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Christy Beaschler is Soroptimist $100 winner

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 11, 2021

Christy Beaschler is a $100 winner in this week's Kenton-Hardin County Soroptimist International fundraiser raffle.

Club 250 is a fundraiser that helps to award scholarships to local women and girls. 

Weeks 1 to 48 winners receive $100. Weeks 49 and 50 win $125, week 51 wins $250, and Week 52 wins $500. Winning tickets drawn week from weeks 1 to 48 have their tickets put back in for future drawings. Winning tickets drawn after week 48 do not go back in.

 

 

 

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Amelia Alexander Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month

Ada HS sophomore is active in several school activities
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 10, 2021

Amelia Alexander Ada High School sophomore, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada January student of the month.

Amelia is active in several school organizations including:
• Book Club
•Ada Mental Health Alliance (AMHA)
•Language Club

• And athletic activities:
• Tennis team
• Volleyball team
• Cross country team

Outside school activities:
• Student columnist for the Ada Icon
She is the daughter of Robert and Shelleigh Alexander.

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Angie Guinn wins Ada Icon college football bowl contest

Watch for national playoff contest posted tonight
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Angie Guinn was the winner of the Ada Icon college football bowl contest. Her entry had 11 correct games selected and both tie-breakers will picked correctly.

She receives a 2-item, 16-inch pizza from 3 Brothers Family Pizza. Mark Sommers is the winner of the Bluffton Icon college football bowl contest.

Entries were from the following communities:
Bluffton - 42
Ada - 19
Pandora - 3
Lima - 1
Columbus Grove - 1
Ottawa - 1
Alger - 2
Dallas, Texas -1
Jenera - 2
Cary, North Carolina - 1 

Watch for the college playoff title game contest – posted later this evening.

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He was Ada's dentist for many second and third generation patients

Dr. Mark Shull died on Jan. 2 • He opened his dental practice in Ada in 1962, retiring in 2018
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 4, 2021

Dr. Mark Shull, DDS, 88, who practiced dentistry for 56 years in Ada, died on Jan. 2, 2021. 

The community recognized him in 2002, naming him Ada’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year. And, for over 55 years he was a member of the Ada Kiwanis Club.

Dr. Shull graduated from Capital University, the OSU Dental School, and served four and one-half years in the Army Dental Corps before opening his office in Ada in 1962.

Click here for his obituary. Several photos of Dr. Shull are at the bottom of this story.

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ONU assistant professor receives doctorate

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2020

Gregory Phipps, a member of the ONU faculty, of Lima recently received a doctorate in management of technology and digital communications from the Indiana State University.

The assistant professor of communication at Ohio Northern University is a graduate from Lima Technical College and the University of Toledo’s electronic engineering programs. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Bluffton in organizational management.

His research topics include broadcast television communications and the adoption of bonded-cellular transmission technology.

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ONU stadium is tasty this time of year

Created by two brothers, both engineering majors, for holiday eating
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

This stadium looks familiar, but can I eat it?

Between Christmas and New Year's the Icon floats around with some fun stories and this one is ripe for fun.

It's a Tweet from Dean Paul, ONU football coach.

Here' what it says: "Check out the@ONUsports gingerbread stadium. The Morgan brothers are obviously continuing to use their engineering skills over the break."

@JettMorgan3 is a sophomore civil engineering major. His brother, Steele, a freshman, is a mechanical engineering major. The brothers are from Wooster.

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