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Troopers urge sober driving this Christmas

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive sober this Christmas. In an effort to reduce fatal and injury crashes, troopers will focus on removing impaired drivers from our roadways from Friday, December 22 through Monday, December 25.

GRAHPIC Bee Home opens January 3

Beatitudes Community Center will be opening another location on January 3. Bee Home will be located at 228 North Main and will carry used furniture and home furnishings. If you have items to donate, call 419-788-9459.

2023 Christmas services at First Baptist Church of Ada

The First Baptist Church of Ada, 350 W North Ave., has announced the following services for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, 2023:

Sunday, December 24, 2023 - 10:15 a.m. Christmas Eve Services

Ada Schools will introduce Dolly as school dog

The Ada Exempted Village Schools have announced that a school dog. Dolly, a 2.5 year old Goldendoodle, will be introduced to students. The announcement states, “There is a significant amount of research that indicates many benefits to having a school dog including: 

Publications showcase ONU Arts & Sciences faculty research, interests

Publications by Dowland, Hartman, Person, Pullen, Sen and Strittmatter

Six Ohio Northern University Getty College of Arts and Sciences faculty are celebrating recently published and soon-to-be published critical and creative works on topics ranging from ethics to England.

Douglas Dowland, Ph.D., associate professor of English
We, Us, and Them: Affect and American Nonfiction from Vietnam to Trump
Publication date: March 2024, University of Virginia Press

Dowland’s book explores how some authors answer the question "What is America?" in a way that creates an America of "us" versus "them." From John Steinbeck’s hawkish enthusiasm for the Vietnam War to David Sedaris’s wry perspective on the rise of Donald Trump to the presidency, the book uncovers the worrisome emotions that underpin narratives of American strength.

“What I would like readers to walk away with is the idea that the strength of our convictions too often proves to be our greatest weakness,” Dowland said.

Icon holiday schedule for Christmas, New Year's and in between

Happy Holidays! The Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will be in holiday mode from Christmas Eve on Sunday, December 24 to New Year's Day on Monday, January 1.

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