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ONU students tour Vancrest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

ONU Professor Matt Kutch brought a group of pharmaceutical health care students to the Vancrest of Ada earlier this month.

Randy Cox, administrator, provided the students with a tour and a presentation of the facility.  (From ONU College of Business Administration Facebook)

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Here's some impressive reading material from the Ada Public Library

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Amanda Bennett, Ada Public Library director, provided the Icon with impressive statistics 2016 as she recently worked on the library's annual State Report.

Consider the following:
• 79 Family Storytimes with 1,064 in attendance
• 119 Kids Programs (Birth-5th Grades) with 3,779 in attendance
• 108 Teen (6th-12th Grades) Programs with 714 in attendance
• 108 Adult Programs with 1,199 in attendance
• 46 School Visits with 2,425 in attendance
• 5 Preschool Visits with 97 in attendance
• 32,947 Patron Visits to the Library
• 524 Participants in the Summer Reading Program.

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Icon advertiser index now includes Facebook links

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Ada Icon announces a new feature for viewers and advertisers.

The Icon's Advertiser's Index now includes links to advertiser Facebook pages. The alphabetical index includes all Icon advertisers. The listing includes phone numbers and links to advertiser websites and Facebook pages.

The Icon has over 50 advertisers and the Index is a highly viewed featured. Over the past 12 months the Index received over 600 views - or nearly two each day.

 

 

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McGuffey accident kills one, sends two to hospital

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

A single-vehicle accident in Marion Township, south of McGuffey resulted in one death and two persons hospitalized on Feb. 13.

Jack Parkins, of McGuffey, was driving east on County Road 110 on Feb. 13 and lost control of the vehicle, going off the south side of the road, according to Hardin County Sheriff's Office.

The car overturned in a drainage ditch. A passenger in the vehicle, Patricia Parr, of McGuffey, was taken to Lima Memorial Health System, where she was pronounced dead.

Parkins and another passenger, Jeffery Jones, were also taken to Lima Memorial with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Women ranked 5th nationally.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team remained at No. 5 in both the D3Hoops.com poll and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll.

The Polar Bears continued their quest to a perfect season as they defeated Heidelberg and John Carroll last week.

Northern (23-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in both polls.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Westerville to take on the Cardinals of Otterbein at 7:30 pm.

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Men's track now nationally ranked

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

 The Ohio Northern men's track and field team made its 2017 debut in the top-25 as it ranked No. 24 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.

The Polar Bears (39-15 overall) received 36.01 points in the rankings.

Northern returns to the track Saturday as they travel to Alliance to compete in the Mount Union Raider Tune Up meet with events beginning at noon.

 

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