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Dellifield, Wagner, Raines, LaFontaine recognized for Extension work

By OSU Extension and Joint Council of Extension Professionals
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Several Hardin County OSU Extension professionals were recognized by Ohio State University Extension and the Joint Council of Extension Professionals for their outstanding contribution to and support of Extension programming in Hardin  County. 

Jami Dellifield received the Visionary Leadership Award for her accomplishments in leading Ohio State University Extension forward in addressing the opioid crisis, rural and farm stress crisis, and mental health education. 

Dellifield was also awarded the Early-Career Service Award, recognizing her as the top Family and Consumer Sciences Educator with 10-years or less experience in the state. 

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Mental Health director will retire Jan. 31

Posted by LizGH on Friday, January 25, 2019

After 25 years of service, Michael Schoenhofer, executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties will retire on Jan. 31.

Schoenhofer has served as president of the Lima Rotary Club and president of the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities. He has served on the Governor’s Advisory Board at the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Social Work Advisory Board at Bluffton University, the Allen County Health Department Board, and West Central Learning Academy’s Board.

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Carrie Woodruff national foodservice award recipient

Receives FAME award in Texas this weekend
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 24, 2019

She’s a national foodservice leader.

Carrie Woodruff, Ada High School grad and Ada resident, is the 2019 Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) Silver Special Achievement Award recipient.

She is food service director of Lima City Schools. She will receive the award at the FAME award ceremony in Austin, Texas, during the School Nutrition Association’s School Nutrition Industry Conference this weekend. 

The award goes to a director who demonstrates exceptional ability to recognize and solve problems unique to small districts.

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Second place finish in this race is pretty impressive

Ada Scout Troop 124 at Saturday's Klondike Derby
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Photos and story by Carl Wilkerson|
While you were inside Saturday morning preparing for the first winter storm of the season Ada Scout Troop 124 joined 29 other troops from around northwest Ohio for the annual Klondike Derby at Camp Berry just south of Findlay.

The derby is a test of the scouts’ physical endurance in pushing their own troop-built sled over several miles of trails and terrain and testing their outdoor skills at seven stops along the way.

The scouts had to build fires, administer aid first aid, tie knots, identify wildlife tracks, saw logs, orienteer, and team-build a project as quickly as possible.

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Former Ada resident shares photos from Sidney

Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Former Ada resident Connie (Miller) Dixon, now of Sidney, responded to the Icon’s request for snow photos.

She writes:  "We always played out in the snow in Ada when I was growing up and so I still like to go out and play in the snow and I'm still growing up.” Here are descriptions of her three photos:

• Heart tramped out in the snow at my house by an unknown visitor

• My back yard...deer have eaten apples out of the bird bath

• Footprints in beautiful Tawawa Park

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ONU alum team leader of NASA project

In December the team launched a micro-satellite called a CubeSats
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 21, 2019

Cleveland TV station WKYC recently interviewed Ohio Northern University alum Katie Oriti, who is working with a team, which launched a NASA satellite in December. The satellite is about the size of a loaf of bread. Oriti is the team leader.

Here are portions of that story by Jeff Reidel:

In December, NASA Glenn Research Center sent into space a satellite about the size of a loaf of bread, call ALBus. And if this mission is successful, it could power a next generation of small exploration.

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