December 2015

By Tim Glon
Five members of the Ohio Northern football team were named All-North Region for 2015 in voting conducted by D3football.com.

Seniors Justin Magazine and Devon Price and junior Reed Allen were First Team selections, senior Rody Seballos was a Second Team pick and sophomore Zach Schmerge was a Third Team honoree.

Magazine, Price and Allen are now on the All-America ballot.

All five Polar Bears were named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference earlier this season.

Magazine is also a two-time All-OAC honoree.

By Monty Siekerman
A culinary demonstration and a dinner theatre are on tap at The Inn at ONU later this month.

"A Chrustmas Carol, More or Less" will be presented at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12; Friday, Dec. 18; and Saturday, Dec. 19. (Dec. 12 and Dec. 18 events are sold out as of Dec. 7.)

The Sunday brunch and theatre will be at noon on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14.

The play is a family-friendly comedy by Stephano LoVerso and Mary Irey, both SNL writers. The play will be performed by Northwestern Ohio Theatre Fraternal Association.

The Cask Room, 127 S. Main St., Ada, will host a book signing for Ada author, Lynne Scott, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, according to Steve Bates of The Cask Room.

The event celebrates the release of the Ada author's newest book “Learning to Heel.”

Here’s a synopsis of the story:

Desperate for anonymity and perspective, fading A-list actor Michael Quinlan drives to the middle of nowhere. Searching for anything to keep him from thinking about his own problems, he stumbles upon his neighbor, Lauren Sanders, a young, gun-wielding widowed dog trainer.