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ONU alum gets into "the Magic of Mentoring"

Bethany Schreck McCall feels lucky to design a project for an impactful organization
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 16, 2019

FROM ONU ARTS AND DESIGN FACEBOOK –  Ohio Northern graduate, Bethany (Schreck) McCall (BFA/advertising design ’11) recently designed the Magic of Mentoring event for The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

TMP of Southwestern Pennsylvania helps children by delivering resources to mentoring programs throughout the region.

It also promote the importance of quality mentoring, present best practices and research, and deliver training, technical assistance and professional development for the staff and volunteers of local programs.

McCall said that she felt “very lucky to design for uplifting and impactful organizations."

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Your doorway to Christmas

Ada elementary doorways have their own holiday charm
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 15, 2019

Sections of winning doors from each grade level are at the bottom of this story -
The themes vary from “Chillin’ with my snowmies,” to “Reading a good book is snow worth melting more.”

You’ll discovers theses and addition profound holiday thoughts on the doorways of each Ada elementary classroom this month.

The traditional deck-your-door project involves participation from each student in a creative way.

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Alyssa Wynce, Riley Ferguson, Morgan Dirmeyer on Junior Fair board

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 12, 2019

Three Ada students will represent Ada 4-H groups on the Hardin County Junior Fair Board in 2020. The students are Alyssa Wince, (returning member), and new members Riley Ferguson and Morgan Dirmeyer.

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Checkers anyone?

Don't be surprised if Ada middle schoolers asks for a checker board for Christmas
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Attention middle school parents: You might consider a checker board as a Christmas present this year. That's right, checkers.

This month Ada sixth, seventh and eighth grade students are playing something more serious than March Madness and it is catching on. It’s the first-ever Ada middle school checkers tournament. 

With brackets posted across the school cafeteria walls, it appears that December Delirium has captured the imagination of 106 Ada middle school students. 

You know the rules:
• You are either red or black

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Showcasing her singing ability

ONU student Emily Estep will perform with Lima Symphony on Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 9, 2019

The meteoric rise of Ohio Northern University student Emily Estep’s singing career will continue when she performs as the featured soloist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra during its annual “Bells, Brass and Bows” concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic Center.

Although only 20 years old, the soprano from Fresno, Calif., has a combination of singing ability and personal fortitude that belies her youthfulness, according to Kirsten Osbun-Manley, resident artist and lecturer in music at Ohio Northern.

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Ada fifth grader, Callie Burgess, is a "Fearless Feminine Feline"

Member of an all-girls' First Lego League team that placed 2nd of 27 teams in its first competition
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 5, 2019

An Ada fifth grader, Callie Burgess, is a member of an all-girls' First Lego League team, that recently placed second of 27 teams at a Versailles, Ohio, tournament on Nov. 23.

The Fearless Feminine Felines, First Lego League team, consists of girls ages 10 to 14 from Ada and Bluffton.

Only one of three all-girl teams competing, the Felines advance to the next tournament level to compete to be one of the top teams in northwestern Ohio. That tournament is Jan. 18 in Sylvania.

Team members with Callie are Bluffton seventh graders, Sophia Kaufmann, June Essinger and Mackay Tuttle; Bluffton eighth grader, Adanna Johnstone; and BHS freshman, Sabina Clingerman.

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