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On the Ada and Hardin County calendar in September

September is a busy month in Ada and Hardin County. Here's the weekly update from the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

Harvest and Herb Festival - Sept. 15 -
6:00 a.m. Wake up downtown! 
Booths open at 9:00 a.m.  
10:00 a.m. Parade begins  
11:00 a.m. Entertainment begins. 
5:30 p.m. Chunkin Punkin contest held

County Fair calendar -

• Hancock County Fair – Findlay – Aug. 29 to Sept. 3
• Hardin County Fair – Kenton – Sept. 4 to Sept. 9
• Wyandot County Fair – Upper Sandusky – Sept. 11 to Sept. 16

Welcome back

Northern On Main welcomes  back Ohio Northern University students for the 2012-13 school year.

Kassandra Chiles, Luke Amstutz tie in Icon football week 2 contest

There was a five-way tie for first place in this week's Icon Football Contest. Jim Dillman, Kassandra Chiles, Luke Amstutz, Marc Shaner and Roger Steffan all correctly picked 13 of 15 games. 

Jim and Roger were eliminated by the first tie-breaker by picking Bluffton to win.  Marc was eliminated by the second tie-breaker by picking Ada to win by 1-7 points. That leaves two tied.

Kassandra Chiles and Luke Amstutz both picked 13 games correctly and had the same two tie-breakers.

Jane Elliott Utterback Weimer - 1996 Ada Citizen of the Year, funeral service Sept. 9

Jane Elliott Utterback Weimer, 93, of St. Marys, formerly of Ada, died at 3:15 a.m. July 26, 2012, at her residence.

She was born Dec. 27, 1918, in Frankfort, Ky., to Robert Elliott and Vercil LeCompte Utterback, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 4, 1944, in St. Marys, she married David Weimer, who survives in St. Marys.

Ross Tournament MVP as No. 12 Men's Soccer wins 4-1

By Andrew Korba

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ERIE (Pa.)--Frehshman Keegan Ross was named Tournament MVP of the Herb Lauffer Memorial as the No. 12 Ohio Northern men's soccer team defeated Centre (Ky.) by a 4-1 score Sunday afternoon in the championship game at Penn State Behrend.

The Polar Bears are now 2-0-0 on the year while Colonels fall to 1-1-0.

Ross scored two goals today and one yesterday to give him three for the tournament. He also registered an assist.

Women's Soccer: ONU battles to 1-1 draw with Case Western Reserve

By Andrew Korba

In one of the premiere matchups of opening weekend in NCAA Division III women's soccer, the No. 12 Ohio Northern women's soccer team tied No. 17 Case Western Reserve by a 1-1 score Sunday afternoon at the ONU Soccer Field.

ONU is now 0-0-2 on the season and Spartans now stand at 1-0-1.

The Polar Bears struck first in the 16th minute when sophomore Kristina Klusek blasted her second goal of the season into the right side of the net.

Senior Paige Garber picked up the assist on the play.

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