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Beta Club inducts new members

Junior high recognition for students who earned high academic achievement
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 26, 2017

Names of new inductees and current members are listed in two attachments below -
Twenty-two new members were inducted into the Ada Junior High Beta Club late ast week, according to Julie Thaxton, junior high teacher.

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"We recognized our eighth grade second-year members and the 22 new members who earned high academic achievement during the first semester this year," she said. 

The eighth grade officers took turns speaking and lighting candles that represented the many characteristics and values of the National Beta Club. 

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Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club gets underway

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 25, 2017

The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club will hold their first meeting Monday, March 6th in the Vo-Ag  Room at the HN School from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.  The club is open for any boy or girl from the third grade or older. 

There are eight advisors and many projects from which to choose.    

Each member will receive an enrollment sheet, a schedule of meetings and club activities for the year, and each family a Family Guide to 4-H.   

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Lima Memorial Pediatrics Unit benefits from ONU student donation

Taylor Wohlgamuth donates stuffed polar bears; also donated to Hardin Memorial
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 17, 2017

Taylor Wohlgamuth, a senior psychology major from Ohio Northern University, donated stuffed polar bears to the pediatrics unit at Lima Memorial on Feb. 16.
 
The donation was part Taylor’s involvement in Mortar Board, a national honor society recognizing college seniors for their exemplary scholarship, leadership and service.

Funds were raised through the Reindeer Run, a Christmas-inspired 5K on Ohio Northern’s campus.
 
“My goal was to do something that would help put a smile on the face of children,” stated Wohlgamuth. She felt the local hospitals would be a great outlet to do this. 

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Sidney Faine on Defiance College honors list

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 17, 2017

Sidney Faine, 2016 Ada High School grad, is on the Defiance College honors list.

The honors list is for students achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and enrolled in 6-11 semester hours for which letter grades are given.

 

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Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H Club sign-up meeting

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 17, 2017

Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H Club sign-up meeting is set for Tuesday, March 7.  Members may stop at the Ada First Presbyterian Church from 7 to 8 p.m. 

Regular meetings are held on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of the month, March thru August, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the same location. 

Any Hardin County youth who is 8 and in the third grade by January 1, 2017, or older, may join. 

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Nils Riess, ONU professor emeritus, honored by Republic of Estonia

He will received the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Ohio Northern University professor of communication arts emeritus, Professor Nils Riess has been awarded the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana from the Republic of Estonia. 

The Republic of Estonia bestows as gratitude and recognition various state decorations on persons whose activities have maintained and reinforced the independent Estonian state.

Professor Riess has been chosen as a recipient of this highly prestigious award in recognition for the contributions he has made for the republic.

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