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OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting Highlights – May 10

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 14, 2012

The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met last Thursday morning in Columbus for its regularly scheduled May meeting. The following are highlights from the meeting. The complete set of meeting minutes will be posted at OHSAA.org.

- The Board approved the 2012-13 general sports regulations and the sport-by-sport regulations. Of note, the start date for football practice this fall is July 30 and all other fall sports begin practice on the first Monday in August, which is August 6.

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Ohio Normal University 1902

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 14, 2012

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Once upon a time it was called the Ohio Normal University. Here's a photograph from 1902 of an eariler "ONU." The photo is from a 1902 booklet of photos titled "Ada and the O.N.U. - The New and the Old."

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Hardin County's snowy owl found dead

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 13, 2012

A snowy owl that drew birdwatchers to Hardin County from throughout Ohio in recent weeks was found dead yesterday morning according to a story in The Dispatch (Columbus).

The bird, whose photo was on the cover of The Dispatch earlier this month, appears to have starved to death, said a bird expert who examined the body.

Jacqueline Augustine, an assistant professor of biology at Ohio State University’s Lima campus, said she was alerted to the dead owl by birders who found it in the same general area where it has been spotted for several weeks.

It had been seen alive as recently as Saturday. 

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Class of 2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 13, 2012

Ohio Northern University 2012 commmencement was Sunday, May 13.

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Physicals for 2012-13 season May 14 for Ada athletes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Orthopedic Institute of Ohio (OIO) will offer physicals on Monday, May 14, for any Ada student. Ada’s time slot is 6 – 7:30 p.m. Student athletes must have a physical form filled out prior to the physical. These are physical forms in the high school office and online at OHSAA.org.

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6 ONU athletes named to All-Ohio Athletic Conference in softball

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 13, 2012

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

Seniors Cassie Gaye and Kimi Blewett, sophomore Christin Miller and freshman Kelly Sheridan were all name First Team All-OAC, junior Abbey Bensing was named to the Second Team and senior Katie Cretin was named Honorable Mention All-Conference.

Gaye was second on the team with a .405 batting average and five home runs and was third with 29 RBI and 30 runs scored.

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