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March 21 Blood Drive in Ada

Posted by Staff on Friday, February 25, 2022

An upcoming Ada blood drive will provide area residents with an opportunity to respond to a national blood shortage.

From 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Monday March 21, 2022 there will be a Blood Drive at Community Health Professionals-Ada Visiting Nurses.

Location:

Conference Room, 1200 3. Main St., Ada, OH 45810

To schedule an appointment:

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Calendar items for March 2022

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, February 24, 2022

Please send items of general public interest to [email protected] for the Icon's community calendar at www.adaicon.com/calendar .

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Village accepting applications for Construction & Maintenance Worker II

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 24, 2022

New posting on www.adaicon.com/classifieds. Help Wanted ads are one of many free classified ad categories.

The Village of Ada is currently seeking qualified applicants for the Public Works Department: Construction & Maintenance Worker II

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Bulldog Murphy makes honorable mention All-NWC

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 24, 2022

Ada senior Cayden Murphy was named honorable mention All-Northwest Conference in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

Murphy led Ada in scoring and rebounding as the Bulldogs finished 4-19 overall this season, and 0-8 in the NWC.

Senior Mason Brandt of Leipsic was named NWC Player of the Year.

Todd Boblitt of league co-champion Bluffton was voted NWC Coach of the Year. Crestview tied the Pirates at 7-1 for the league title.

Spencerville finished third at 6-2, followed by Columbus Grove (5-3), Leipsic (4-4), AE and Lincolnview (3-5) in a tie for sixth, Delphos Jefferson (1-7) and Ada (0-8).

 

1st Team

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ONU women's basketball advances in OAC tournament

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 24, 2022

By Tim Glon, www.onusports.com

Ohio Northern got off to a quick start and pulled away late to win 62-46 at Otterbein in the quarterfinals of the OAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, February 22, at the Rike Center.

The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (17-7) advance to the semifinals Thursday at top-seeded and No. 12-ranked John Carroll.

The fourth-seeded Cardinals end their season at 18-7.

Senior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) scored 15 points, senior Jaidyn Hale (Lima/Bath) added 14 points and junior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) chipped in 10 points for ONU.

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Don’t reinvent the wheel

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 24, 2022

Don’t reinvent the wheel is a common idiom meaning do not duplicate efforts to create something when a basic method has already been created or optimized to improve the outcome.  A young Anthony J. D’Angelo was quoted as saying “don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” At the age of 23, Tony D’Angelo in 1995 decided to challenge the mindset of higher education. He felt that colleges were handing out degrees but not really educating young adults to function in the world. Based on his own educational experience in college, he felt as if he learned more about life from his activities and involvement than from his courses.

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