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A KISS concert at ONU? Sorry, you're 40 years too late

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A group of Ohio Northern University students and their professor are researching the concert and how it impacted the Ada community, according to Harry Wilson of ONU's management and information systems.

This May 9th marks the 40th anniversary of the event at ONU’s newly-built King Horn center. This was during KISS’ Dressed to Kill tour and they were on the verge of becoming very famous. 

"We have reason to believe that KISS played Rock & Roll All Nite for the first time ever live at the ONU concert," said Wilson.

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110 ONU students heading south - not for the beach; they'll volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Ohio Northern University’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter will send 110 students on work trips for spring break March 1-7.

Instead of heading down south for a week on a beach with friends, these ONU students will build homes for families in need. The habitat work teams will travel to Sumter, S.C., Jackson, Miss., and Davidson, N.C., and partner with Habitat for Humanity affiliates to work on homes in the area.

The spring break work trips have been the chapter’s tradition for 25 years.

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30-year anniversary for these Varsity Singers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 25, 2015

It would be a 30-year anniversary if this edition of the Ada High School Varsity Singers were to perform again. This is the singers from the 1984-85 school year.

Names of the members is on the bottom of the photo.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

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Past seven-day weather summary is: Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Although the temperature reached a high of 32 degrees on Feb. 22, the last day above freezing was Feb. 11, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

High temperatures in the past week stuck mostly in the teens while daily lows were often in negative territory.

The image at the right at the right of this story reveals the daily February weather summaries.

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37 fourth graders "celebrate reading" with Coach Byrne

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Thirty-seven Ada fourth graders were recognized for their read skills during last week's ONU men's basektball game.

It was the culmination of a program called Celebrating Reading with Coach Byrne. The 37 students recognized had qualified qualified and participated in the program.

During the second nine weeks of school ONU basketball players teamed up with Ada fourth graders up to improve fourth grader reading skills.

Each student who achieved these goals attended an ONU home men’s basketball game. Each student was recognized during halftime.

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United Methodist Church bell - it's a story of community involvement

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 24, 2015

It make take a community to put a church bell in a place on honor.

Ohio Northern University engineering students participated in the bell project. ONU students learned woodworking principles from master woodworker Scott Phillips from "The American Woodshop " television program on PBS.

Phillips is helping with an EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) project to build a wooden display pedestal for the bell from the Ada United Methodist Church that was destroyed by fire in March 2013.

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