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Final farmers' market Thursday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The final Ada farmers’ market of the season takes place on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Community Health Professionals, according to Deb Curlis, president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

Market hours are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The market is open to the public.

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ONU dedicates new field in honor of William L. Robinson

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Ohio Northern University will dedicate Dial-Roberson Stadium’s newly installed artificial turf as “Bill Robinson Field” during halftime of ONU’s football game against Mount Union on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 1:30 p.m.

CLICK HERE FOR STORY ON THE TURF PROJECT.

The field is named in honor of William “Bill” Robinson, who is retiring after more than 50 years of service to ONU. Robinson, currently the executive assistant to the president, graduated from ONU in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in education.

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You'll need a personal calendar to keep track of everything going on in Ada this fall

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

It looks like Ada residents are in for a very interesting fall filled with many activities. While many of these events are still in the planning stages, here’s a preview of September to early December coming Ada attractions (there's lots more event not listed here, but you'll read about them soon on The Icon):

Sept. 26 – First, to conclude summer, the final Ada Farmers’ Market takes place at Community Health Professionals on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Oct. 4-5 – Ada High School homecoming. Parade prior of football game on Oct. 4. Watch the Icon for more details.

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Hardin Agriculture Hall of Fame nominations sought

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator

Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County - Applications will be accepted for the 2013 Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame through the end of business on October 15. 

Nominees must have made their major contribution to agriculture primarily as a result of being born, growing up, living in, or working in Hardin County, Ohio.  Outstanding agriculturalists may be nominated by individuals or organizations.  Nomination forms are available at the Hardin County OSU Extension office or on the Hardin County OSU

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ONU professor, poet to open English department Fall Readers series

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Department of English Department opens its 2013 Fall Readers series with Jennifer Moore in the Elzay Gallery of Art on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

Moore, a poet and ONU assistant professor of creative writing, has had, or will have, her work published in American Letters & Commentary, The Volta, Best New Poets, Barrow Street, Columbia Poetry Review, and elsewhere.

Her criticism has appeared in Jacket2 and The Offending Adam. She holds degrees from the University of Colorado and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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ONU to host ‘Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project’ training program

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Dicke College of Business Administration and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants are hosting a three-day training program on the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project (APBP) from Oct. 13-15.

Dan Deines, CPA, the KPMG Peat Marwick professor of accounting at Kansas State University, will oversee the three-day session on APBP.

Deines has trained more than 750 teachers in 42 states and will bring with him a contingency of Kansas high school teachers who he trained in the APBP program and who have successfully used the materials in the classroom.

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