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Vendor Applications for 2022 Harvest and Herb Festival

June 1 early bird discount
Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The Ada Area Chamber has announced that the 36th annual Harvest and Herb Festival will take place on Saturday September 17, 2022. The festival will be hed on Main Street from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The chamber is currently accepting vendor booth applications, which can be found on www.adachamber.org or by contacting Chamber Director Lindsay Walden at [email protected] or 567-204-7118. 

Two booth options are available. An an early-bird applies if you register by 4 p.m. on June 1.

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ONU men's tennis improves to 4-0 on spring break trip

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

By Tim Glon, www.onusports.com

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team improved to 4-0 during its spring break trip with a pair of victories on Monday at the Hilton Head Resort.

The Polar Bears (10-3 overall) began the morning with an 8-1 victory over Lake Forest (3-3), then won 7-2 over Berry (4-5) in the afternoon.

Freshman Drew Swisher (Findlay) and senior Zach Beaschler (Ada) each went undefeated with 3-0 records on the day.

The pair each won at No. 6 singles and combined to go 2-0 at No. 3 doubles.

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ONU freshman hits first collegiate homer on first pitch

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

By Wes Mayberry, www.onusports.com

Freshman Hunter Kauser (Paulding/Exempted Village) homered off the first pitch he saw in his collegiate career on Monday to lead the Ohio Northern baseball team in its 9-4 loss to Immaculata (Pa.) in the RussMatt Invitational tournament at Northeast Regional Park in Davenport, FL.

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Student volunteers make meals for international emergencies

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

More than 75 volunteers made nearly 16,000 transportable rice, soy, and vegetable meals during a February event at ONU. Part of the God Always Provides (GAP) food packaging program, missionaries provide the meals to combat hunger and malnourishment. Full story at onu.edu/news.

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Applications for open enrollment at Ada Schools

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

On March 1, the Ada Schools began taking appications for open enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year. The schools will take applications through May 13. Acceptance or transfer by applicants must be indicated by July 1.

The inter-district open enrollment guidelines state:

"No student, once accepted by the Ada Exempted Village Schools, will be displaced should enrollment exceed any stated limits. Native Ada students will have priority over transferring inter-district open enrollment student.   

Established limits:

Grades K-6:    1:25 Pupil/Teacher Ratio Average

Grades 7-8:    1:27 Pupil/Teacher Ratio Average

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Local family provides window on invasion of Ukraine

Q & A with Christian Groman
Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Christian Groman, who grew up in Bluffton, Ohio and is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University, spoke to the Icon about his family members who live in western Ukraine and their experiences since the invasion by Russian forces began on February 24, 2022. Some 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled the county at the time of this report.

Icon: Are your family members still in their own homes?

Groman: My grandparents live in western Ukraine, 15 minutes from the Hungarian border…. But they are housing three families from eastern Ukraine.

Icon: My understanding is that Ukraine is almost the size of Texas.

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