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Over 30 residents featured with messages to family and friends

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Vancrest of Ada residents tackled social distancing by creating a video that could easily win an Academy Award for short subjects.

A three-minute video on Vancrest’s Facebook  (once on the Facebook, scroll down to find the video) features nearly 30 residents with messages to their families and loved loves.

Sara Vordermark, assistant administrator, tells the Icon that while it’s been a crazy month, everyone is so understanding with the situation.

Watch three contestants read their original poetry

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The 114th annual Ada High School Interclass Competition enters Day 2. Icon viewers may watch today’s contestants on the video at the bottom of this story. 

Three poetry contestants in today’s video are:
Ethan Schaffer – Sophomore
Cole Anspach – Junior
Nathan Hurtig - Senior

Because of the no-school situation, the competition is on YouTube and may be viewed on the Icon and Ada Bulldogs Facebook. CLICK HERE to view the entire competition program.

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The Ada Kiwanis Club will hold an on-line meeting at noon, Tuesday, April 7. The will be meeting via Zoom.

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Ada Icon's spring intern has returned home - to St. Petersburg, Russia. Elizaveta Dyachuk, a junior business management major, compiled several 15-minute interviews with ONU international students for the Icon.

She is now taking classes online from a distance of 7 hours from Ada.

Here's her update:

"Everything changed so quickly, I barely had time to sleep. But I'm doing well now, I'm back in St. Petersburg. My family is happy to see me, they are good also.

"I'm staying at my apartment as well, completing my ONU online studies. All universities and schools are closed in Russia, so my sister is staying with me, doing her assignments online. 

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Hardin County Leadership is proceeding online, according to Kathy Oliver, in charge of the program.

Hardin Leadership develops positive leaders within Hardin County by providing personal enrichment, expanding community networks, and recognizing future leaders. 

She reports that the April 2 session is a virtual session and the May session will likely be modified also.

The leadership group meets monthly now through November.

Click here for more details about the program

 

"My primary goal is to finish my education, and then I hope I’ll find something to my heart that makes me happy"

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Pardon our recent distracation. The Icon has a couple  15-minute interviews with ONU international students that we've not had a chance to post. Our intern, Liza Dyachuk, from Russia, conducted these in early March. We hope these students are able to continue to communicate with their family and we hope everyone is well.

Interview by Liza Dyachuk

Anni Miettinen
Finnish student
Senior at ONU,business major  

Icon: How did you hear about ONU?
Anni: My home university and ONU are partners, so I got to know about ONU from my university back home. 

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