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Ohio Northern University’s Keiser Lecture to focus on ‘Driving Innovation and Value through Sustainability’

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Scott Griffin, chief sustainability Officer at Greif Inc., in the Dicke Forum on Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Look who is on the Ada school honor roll

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The third quarter Ada honor roll of the 2013-14 school year was released this week.

Here is the list of students on the honor roll:

ALL "A" HONOR ROLL

12TH GRADE: Sa'ed Al-Olimat, Jessica Hill, Cory Kellum, Annabel Pinkney.

11TH GRADE:  Alexis Amburgey, Allison Howard, Caralee Stover, Victoria Wyss.

10TH GRADE: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Megan Simon, Katelyn Stuart, Kylelyn Stuart, Casey Swick, Blake Willeke.

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When you least expect it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Sometimes when you least expect it, a locomotive that simply doesn't belong in Ada shows up. Here's a perfect example: A Union Pacific Railroad diesel pulls a freight train through Ada. The UP diesel is common west of Chicago, but is pretty rare in Ada.

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Headwaters of upper Scioto River could serve as beaver reintroduction effort

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 31, 2014

Save the Mammals, a national proactive wildlife organization dedicated to animal heritage projects, this week announced its intention to reintroduce beavers in Ohio.

The feeder streams of the upper Scioto River, just south of Ada, are among four areas in Ohio under consideration for reintroduction of the once-common Scioto Marsh mammal.

The other three areas are Ripley, near the Ohio River in southwestern Ohio; Barnesville in southeastern Ohio; and a yet-to-be named area in northeastern Ohio.

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Blind Haitian violinist performs in Presser March 31

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Ohio Northern University Music Department presents a performance by Haitian violinist Romel Joseph in Snyder Recitial Hall in Presser Hall on Monday, March 31, at 8 p.m.
Joseph, a blind Juilliard-trained classical violinist, will perform with his children, Victoria and Bradley Joseph, who are formally trained musicians and will accompany him on the viola and piano.

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It's Friends of the Library's Trivia Night April 3

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 30, 2014

Join the Ada Friends of the Library (they're like the Library's Booster Group) on Thursday, April 3, from 6:30-8 p.m. for a Trivia Night Fundraiser at the Community Health Professionals Building, 1200 S. Main St.

Individuals or teams are welcome; tickets are $5 per person at the door, with a 50/50 drawing at the end of the evening, as well as prizes given each round for the winning teams.

Funds go toward the Friends group, who supports the Library in a variety of roles like its famous Halloween Party. Any questions, feel free to contact Manda Bennett, at the Library, 419-634-5246. 

 

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