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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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Rosa E. “Rosie” Rolston 1921-2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 13, 2012

Rosa E. “Rosie” Rolston, 91 died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 3:50 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born March 17, 1921 in Ross County, Ohio to Glenn and Grace (Wilson) Bowdle and both preceded her in death.

She married Raymond D. “Whitie” Rolston on July 4, 1943 and he died on October 19, 1973. Rosie retired after 20 years of working for the US Postal Service. She was a member of the McGuffey Church of Christ.

Survivors include: 2 SONS:
Keith (Marsha) Rolston of Findlay, Ohio and Daniel (Lisa) Rolston of Louisville, Kentucky;

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Ohio Northern University engineering students compete in SAE Aero Design competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 10, 2012

A team of students from Ohio Northern University’s Smull College of Engineering competed in the Lockheed Martin / Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design 2012 competition, hosted by Georgia Model Aviators. Northern’s team finished 22nd out of 40 squads in its class during the competition, which was staged in conjunction with the SAE Aero Design East 2012 event in Cumming, Ga., April 27-29.

For the competition, each team must design, build and fly a radio-controlled model airplane that is able to take off, fly successfully and land with a payload on board. The payload is increased between flight rounds to see which team is able to lift the most weight.

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