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August 2018

Speaker to discuss human rights

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 27, 2018

Fionnuala Ni Aolain will discuss “How can states counter terrorism while protecting human rights?” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at the law school. Her talk, which is part of the law college’s Kormendy Lecture series, is free and open to the public.

 

Her talk will address the balance between security and human rights in the post-9/11 landscape, and Ni Aolain will emphasize that one concern does not need to be sacrificed for the other, pointing out that security and human rights can co-exist out of mutual necessity.  

 

She teaches law at the University of Minnesota, is chair of the Open Society Foundation, and works with the UN on human rights.

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Council to consider bids

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 27, 2018

There will be a special village council meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the City Building to review bids for the 2018-2021 solid waste and recycling disposal contract. 

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How do you make a football?

Just watch the Wilson craftsmen and craftswomen at work
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 27, 2018

How do you make a football?

Wilson employees shared their trade secrets with persons attending Saturday's Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival. During the fest', fans had the unique opportunity to buy a one-of-a-kind football and watch it being created.

Four stations in the process included: sewing, turning, lacing and molding  the footballs in a unique assemblyline fashion.

In these photos are Ashley Lamb, sewing; Derek Gibson, turning, Chrissie Oakes, lacing and Gibson, at the molder.

One of fans to purchase a football was Zane Wilson, 8, of Findlay, who now has a football with a "Wilson" name on it.

 

 

 

 

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It lived up to its name

Mud volleyball fundraiser supports Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 27, 2018

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Mud volleyball lived up to its name on Friday evening when ONU students got down and got dirty for a good cause.

Proceeds from the Founders Hall tournament support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Kenton. The fundraiser provides monthly books for children. The event has been a residence life tradition at ONU for 25 years.

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Can you name the location of Pat's News Stand?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 27, 2018

Pat's News Stand had served as the location of many Ada businesses over the years. Leland Crouse shares this photo of the "news stand." He provides the following list of businesses that operated out of this location in the past 95 years.

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Are you LAW KAT?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 27, 2018

Are you LAW KAT? The Icon spotted this Union County Ohio plate on a red CX5 on ONU’s campus.

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Made in Ada Wison Football Festival moves to pre-season

What a great way to launch NFL football - where all the footballs are made
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 26, 2018

Photos by Monty Siekerman
It's a pre-season festival.

The Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival, concluding with a football drop moved from Super Bowl Eve to the NLF preseason this year.

The third festival took place on Saturday and, despite a rainy start, ended with a large crowd in a festive mood in the Ada railroad depot park.

The Icon will post festival photos throughout the week. We start things off with the conclusion and will work backward. Here's Monty Siekerman's photos of the festival as the evening headed to the football drop countdown.

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Shawn Christopher era begins with a W

Ada opens the season with a win over Upper Scioto Valley
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 26, 2018

Story by Dusty Donley - photos by Cort Reynolds

More photos and box score at bottom of story  -
The Shawn Christopher era as head coach of the Ada football program got off to a great start last Friday night as the Bulldogs defeated rival Upper Scioto Valley 30-16.  First-year Sophomore quarterback Brandon Hull accounted for three scores in the win, which moved Ada to 1-0 on the season.

The Bulldogs got on the board early when dual-threat QB Hull capped a solid 61-yard drive with a 27-yard quarterback keeper.  The extra point attempt was no good, leaving Ada with a 6-0 lead with just under ten minutes to play in the first quarter.

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Hardin County Fair Pull on Sept 7

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, August 26, 2018
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John Earl Hunt, 1943 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, August 26, 2018

John E. Hunt, age 74, died on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 11:11 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          He was born December 27, 1943 in Lima, Ohio to the late Roy and Mary (Roose) Hunt and his step-mother, Rita Hunt is also deceased.    He was first married to Sharon Elaine VanSchoyck and she is deceased. Then on November 20, 1976 he married Dixie Jean Fierabend and she preceded him in death on March 7, 2010.

          John was retired from the Lima Correctional Institution, after 36 years, as a Sergeant Correctional Specialist.  He attended the Ada Full Gospel Pentecostal Church of God.  John was a U.S. Navy Veteran serving on the USS Kidd.

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