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Women's basketball nears top 25 in Week 3 poll

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team sits just outside the top 25 of the Week 3 D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.

The Polar Bears (7-1 overall, 3-0 OAC) received 38 points and are listed first among teams in the "others receiving votes" category, putting them at No. 26 in the poll.

Northern received 26 points in last week's poll and was listed second among teams in the "others receiving votes" category.

Hope (Mich.) is the top-ranked team in the poll, receiving 615 points and 20 of 25 first-place votes.

The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, sports information directors and media members from across the country and is published weekly.

Ada CIC will hold last meeting for 2022

The Ada Community Improvement Corporation (https://www.adaoh.org/ada-community-improvement-corporation-cic) has announced a meeting at noon on December 21, to be held at The Depot, 9 Central Ave.

Public meetings are listed on the Icon's classifieds page.

Announcements may be sent to [email protected].

Misinformation, an ICAPP Critical Question

Student fellow Caleb Clayton from the ONU Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) released the following "Critical Questions" article on DigitalCommons@ONU. Clayton poses and answers three questions, and provides further reading on the subject.

By Caleb Clayton

Introduction

The digital age and the birth of social media have changed how people receive news. New technologies make communicating events an instantaneous process. Generating information is far easier than ever, and the amount of information in the world has grown exponentially since the turn of the millennium. Information constantly generates, making it impossible to process and verify it as it appears.

County Line Church Christmas program, Christmas Day service

The Icon will post reminders of holiday church services under Churches news and on the Classifieds page under "Events of Special Interest."

County Line Church, 4227 N Hardin Rd, will hold a Christmas program at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, December 18, followed by the regular 10:30 a.m. service. Children’s church will have a separate Christmas party during the regular worship service.

On Christmas Day, December 25, County Line Church invites everyone to a short Christmas service at 10:30 a.m. 

Zoom link for Ada Council meeting on December 20

The Ada Village Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20. There will be a Streets Committee meeting first to discuss ticketing for parking on lawns and then the council meeting will follow.

Council meetings are held on the second floor of the municipal building, 115 W Buckeye Ave, and may also be attended remotely via Zoom.

The Zoom link to the next Ada Council meeting is below. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84460905375?pwd=SmhVQ1B6S1h1YnU0VlB3bC9IVmwzQT09

Chloe 2.0, Ada Public Library technology guide

Meet Chloe Noel of the Guiding Ohio Online program, who provides one-on-one tech help for Ada Library patrons on Wednesdays. Noel works with individuals and small businesses on a variety of topics, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, resume writing, email, social media and general computer skills. Contact Noel at 567-525-8499 (call or text) [email protected]. (Chloe 1.0 is Chloe Rieder, Ada youth services librarian.)

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