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BVHS earns Platinum Impact Award

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 19, 2012

Blanchard Valley Health System has been awarded the American Cancer Society’s Platinum Mission Impact Award. BVHS received this award for the East Central Division of the American Cancer Society (ACS), which includes Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The award was given for BVHS’ outstanding cancer connection, collaboration, prevention and research with the American Cancer Society.

Some of the BVHS/ACS collaboration over the past year includes:

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Smoke free toolkits available through the Allen County Health Department

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 19, 2012

The Creating Healthy Communities project of the Allen County Health Department has a new project initiative for smoke-free housing. 

The Allen County Smoke-Free Housing Project is geared towards tenants and landlords who want to make their housing units smoke free, whether it’s a single dwelling, duplex, six-building condominium complex, or multiple apartment complex. 

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Seven Polar Bears named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in football for 2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 19, 2012

Seven Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in football for 2012 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Seniors Tyler Joseph, Cody Kelly, Carter Paul and Justin Wilson and sophomore Steven Kenny were named Second Team All-OAC, while senior Kyle Smith and junior Sean Denson were named Honorable Mention All-Conference.

Joseph is now a two-time All-Conference honoree at right guard, earning Second Team honors in each of the past two seasons. He has started the last 32 games in the past three years and is also an Academic All-OAC honoree.

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ONU students honored by Financial Executives International Toledo Chapter

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 19, 2012

Two students from Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments at the Financial Executives International (FEI) Toledo Chapter Students Awards Night in Perrysburg, Ohio, on Nov. 8.

Robert Roll, a senior accounting and finance major from Gahanna, Ohio, and Austin Price, a Master of Professional Practice in Accounting candidate from Tiffin, Ohio, were among 14 students honored at the event. The two ONU students were presented a $400 award check from Michael Harding on behalf of the FEI Toledo Chapter.

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ONU’s chapter of Tau Beta Pi inducts Kenny

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 19, 2012

Robert Kenny, vice president and general manager with General Cable, was inducted into the Ohio Iota chapter of Tau Beta Pi at Ohio Northern University as an eminent engineer during a ceremony held Nov. 4.

Kenny graduated from Ohio Northern with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1988. Eighteen ONU undergraduates also were initiated into the Ohio Iota chapter, which was founded in 1973.
 
 Kenny has been vice president and general manager of data communications cables for General Cable since June 2007. In October 2009, he assumed the additional responsibility for leadership of the company’s Telecommunications Team.

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Hanson-Neeley remembrance service Dec. 8

Posted by Lindsay Steiner on Sunday, November 18, 2012

Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada and Alger, will hold its Ninth Annual Remembrance Service. The service is at  3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home
311 E. Lima Ave., Ada.

Please RSVP by Dec. 1, 2012 at (419) 634-2936 if you plan to attend

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