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Hey Ada third graders - do you still have the elephant snot?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, May 2, 2015

This picture is "snot" what you think.

Members of the tree commission prepare red maples seedlings to hand out on two occasions. They scoop "elephant snot" into a plastic bag, drop in the tree, then tie up the bag.

"Elephant snot" (that"s what it looks like) is actually a compound that retains a large amount of water, thus if the tree is left in the bag for several days, the plant continues to live.

Twenty seedlings were given out at the Chamber Spring Fair in War Memorial Park on in mid-April, and 60 of the small trees were distributed to third graders on Arbor Day, April 24.

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Alger Farmers elect 2015 officers; next meeting May 25

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Thursday, April 30, 2015

By Jason Helton

The Alger Jr. Farmers 4-H Club held their 1st meeting on April 12th at 1:00 pm at the 235 Grill in Alger. The meeting was called to order by Cecily Preston and the pledge of Allegiance was led by Trevor Dotson followed by the 4-H Pledge led by Cecily Preston. Trevor Dotson gave the treasurers report from last years balance. The election of 2015 officers was held with the following elected:

President- Ross Thompson

Vice-President – Trevor Dotson

Secretary - Wyatt Daniels

Treasurer – Dylan Thompson

Reporter – Jason Helton

Health Officer – Grasean Evans, Alyssa Leonard

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Ada Friends ends the year with a roar - at the zoo

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Ada Friends Mentorship Program at Ohio Northern University recently ended its year of activities with Ada Elementary School in an extraordinary way.  

In late April, more than half of the program participants took part in a trip to the Columbus Zoo where they viewed and learned about many exotic animals. 

WATCH FOR MORE PHOTOS THIS WEEKEND

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Roger Young will receive ONU honorary undergrad degree

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Roger Young is the Ohio Northern University undergraduate commencement honorary degree recipient at this year's ONU undergrad commencement.

Young has positively impacted the lives of thousands of business students during his 34-plus year career at Ohio Northern. He joined the ONU faculty 1964 and retired in 1998. He didn’t stay retired for long; after eight years at Bluffton University, Young returned to ONU as a visiting professor emeritus in 2008.

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Pawsitive Attitudes 4-H Club elects officers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 28, 2015

By Abigail Osborne

The Pawsitive Attitudes 4-H club held their first meeting at the Alger Public Library.  The club thanks the library for the use of their lovely building.  There were 11 members, 2 advisors and 3 guests present.

The club discussed how they might involve their dogs in the community.  Possibilities include visiting nursing homes and a summer reading buddies program at the library.
They also made arrangements and set a date for their annual kick-off party to be held at the Osborne residence.

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Michael Harnishfeger area coordinator of PrayerFlight

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 26, 2015

PrayerFlight, a program that started in Bluffton, recently announced that it met its goal of “50 Capitals," according to Michael Harnishfeger of Ada, who is one of the program coordinators. 

This effort was begun by a group of pilots and prayer warriors at the Bluffton Airport.
Here's the story:

On Sept. 30, 2006, a single airplane carrying four people set off to fly over the City of Lima and Allen County in Ohio. They departed from the Bluffton Airport on a mission to pray over the city and county. Returning from their inaugural trip, they continued this mission, soon to be named PrayerFlight.

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