June 2022

Ohio Northern senior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Month for June.

Pitcovich has earned All-OAC status in track and field five times in her career, including four times this season. She placed second in the 5,000 meters and third in the 3,000 meters at the 2022 OAC Indoor Championships and had finishes of second and third in the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters, respectively, at the 2022 OAC Outdoor Championships.

She closed her senior season by qualifying for the NCAA Division III Championships meet where she placed 17th in the 10,000 meters.

By Emily Decker, MD
Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Through a collaboration between Blanchard Valley Health System and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the content of this article was provided courtesy of Nationwide’s 700 Children’s® blog by pediatric experts.

Sleepwalking happens when a child is asleep but does activities such as sitting up, getting out of bed, eating, or even getting dressed. Those activities could last a few seconds to a half hour–and the child will usually never remember they did it. It usually happens within the first couple hours of a child falling asleep.

The Ada Icon recently sat down with Becky Neville and Lindsay Walden of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce to hear their membership pitch and find out what's new at the chamber.

Their "15 minutes" is more like 11:00 and you can read the transcript below or watch the video HERE.

BECKY: Hi, I am Becky Neville with the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce. I am the president of the Board and this is 15 Minutes with the Ada Icon.

Bluffton University has announced the following Ada area residents on the dean’s list for undergraduate students for spring term 2022:

Audrey Hazelton, Ada, Ohio
Ally Richardson, Alger, Ohio

Students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours received dean’s list with distinction for continued high achievement.