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November 2019

7 winners in Music Booster fall raffle

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Seven people were winners in this fall's Ada Music Booster fundraising raffle, according to Amy spar of the boosters. This year's prize money totaled $1,100.

The winners are:
$500 - Karen Jochims
$200 - Julie Hurtig
$150 - Linda Fleming
$100 - Jeanne Long
$75 - Claudia Madison
$50 - Meg Powell
$25 - Camille Hesse

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Letter: Thank you for your support of the Ada Library on Nov. 5

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Icon viewers:

Thank you Ada voters for supporting the Ada Public Library levy on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Members of the Ada Public Library
levy committee

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'Bears VB team faces Aurora in opening tourney round

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

 The No. 12-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team will travel to Grand Rapids, Mich., and face Aurora (Ill.) in the First Round of the 2019 NCAA III Tournament on Thursday.

The match time will be announced later in the week.

The Polar Bears (26-5 overall) are making their 32nd NCAA Tournament appearance in the 40-year history of the event.

Ohio Northern qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournamewnt title in a thrilling 5-set victory over Otterbein, giving ONU the league's automatic bid.

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ONU hosts two days of NCAA women's soccer tournament

Men's team plays opening round in Michigan
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team will host the first two rounds of the First Round of the 2019 NCAA III Tournament on Saturday and Sunday at Kershcer Stadium.

The Polar Bears (17-2-2) will host Grove City (Pa.) (12-6-2) in the first round.

The match time will be announced later in the week.

ONU will also host a first round match between Centre (Ky.) and Scranton (Pa.) on Saturday.

Saturday's winners will play on Sunday for a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.

The Polar Bears are making their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and their second in the past three seasons.

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ONU wrestling preview

Ron Beaschler: “Expectations are to pick up where we left off last year and improve"
Posted by Icon K on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Ohio Northern wrestling head coach Ron Beaschler enjoyed what he saw out of his young squad last season. They improved as the year wore on, and many of the grapplers performed best toward the end of the season.

Beaschler and the Polar Bears would like more of the same in 2019-20. 

"Expectations are to pick up where we left off last year and improve," Beaschler said. "We were young last year. We had a lot of holes, and we filled several of those holes through recruiting. … Guys that got starting opportunities last year need to keep progressing to being better wrestlers this season." 

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Saturday Purse Bingo fundraiser tickets available

Held at Center on Central, Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

The Public Interest Law Association and the Office of Career and Professional Development at ONU’s Pettit College of Law has tickets for a Saturday, Nov. 16, Purse Bingo evening.

The event is at Center on Central, 111 Central Ave., Ada. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with Bingo from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

This is a fundraiser. All proceeds go to a scholarship fund for ONU law students who work unpaid public interest jobs during the summer. 

The scholarships allow students to work in the public interest sphere while maintaining summer living expenses. 

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What is Winter Guard?

Here's some background on the program
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Icon note: Several recent letters to the editor on the Icon concern the discontinuance of the Ada High School Winter Guard program. The following information is provided by the Ada Music Boosters to help explain Winter Guard to the general public. The information presented is not to take sides, but to educate others about Winter Guard.

Similar to Color Guard, Winter Guard is a combination of the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, other equipment, dance, and interpretive movement in a choreographed routine to express emotions and tell stories through their use.  

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Ada academic “athletes” prepare for Ethics Bowl

Regional contest Jan. 11 in Findlay
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

By Barb Lockard
Melody Veltri wasn’t sure what kind of response she’d get when she approached Ada High School students about competing in an Ethics Bowl.  Veltri, an English instructor at the school, assumed some interest among high achieving students.

“The students on the Ethics Bowl teams are academically strong, but I didn’t make that a requirement,” said Veltri.  

With 10 students expressing an interest, she has formed two teams of five who meet weekly to read cases. 

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Icon hosts 2 free shows of "It's a Wonderful Life" on Nov. 29

Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

If “It’s A Wonderful Life” is one of your all-time favorite Christmas movies, you are in luck.

For the third holiday season, Icon will sponsor two free showings of the 1946 classic featuring the all-star cast of James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore on Friday, Nov. 29, at the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton.

The free showings are at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and are kickoffs to this year’s Blaze of Lights event.

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Henry Sexton, Jr., 1966 - 2019

Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Henry Eugene “Little Gene/Frog” Sexton, Jr., age 52, passed away on Friday, Nov. 8, in Lakeview, Ohio.

He was born on Nov. 23, 1966 in Lima, Ohio to Henry Eugene “Gene” Sexton, Sr. and Susan Furr Davenport.  His father survives in Harrod. His mother and step-father, Dennis Davenport, preceded him in death.

Little Gene was a self-employed carpet and flooring layer.  He was a member of the Moose Lodge #1533 of Indian Lake.  He loved to ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles and was a member of the Motorcycle Association.

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