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NPR's David Greene ONU undergrad commencement speaker May 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 2, 2016

Ohio Northern University will celebrate its 2016 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony in the ONU Sports Center on Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m.

David Greene

David Greene, NPR’s “Morning Edition” host, will serve as the undergraduate commencement speaker.

The student address will be delivered by Jason Luthman, a graduating mechanical engineering major, with minors in chemistry and biomedical science, from Bellbrook, Ohio.

For two years prior to taking his current role in 2012, Greene was an NPR foreign correspondent based in Moscow covering the region from Ukraine and the Baltics, east to Siberia.

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Funeral for Owlsburg tavern owner David "Rico" Rodriguez on Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 2, 2016

Editor's Note:  David "Rico" Rodriguez  was the owner of Owlsburg tavern, also known earlier as Van's Corner. The tavern was located on the corner of State Route 235 and Old U.S. 30, north of Ada. As announced in the Icon last fall, he had planned to open Cherico's Restaurant in that building.

David S. “Rico” Rodriguez, 47, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at his residence in Bluffton. 

He was born on May 2, 1968, in Coldwater, Ohio to Henry and Betty (Henderson) Rodriguez who preceded him in death.  On Oct. 2, 1993, he married Cheryl R. Shasky and she survives in Harrod. 

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Funeral planning seminar at ReStore on May 16

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 2, 2016

Speakers, from left, Allison, Crawford, Hood, Walters

ReStore Community Center hosts a funeral planning seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Center, 210 N. Main St., Ada.

Featured presenters and their topics include:
• Scott Allison - funeral or cremation, wishes for flowers, dress and casket

• Claudia Crawford - what hospice is and what it can offer families

• Mike Hood - papers needed including wills, power of attorney and trusts

• Dana Walters - preparing your family

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They are drumming and singing at Miss Vicki's

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 1, 2016

Students in Miss Vicki's Music Studio of Ada singing and drumming to the Canoe Song from Around the World and At the Keyboard.

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Here are the four Arbor Day art poster winners

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 1, 2016

Arbor Day's observation in Ada's third grade included announcing the art contest winners, who each received a book about trees. This is a personal project that Dave Retterer, Ada mayor, began several years ago.

Winners were:

First, Josh Arnett
Second, Aidra Preston
Third, Ty Mowery
Fourth, Ethan D'Souza

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Ada third graders celebrate Arbor Day with village officials

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 1, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

Ada third graders would be winners of a "Jeopardy" show with the category "Trees." Angela Pokachek taught them well.

In recognition of National Arbor Day on Friday, members of the Ada tree commission asked the students several questions:

• Who founded National Arbor Day?
• When?
• Where?

The youngsters raised their hands before the questions were even completed. Their answers were correct.

Angela, assistant village administrator and a tree commission member, talked with the three third classes the day before about the special day and the value and care of trees.

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