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College of Engineering honors pair with Distinguished Alumni Awards

Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering honored Craig O. Pierson, president of Marathon Pipe Line LLC, and Timothy Quellhorst, senior vice president of Crown Equipment Corporation, with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 22.

Craig Pierson

Pierson, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1978, joined Marathon Pipe Line Company in June 1978 as a pipeline engineer in Martinsville, Ill. 

Reaching the high notes

The Icon stopped in to hear the Ada junior high band rehearse last week. We'll continue to feature musicians from that visit. Here's Chloe Jones, eighth grader, playing the flute.

Suspicious call to school has officials on alert - school area blocked off

Ada schools sent the follow alert message at 4:16 p.m. today:

"At the time of dismissal we received a suspicious call that forced us to evacuate the building. All students were safely evacuated from campus."

The Icon understands that the following officials are on the scene:
• Allen County Bomb Squad
• Hardin County Sheriff
• Ada Police Department
• On stand by is Ada-Liberty Township fire and EMS

In a second school alert the message  stated that law enfocement agencies are contacted and that all school activities tonight are cancelled.
 

Boys' tourney tickets on sale at AHS

Presale tickets are on sale in the Ada High School office for Friday nights boys' sectional championship game vs. Minster at Coldwater High School.

The approximate start time is 8 p.m. Adult tickets $6, student tickets $4. All tickets the night of the game will be $6. The Coldwater sectional is an open session, one ticket will gain admission to both games, according to Ken Jochims, Ada athletic director.
 

Ada's message board - ever watch the entire list?

The Ada school marquee, new to this school year, has an ever-changing message. The Icon stopped to watch the entire list of messages on Feb. 24.

Here's what we found. (open the video)

RecycleMania comes to Ohio Northern University

Ohio Northern University has joined RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by Keep America Beautiful, to see who will claim the championship in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campuses across the country.

RecycleMania will run for eight weeks alongside the collegiate basketball season.

Hundreds of participating colleges and universities are competing in several categories based on the weight of recycling, food organics and waste reduction collected.

Each week, schools report their data and use updated rankings to rally students and staff with educational activities, displays and other outreach efforts.

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