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BVHS Offering Scholarships to Area Students, BVHS Associates

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, February 28, 2013

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) is offering educational scholarships to individuals pursuing health care careers. High school seniors entering college, current college students and BVHS associates are eligible to apply.

A complete list of scholarships, along with applications, deadlines, qualifications and contact information can be viewed at www.bvhealthsystem.org by clicking on the “Scholarships” link under the “Careers” menu.

Those who receive a BVHS scholarship may be required to make a commitment to the organization.

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University’s Wind Orchestra presents ‘Raising the Bar’ Feb. 28

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 28, 2013

 The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “Raising the Bar” by the Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m.

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Softball ranked No. 18 in first NFCA Divison III poll

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern softball team is ranked No. 18 in the first 2013 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III poll released on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears received 8392 points in the poll, nine less than the 92 they received in the preseason poll, when they were ranked No. 15.

ONU has now been nationally ranked in five consecutive seasons and finished the year ranked No. 11 in 2012.

Montclair State (N.J.) is No. 1 with five first place votes and 197 points overall, Luther (Iowa) is second with 188 points and Tufts (Conn.) is third with 180 points.

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Men's swimming & diving ranked No. 25 in final Endless Pools/College Swimming.com power rankings

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team is ranked No. 25 in the fifth and final Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Division III power rankings released on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears (11-2 overall, 5-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) have an 27.8 rating.

Points for the Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 is calculated using the average percentile rank of each team's top twenty-seven in each meet.

The Top 25 teams are ranked according on the basis of each team's highest-scoring meet over a four-week period.

Kenyon is ranked No. 1, Denison is No. 2 and MIT is No. 3.

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Four named All-OAC in women's basketball; Durand named Coach of the Year

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

By Andrew Korba

Senior Joanna Snyder was named Co-OAC Player of the Year and was one of three Ohio Northern women's basketball players selected as a First Team All-OAC honoree in voting done by the OAC coaches.

Snyder was named First Team All-OAC, as was senior Morgan Dumbaugh and junior Cenzie Yoder.

Senior Katie Mengos earned an Honorable Mention All-OAC selection.

In addition, head coach Michele Durand was named OAC Coach of the Year.

This is the third All-OAC honor for Snyder and first time she was named First Team.

She is second on the team in points averaging 13.4 ppg and is also second in rebounding at 6.0 rpg.

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Carolyn Dickey was a teacher at Allen East from 1968-1988

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Carolyn (Kerry) Vore Dickey, 84, formerly of Bluffton, died Feb. 24, 2013, in Prior Lake, Minn.

Preceded in death by her parents, Roger Miller (d. 1995) and Ida Panabaker (d. 1987) Vore, and one brother, Robert Vore (d. 1998).

Mrs. Dickey was born in Lima, Oct. 31, 1928. She graduated from Lafayette Jackson High School in 1946 and Bluffton College in 1950. She taught kindergarten at Allen-East  from 1968-1988.

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