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May 9 special council meeting cancelled

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 8, 2017

Ada council's special meeting originally set for Tuesday, May 9, has been cancelled.  The announcement was made by Angela Polachek from the village office.

 

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What you never knew about camels

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 25, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Freshmen Libby Sartschev and Sam Arnold, right, ride a camel led by Don Strobel of Jungle Island Zoo in Delphos. The ONU Student Planning Committee brought free camel rides to the Tundra last Wednesday. (Photo by Trevor Jones/Ohio Northern University

Wednesday is "Hump Day"...always is, but how often can you ride a humped-back critter on that day?

The ONU Student Planning Committee annually brings camels to campus on a Wednesday in the spring. This event is a popular attraction for students, faculty, and staff and their children.

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Which ONU building burned in 1913?

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, April 4, 2017

By Paul Logsdon, University Archivist

In November 1913 Hill Building was reduced to a smoking shell. The old Normal School building (bottom left) had just been demolished to make way for Lehr Memorial. This picture shows the still smoking ruins of Hill, a horse-drawn wagon for removing rubble, and a dog.

 

 

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Ada and ONU in Miniature Blue China

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, March 21, 2017

(Dave Devier, Ph.D., attended ONU and lived in and around the community for 45 years. He taught at Northern for 15 years. Currently, he is President of Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Mich. While in the Ada area, he and his wife Patty collected Ada/ONU memorabilia. He will write an occasional column for the Ada Icon describing some of their "finds" that pertain to the town and gown.)

By David H. Devier

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Iconic Bakery: You've tasted carrot cake; why not carrot pie?

Goes well with coffee and the NY Times Sunday Book Review section
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Looking for something different, carrot custard pie jumped out of the book of pie recipes and stared me in the face.

I was too curious to turn the page. So, knowing there was a very large carrot in the ‘frig, I sort of followed the recipe, and am happy to present the Icon Carrot Pie.

Here’s what you need:

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Ada swimming north of town

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, March 11, 2017

By Paul Logsdon, University Archivist

Before the municipal pool was opened, Ada residents could cool off at the lake called Welcome Park.

The lake was formed when a quarry operated by Grant Tressel flooded.

In 1924 bath houses, bathing pools, a 50 x 100 foot pavilion, and facilities for baseball and tennis were added along with picnic grounds and rides.

By 1943, with WWI raging, the park closed permanently.

The buildings and rides are long-gone, but the lake still remains opposite the Liberty Conservation Club

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