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ONU grad leads workshop on covering the basics of websites

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs offers two February workshops covering the basics of websites.

The sessions are part of BCE’s HOW (Hands-on Workshop) series.

Ohio Northern University graduate Ryan Lowry of Bluffton leads the workshops offered on two dates. Workshops are Friday, Feb.19, and Friday, Feb. 26, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the BCE office, 110 S. Main St., Bluffton.

Both workshops cover the same information. These are offered on different dates to accommodate more participants.

Rhett Eldon LeRoy Piper funeral service Feb. 12

Rhett Eldon LeRoy Piper, 1 month, died on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 at 7:44 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

Rhett was born on Dec. 21, 2015, in Lima, to Connor E. Piper and Whitney N. Gossard. His father survives in St. Marys and his mother survives in Harrod.

Also surviving are his paternal grandparents: Chad Piper of Lima and Nancy Schmidt of Willshire; maternal grandparents: LeRoy and Wendy Gossard of Harrod; paternal great grandparents: Thomas Wendel and Anita Hynd; maternal great grandparents: Cleo Gossard and Ronald and Loretta Zimmerman; paternal great-great grandmother: Florence Weeks; and several aunts and uncles.

Josephine Cheney 1930-2016

Josephine Melvina Cheney, 85, died Feb. 9, 2016, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.  Josephine was born Aug. 7, 1930 in Beaverdam to the late Thomas and Gertrude (Meeks) White. In December 1946, she married Earl K. Cheney Sr. who preceded her in death in July 2001.

Josephine had worked in the laundry department at Richland Manor.  She had also worked at ExCello-Airfoil Textron and Triplett Corp., both of Bluffton.  She attended Rockport United Methodist Church. 

"Picnic" coming to Freed Center stage Feb. 18-20

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Picnic” from Feb. 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. There also will be two matinee performances on Feb. 20 and 21 at 2 p.m.

William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Picnic” is set in an idyllic small town in Kansas with two houses, one backyard and change in the air. The play was first performed on Broadway in 1953 and was adapted into a motion picture in 1955.

The play is directed by Brian Sage, assistant professor of theatre for the theatre arts department at Ohio Northern University. 

Look what familiar women's basketball squad is now 11th in the nation

By Ashley Birchmeier
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team jumped three spots to No. 11 in the ninth weekly D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 Poll.

This ties the Polar Bears highest ranking this season as they received 364 points in the poll.

Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by George Fox (Ore.) in second with 596 points and Hope (Mich.) in third with 578 points.

Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital moved up four spots to No. 20 with 103 points.

Read me a story

If you've attended Ada schools in recent years, chances are that Linda Dysert, library aide, probably read a story to you. Here she reads a story about the number 100 to a class of kindergarteners.

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