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January 2018

Women’s track and field looks to compete on national level

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 19, 2018

The Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team will look to pick up where it left off in 2017 and compete for an Ohio Athletic Conference championship and compete as a national force in 2018 under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

The Polar Bears enter the season ranked fifth nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III Power Rankings, after finishing fifth as a team at the 2017 Indoor National Championships, posting the best team finish in school history.

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She did it!

Amy Bullimore now ONU women's bball leading scorer
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 18, 2018

Note: Morgan (Dumbaugh) Bass was the Ada High School and Ohio Northern University leading basketball scorer...until Wednesday night. Ohio Northern senior Amy Bullimore, of Morrow, surpassed Morgan’s 1,242 points when the Polar Bears beat Heidelberg in Tiffin 67-44. Amy now has scored 1,255 points. Morgan graduated from Ada High School in 2009 and remains the highest scorer in school history.

Ohio Northern senior Amy Bullimore (Little Miami) became Ohio Northern's all-time leading scorer on Wednesday evening with a game-high 16 points as the No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team downed Heidelberg 67-44 at Seiberling Gymnasium.

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Remembering ML King's visit to ONU

Chapel service commemorates visit that took place 50 years ago
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 18, 2018

Monty Siekerman recalls Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech at Ohio Northern University. A chapel service Thursday morning commemorated the civil rights Icon’s visit to campus 50 years ago. He was assassinated in Memphis three months later. Siekerman headed publicity for the University at the time.

Joel Weaver, a pharmacy graduate who retired as an anesthesiologist, is at right in the picture. He was a student at ONU at the time. Thursday’s service, organized by Chaplain MacDonald, included comments from two other professors who taught at Northern at the time and two other students.

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Close but not quite

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 18, 2018

Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had his eighth double-double of the season with game-highs of 29 points and 11 rebounds, but the Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 84-80 to Heidelberg on Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (11-5 overall) finish the first half of their double round-robin Ohio Athletic Conference schedule in fourth place with a 6-3 record.

The Student Princes improve to 7-9, 3-6.

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Ada sophomores visit Apollo Career Center Jan. 26

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 18, 2018

Ada High School sophomores will visit Apollo Career Center's 411Blast, Friday, Jan. 26.

Approximately 700 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district will also participate.
 
This day exposes students to possibilities and paths available for their career and/or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.

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Men’s track and field will be title contenders

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will look to continue to be a force in the Ohio Athletic Conference and challenge for an OAC title in 2018 under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

Northern enters the 2018 campaign ranked No. 22 nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III Preseason Power Rankings.

ONU was named the runner-up at both the indoor and outdoor OAC Championships and will look to continue to challenge for an OAC title.

Maus and his staff welcome back 19 letter winners in 2018.

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Are you a Harry Potter fan?

Then, you'll love this season's winter guard, flag line and dance line program
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

FROM ADA MUSIC BOOSTERS FACEBOOK - Ada High School Winter Guard members have prepared for the 2018 competition season.

This year all three group’s, Winter Guard, Flag Line and Dance Line performances feature Harry Potter themes. The groups will compete in both the OIPA (Ohio Indoor Performance Association) and WGI (Winter Guard International) circuits.

The Ada High School Winter Guard’s show is titled “Conjuring a Patronus.” It takes the audience through the process of learning this “advanced magic,” and ultimately dispersing a gym full of dementors with Harry Potter’s iconic spell.

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Let's dance

ONU students dancers perform Feb. 3 nd 4 at Freed Center
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

A choreographers showcase dance performance will be held at the Freed Center on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3 and 4. The showcase will feature ONU students dancing to a variety of music from ballet to hip hop. Choreographers are from off campus as well as ONU faculty and students.

The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students and children.

Choreographers Nathan Andary, DeMarcus Akeem Suggs, Matthew Roberts and Alexandra Stillianos will be joined by ONU faculty choreographer Elizabeth Cozad.

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Karen Lynn Taylor, 1948 - 2018

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Karen Lynn Taylor, age 69, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at Kindred Hospital, Lima.

          She was born on April 22, 1948 in Allen County, Ohio to James D. and Maxine (Fitzpatrick) Hamilton who preceded her in death.  Karen married Marvin Patrick Taylor and he is deceased.

          Karen was the finance secretary for the Boy Scouts of America where she retired after working 19 years.  She was a member of the Lima Missionary Baptist Church. 

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Kenton man dies in crash

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Joseph Wayne Hovey, 45, of Kenton died in a car-semi crash on SR 68 north of Kenton at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

The Hardin County Sheriff's Office responded to the 7000 block of State Route 68, north of Kenton at 8:02 pm. A maroon Pontiac was traveling south bound on State Route 68 and started to pass a semi-truck. As the Pontiac entered into the north bound lane, the north bound International semi-truck hit the Pontiac.  Hovey was pronounced dead at the scene. Both vehicles came to stop in fields on each side of the roadway.

 

The driver of the commercial truck, David Cherry of Windsor, Canada was treated and released at the scene. 

 

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