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"Ashfall" author visits Ada High School

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

Author of the popular young adult book "Ashfall,"  Mike Mullin, will speak at Ada High School  on Tuesday, Oct. 16, during Teen Read Week.

According to Chanda Smith, high school media specialist, Mullin will speak in a high school assembly at 8:45 a.m. He will also visit with students in a high school science class.

Mullin wrote his first novel in elementary school and has been writing more or less non-stop ever since. "Ashfall" is his first published novel. He holds a black belt in Songahm Taekwondo. He lives in Indianapolis.

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It's "cash mob" day in Ada - here's the details

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

The secret’s out. The Buy Ada First Committee, planning the community’s first-ever cash mob, this week announced the location of the event.

The cash mob takes place at one of Ada’s most prominent retail businesses, Reichert’s, 111-113 S. Main St., from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16.

“Fred Reichert welcomed our invitation to host this first-ever event of its kind in Ada,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee. “We hope this will be the first of several more cash mobs held in Ada during the next 12 months.”

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Bill Edwards wins Icon football contest for week 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 14, 2012

The winner of Week 8 of The Icon Football Contest is Bill Edwards who correctly picked all 15 contests this week.

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Turner girls dormitory

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, October 13, 2012

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Here's a post card showing Turner Hall, girls dormitory at Ohio Northern University, Ada. Can you determine the model of vehicle parked on the far left corner?  The post card is from 1945 and is from the collection of Leland Crouse of Ada.

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Ohio Northern University to present ‘Reefer Madness’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 12, 2012

 

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Reefer Madness” in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre from Thursday, Oct. 18, to Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20, and Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at 2 p.m.

Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.

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Hitting the wall and the importance of rest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 12, 2012

Blog by David MacDonald, ONU chaplain

To read more of his blogs click here

I’ve been there.  We’ve probably all been there at one time or another.  You work and study and work and study and go, go, go, until you you crash.  Hitting that wall can be devastating–to your health, your spirit, and your mental capacities.  For me, the wall usually results in my getting sick.  A couple of days in bed, feeling sorry for myself, and I’m back into the daily grind–working, studying, working, studying, go, go, go…

You get the picture.

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