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ONU swimming and diving teams hold Swim for CF fundraiser Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 14, 2015

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern Swimming and Diving Teams are holding their annual "Swim for Cystic Fibrosis" Fundraiser Saturday afternoon during their 1 pm home meet against Ohio Athletic Conference rival Baldwin Wallace at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears will also celebrate Senior Day on Saturday and will compete for the Golden Kickboard trophies, given annually to the winners of the men's and women's dual meets between ONU and BW.

Cystic Fibrosis is a rare disease that affects approximately 30,000 children and adults in the U.S alone. The money raised at the event will be donated to the CF Foundation.

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Grades cards won't come home until Jan. 20

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Due to the number of delays and cancellations over the past two weeks, Ada grade cards for Grades 6-12 will not be going home until Tuesday, Jan. 20, according to the school website.

The school wishes to give students every opportunity to complete end of semester assessments and assignments that may have been delayed because of inclement weather. 

1/21: Grade 4-5 Honor Roll Assembly
1:30 p.m. in the auditorium
1/19: No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/9: End of 9 weeks

This marks the end of the first semester. Grade cards will be sent home the following Friday.

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Oh, what a beautiful morning!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 14, 2015

How many photos of the frosty outside did you take this morning? Technically, it's called hoar frost. Here's an explanation: "Under clear frosty nights in winter soft ice crystals might form on vegetation or any object that has been chilled below freezing point by radiation cooling. This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow." WE WELCOME INCON VIEWERS' PHOTOS. PLEASE SEND YOUR FROST PHOTOS TO: [email protected].

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Ada on the ball Monday night!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 13, 2015

You can't have a Super Bowl without an Ada-made Wilson football. It follows that you can't have a NCAA Division I football title game without an Ada-made Wilson football. Watch this video from ABC News for Ada's 15 minutes of fame. (Thanks to Monty Siekerman for alerting The Icon to this story.)

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Vote for your favorite soup on Friday at Liberty National

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Liberty Natinal Bank, Ada, invites Icon viewers to stop in to the Main Street office on Friday and vote for your favorite soup.

It's the bank's "Soup" er Bowl Cook off. There will be several soups available to taste. Persons stopping by the bank may vote for their favorite flavor.

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Seeing the light

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 13, 2015

There's a new window in Ada and it's becoming more and more familiar. Here's one of the windows on the First United Methodist Church under construction this winter.

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