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ONU football team ranked 19th in nation in final 2015 DIII poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern football team finished the 2015 season ranked No. 19 in the final D3Football.com poll.

The Polar Bears (9-3 overall, 7-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 144 points in the voting after receiving 33 points in the 11th and final regular season poll.

Mount Union won the national title and was ranked first with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, national runner-up St. Thomas (Minn.) was second with 599 points and Linfield (Ore.) was third with 562 points.

The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in the D3football.com poll in 14 of the last 17 years.

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ONU Polar Bear Classic robotics competition on Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The robots are coming to Ada.

It’s the ONU Polar Bear Classic,  all-day regional VEX Robotics Competition event in the ONU Sport Center/King Horn on Friday, Jan. 8.

The competition is open to middle and high school teams.  When the competition is completed four teams will advance to a state event.

The ONU classic will host teams from Bluffton High School, Tri-Rivers Career Center, Kenton Middle School, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Highland Heights and Team Comet Robotics Club. Each of these schools and clubs will enter several teams in the competition.

Here how the competition works:

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Caution: High water area

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Most Ada residents don't worry about living in a flood plain. However, Ada has flood-prone areas. Here are some photos of the work taking place by the village crew on the flood-prone section of North Simon Street in Ada. CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS (Ken Collins photos)

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Taking care of "flood-prone" Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Here are some photos of the work taking place by the village crew on the "flood-prone" section of North Simon Street in Ada. (Ken Collins photos)

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Nuts to you

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Ken Collins took this photo of one of Ada's wildlife residents on New Year's Day. The squirrel is celebrating 2016 by chewing on one of its daily finds.

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BFR hosts Columbus Crew camp Feb. 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 4, 2016

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a Columbus Crew SC winter camp for youth ages 6 to 18 on Monday, Feb. 15. The camp takes place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Joseph Beagle, BFR director, said, “Crew SC winter camps series focus on player development through a core foundation of soccer skills in a challenging and fun learning environment. Each camper is sure to walk away with a positive experience and high quality training from the only professional soccer club in the region.”

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