December 2015

By Monty Siekerman
ONU and the Village of Ada hosted a Tree Commission Academy on Wednesday and Thursday at the Mathile Center.

From left are Mike Hubbell, Steph Miller, Cheryl Geer and Rob Mix. All are members of the Ada tree commission, except Steph who is regional urban forester and who led the sessions.

Twelve members of tree commissions from five northwest Ohio communities participated. Topics covered during the academy included tree biology, urban forestry, ordinances, marketing, and scheduling.

Ada village council will act on legislation to enter an agreement for engineering and related services for the ONU storm extension project during Tuesday's council meeting.

Additional items on Tuesday's agenda are in the council packet in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The meeting is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Room 205 of the First United Methodist Church, Ada.

Elsie Mae Hubbell Tressel died on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Richland Manor. Elsie was born July 17, 1921, to the late Sam and LaVonne Rowles Hubbell on the family farm in Ada. 

She married Kenneth D. Tressel on March 15, 1941, in Hattiesburg, Miss., while Ken was serving in the Army. They lived in Ada for the next 62 years until Ken died in 2002.  She was at the family home in Ada until October of 2015.   

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
ONU students enjoy conversation at a multicultural holiday party on campus on Tuesday evening.

More photos below

From left are Tetsuharu Hashimoto from Japan, Oyum Baldan from Mongolia, and Chiyuki Oh from Japan.

We asked Oyum how it came to be that she enrolled at Ohio Northern. She said the local campus was the first to reply to her admissions questions, the college offered what she wanted to study, thus she is here.