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January 2018

American Architecture - it's a class open to the community

Ray Schuck presents subject in Tuesday evening classes
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Community members can join ONU students for the course “American Architecture: Understanding the World Around You” during spring semester. The course will examine the importance of architecture in understanding history and the built environment.

Community member taking the course on a non-credit basis can attend free of charge.

The first class will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 and will continue each Tuesday in the Dicke Building, except during spring break March 5-9.

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Library closed

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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7 very cold days in January

Minus 12 reading on Jan. 3 is a chilly fact
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, provides the cold, hard facts about exactly how cold it was last week.

From Jan. 1 to Jan. 6, the “highest” daily low temperature was 1 degree on Jan. 4 and 7. The warmest reading during that period was 16 degrees on both Jan. 3 and 4.

Here are the daily maximum and minimum temperatures from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8.

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Melina Woods Small School All-American

MaxPrep Small Schools list
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

She among the nation’s top volleyball hitters. It only took 80 sets for her to get 665 kills (a per set mark of 8.3). She also averaged 4.0 digs and 4.7 serve receptions per set, as well as serving 38 aces and blocking 67 shots.

“She” is Ada’s Melina Woods, recently name to the second team MaxPreps 2017 high school Small Schools All-American Girls’ Volleyball team.

Here’s the other All-American’s in Melina’s class.

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District Court of Appeals presides in Ada

All three members are ONU law grads
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
The Third District Court of Appeals, consisting of three judges who are all ONU law graduates, heard oral arguments in a criminal case and a civil case out of Hancock County when they met at the law school today (Tuesday).

The court has been meeting at Ohio Northern each January for more than 30 years to give the law students and the public a better understanding of the appellate process.

And, yes, there was security because the cases are the real thing, not practice. The court has had ONU law graduates comprise the majority of the court for many years.

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Hammered dulcimer national champion performs Jan. 27

Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Ted Yoder, virtuoso, hammered dulcimer musician, will perform on the next Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series.

His performance is 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

Here's a description of Yoder's talents:
Yoder has revolutionized the hammered dulcimer through his pop symphonic approach on the instrument as a solo performer.

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Women’s basketball moves up in standings

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team cracked the top-10 in the sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll after jumping four spots to No. 10 in the sixth weekly coaches poll.

After falling in their season-opener, the Polar Bears (12-1 overall, 6-0 OAC) have won 12 straight, including handing undefeated and nationally-ranked Marietta its first loss of the season.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they welcome OAC-foe Baldwin Wallace to the ONU Sports Center

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Senior Citizens meeting cancelled

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Ada Senior Citizens meeting for Wednesday, Jan. 10, has been cancelled due to the weather. The next meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Community Health Professionals. Card games and fellowship will follow a business meeting.

Those 55 and older are invited to join for $10 annually. Meetings and activities are held twice monthly.

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Icon dog of the week - Joey

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 8, 2018

Meet Joey. Joey is an 8 year old boxer. Joey is available now. Can you offer Joey his forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Rhodes State Dean’s List

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 8, 2018

Full time students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester at Rhodes State College in Lima are:

Ada—Kyli Lynn Lause, Katelyn Colleen Simon, Haley Madison Wyss.
Dunkirk—Trevor Jamison Motter.
Harrod—Destiney Dawn Goble, Lydia Louise Rohrbacher, Logan Dale Schuck.
McGuffey—Aaron William Goubeaux.

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