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2021-21 Ag Hall of Fame honorees, banquet announced

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, November 21, 2021

The Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame has announced the 2020-21 honorees to be inducted at the eighteenth annual Agriculture Hall of Fame recognition banquet. The 2020-21 inductees include: Ronald E. Cronley, John Knedler, Ira Carl Marshall, Jerry McBride and Dave Russell. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7 at St. John's Evangelical Church, 211 East Carrol St., Kenton. The public is invited to honor these inductees and their families, and to recognize their many accomplishments.

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Lady Bulldogs nipped by McComb in basketball opener

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, November 21, 2021

The visiting Ada girls basketball team led late but lost 28-27 at McComb on a last-minute three-pointer in the season lidlifter Friday night, November 19.

The Lady Bulldogs led 18-14 at halftime and held a 23-20 advantage going into the fourth period.

But with McComb down 27-25, Panther Madison Schroeder canned a three-point goal with 14 seconds left to give the hosts a one-point lead.

Ada got off a potential winning shot in the final seconds, but missed.

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December Community Calendar items requested

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, November 21, 2021

Please send items of general public interest for the Ada Icon's December 2021 Community Calendar (https://www.adaicon.com/calendar) by Monday, November 29.

Items may be submitted using the web form at https://www.adaicon.com/contact-us.

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Alzheimers Assoc. event on Communication Strategies

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, November 21, 2021

The Ada First Baptist Church, 350 W. North Ave., is hosting an Alzheimer's Association Effective Communication Strategies event from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 16.

The program will help participants "explore how communication changes when someone is living with Alzheimer’s, learn how to interpret the verbal and behavioral communication, and identify strategies to help you connect and communicate at each stage of the disease."

Call 800-272-3900 to register. Visit https://www.communityresourcefinder.org/ for more resources.

 

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Campus tree-lighting ceremony and food drive

Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, November 20, 2021

On a brisk Thursday afternoon, November 18, Ohio Northern University held an outdoor Christmas tree lighting ceremony for the campus community at the McIntosh Center portico.

To welcome the holiday season and to recognize ONU’s 150th anniversary, the President’s Club has organized a ceremony with refreshments, a Polar Bear Express train with Klondike, and Christmas carols led by the University Singers and Gospel Ensemble.

Campus community members donated canned goods and paper products to benefit the Ada community through Beatitudes and Ada Food Pantry at First Presbyterian Church.

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ONU lights up new holiday tradition

Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, November 20, 2021

A new stylized Christmas tree adorns the Tundra entrance of McIntosh Center on the ONU campus. A ceremony and collection for Ada food pantries introduced the holiday decoration on Thursday, November 18 (associated story).

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