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$6,000 in prizes in 2014 Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 13, 2013

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs has announced prize money and seminar dates its 2014 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition.

First place prize is $5,000 in business start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Second place is $1,000 in start-up costs and a one-year BCE client program membership. Third place is a one-year BCE client program membership.

AN APPLICATION FORM IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

This is BCE’s fifth business plan competition and it recognizes the late Ropp Triplett, long-time Bluffton industrial leader and entrepreneur.

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Ever hear of Ada, West Virginia? At 2,280 feet above sea level, its one of our sister communities

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 12, 2013

Bet you thought there was only one Ada in the world.

Think again.

There’s only one Ada, Ohio, but there may be as many as 15 communities carrying the name “Ada” sprinkled around the U.S. There’s also a handful of townships, counties and lakes called “Ada.”

And, there’s an Ada Township in Ghana, Africa.

Some of the Ada’s that we’ve discovered bear very little information, because they are smaller than our own Ada. The Ada cities larger than us, of course, have lots of information.

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Bearly feels like Christmas

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 12, 2013

This cute polar bear does, in fact, make it feel like Christmas. You'll find him in the lobby of The Inn at ONU.

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Library silent auction concludes on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Here's three important reminders from the Ada Public Library:

• There will be no storytime this week.

• The second annual Silent Auction runs through this Saturday - all proceeds go directly to the Library, helping to ensure free library programs for all ages in 2014 - stop by and put in a bid while you stay have the chance.

• Feet for Fines (your donations of new shoes, gloves, scarves, or socks, in lieu of fines $5 or less) also runs through this Saturday.Stop in and make a donation as all donations help youth in need in Hardin County.

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It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas at ONU - here's the concert schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Ohio Northern University celebrates the holiday season with a trio of concerts, beginning with the ONU Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and the ONU Wind Orchestra’s second annual “It’s Not Quite Christmas Yet” concert, titled “Gaudete,” on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Both events will be held in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

The ONU Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert features guest trombonist Ron Kischuk, leader of Detroit’s Masters of Music Big Band and the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. Also featured will be the ONU Student Jazz Combo under the direction of Gene Parker, lecturer in ONU’s music department.

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Two good friends

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Brittany Newton, ONU sophomore, and her Ada "friend," Aleah Jones, work on a Christmas craft during Sunday's Ada Friends Christmas party. Newton is a communications/journalism major from Clarkston, Mich., This is her first year serving as a mentor in the friends program.

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