a Winter guard member and on TEAMS. During her sophomore year and now as a senior she is in Varsity Singers. As a junior and senior she is a member of VEX robotics and the National Honor society.
