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Everyone wins in 7th annual Run for the Roses

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

Story and photos by Amy Eddings

Ten-year old Ella Bardertscher was the clear winner in the children's' fun run before the 7th annual Run For the Roses 5K race at Ohio Northern University's Kerscher Stadium on Sunday, May 3.

It was a fitting tribute to her cousin, Angela Bardertscher, in whose memory the race is held. Angie, a graduate of Ada High School and ONU, died of cystic fibrosis in 2008 at the age of 27. Her sister, Kim, has CF, too, and had a double lung transplant in 2011. The race is also in her honor.

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It's his game

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

Mitchell Wilcox, Ada High School senior, plays tennis for the Bulldogs this spring. The Icon photographed him in a recent match.

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University to establish community mobile health clinic to provide health care in Hardin County

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy has been awarded a Health Resources and Services Administration grant to establish a multidisciplinary rural mobile clinic to provide health care for residents of Hardin County, Ohio.

The grant, totaling, $572,973 over three years, will fund an innovative model that will employ a community mobile clinic using a multidisciplinary team of ONU faculty and students and interdisciplinary health care specialists under the supervision of licensed professionals to deliver educational outreach and health care services.

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Abe Rowe was pastor of Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Monday, May 4, 2015

Rev. Abe Rowe, 87, died Sunday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m.. The son of Noah Rowe and Martha Hollon Rowe, he was born on September 9, 1927 in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
He served at the end of World War II in Germany as a member of the U.S. Army, and received an honorable discharge upon return.

On November 9, 1950 he married Lucy Dyer. He is survived by his wife; four children: Rocky (Vickie) Rowe of Lima, Fred (Kathy) Rowe of Waynesfield, Sonja (Virgil) Dye of Alger, and Paul (Erin) Rowe of Dola; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters: Stella (Frank) Dyer of Alger and Beatrice (Jerry) Kortokrax of Lima.

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Mark Bays cares for the Survivor Tree

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

Mark Bays cares for the Survivor Tree, an 80-year-old American elm that survived the Oklahoma City bombing which occurred 20 years ago in April.

Bays spoke at Tree City USA awards ceremony held at the Toledo Zoo on April 29. At the occasion, the Village of Ada and ONU were both honored for the planning, growth, and care of trees.

During lunch, Bays met with Monty Siekerman who is familiar with memorials built in memory of those lost in disasters. Siekerman's daughter, Amy, and her husband Kyle Miller perished aboard TWA Flight 800 the next year. The memorial for the plane crash is located on Long Island.

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Ada HS Envirothon team competes at Camp Palmer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 4, 2015

In late April, five students represented Ada High School in the Area 1 Envirothon, according to Tony Dyer, Ada Agricultural Education Instructor. This year's theme was Urban and Rural Forestry.

The event was held at 4-H Camp Palmer near Fayette, Ohio. A total of 58 teams competed in the areas of aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and current environmental issues. The Ada team placed 32nd in the annual competition.

Competing in the Envirothon were, from left, Quinn High, Alex James, Ashley Sumner, Jackson Secor and Blake Willeke.

 

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