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The Ohio Northern men's basketball team notched an Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon, winning 72-66 inside the ONU Sports Center.

ONU improves to 5-8 overall and 1-5 in the OAC while MU drops to 7-6 overall and 2-4 in the OAC.

Sophomore Brandon Waugh (Columbus/Northland) netted 17 points, including a clutch fadeaway jumper plus the foul to extend the ONU lead to 69-64 with 51 seconds remaining.

Freshman Landen Long (Mason) also scored 17 points for the Polar Bears.

Ruth Anne (Frankhauser) Lewis, 78, of Ohio City, died Jan. 12, 2020, at her residence.

Mrs. Lewis was born July 13, 1941, in Bluffton, to the late Levi and Mildred (Cotant) Frankhauser.

On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Kenneth L. Lewis, who preceded her in death.

She was an honor graduate of Bluffton High School and Bluffton College.  She was a head start teacher. She retired from the Farm Bureau and Nationwide Insurance, both in Van Wert.

Free health screens on Fridays starting Feb. 7

Beatitudes and ONU’s HealthWise Pharmacy have teamed up for a partnership offering free health screenings to residents in the community, according to Deb Curlis of Beatitudes, and Dr. Clay Miller of HealthWise.

The screenings, held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., start on Friday, Feb. 7, and continue each Friday through May. 

Here’s the monthly schedule for the screenings:
First Friday of the month:
   Blood pressure checks

Second Friday of the month:
   Blood glucose checks

Third Friday of the month: 
   Bone density screenings

Ada sixth grade boys basketball team took on Allen East during a Saturday game-fest at Indian Lake. Ken Collins shares these photos of the action. AE won the game, which means the local rivalry will continue for many seasons.

To support community outreach projects

Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), in partnership with Ohio Campus Compact, announced a $325  grant for a campus project at Ohio Northern University as part of a new mini-grant program announced at the Propel Ohio 2019 Collegiate Leadership Summit at Bowling Green State University in November.  

Students who attended the Propel Conference were invited to apply for grants of up to $500 to support their community outreach projects. The award will be used toward a project to promote the use of reusable shopping bags.

“Over the past year, we’ve seen young people making their voices heard, getting involved, rallying, marching,” said Brown.

This photo is from the 1953 Ada centennial souvenir program. It is a photograph from an advertisement for the J.R. Spar farm, producers and distributor of certified seed since 1935.

The "friendly acres" includes corn hybrids, wheat, oats, soybeans. The farm was located two miles east of Ada on Route 81 and one-half mile north (directions listed in the advertisement).

The phone number was Green 1590.

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