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Ada Rotary Club raises the "End Polio Now" flag in Ada

To mark historic progress toward a polio-free world
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Ada Rotary Club raised the  “End Polio Now” flag in the  Depot Park on Monday.

Rotary members in Ada are among thousands who reached out on World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio – an incurable but vaccine preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that  invades  the nervous system and can  cause  total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age but mainly affects children under 5 years old.

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Here we go! The first honor roll of 2016-17

Fourth graders all the way to seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Here's the first nine-week honor roll for the 2016-17 school year for Ada school.

4TH GRADE

All A:   Jana Abdullatef, Jillian Allison, Jenna Bassitt, Adam Conner, Ethan D'Souza, Brody Erickson, Wyatt Ferguson, Tess Griffith, Kennedy Jones, Benjamin Marshall, Lexi Poling, Alainie Pratt, Aidra Preston, Victoria Rausch, Abigail Thompson, Karley Wagner, Aeris Weaver, Rowan West and Ken Zheng

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Robert Alexander elected to political science executive council

He serves as chair of ONU Department of History, Politics, and Justice
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Robert Alexander, Ph.D., professor of political science at Ohio Northern University, was recently elected to serve on the executive council for Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honor society for political science. This is an elected group of six individuals that serves as the governing body for the organization.

Executive council members are selected at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

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Hardin Extension begins Zumba fitness classes in November

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Hardin County OSU Extension will begin offering Zumba fitness classes in November, according to Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator.

Classes are selected Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:50 to 5:30 p.m., in Simon Kenton School gym, 705 N. ida St., Kenton.

The cost is $15 per person and registration fee covers all classes listed.

Classes meet on the following schedule:       

• November: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 28, 30

• December: 5,7,12,14,19,21 

Contact Dellifield at  419-674-2297 or [email protected]

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What are these?

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Hint: the beginning of an array.
ONU's solar array on Klingler Road is beginning to take shape. Construction of the array, which will cover 11 acres of ground, began in earnest just two weeks ago.

(Monty Siekerman photo)

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Do you know where the phrase "saved by the bell" comes from?

The explanation is in this story
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 26, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

Do you know where the phrase "saved by the bell" comes from?

During a recent talk at the Ada Public Library, Doris Blum (left) and Kathy Hines explained that a century ago, and previous to that time, it was unclear if a person was truly dead.

So, sometimes a bell was tied to a string and attached to the hand of someone thought to be deceased. A family member or friend stayed up all night with the "deceased."

If the bell rang because the "deceased" moved, then the "deceased" was still alive...saved by the bell.

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