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Monster, Inc., 3-D showing at Ada Theatre

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 4, 2013

Monster, Inc., (rated G) in 3-D is the feature movie at the Ada Theater from Jan. 4 to Jan. 10, according to James Curlis of the theatre.

Show times and prices follow:

Friday and Saturday 7:00 & 9:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday matinee 1:30 & 4:00 PM
Daily @ 7:00 PM
All shows in 3D $6.

Click for trailer

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3rd District Court of Appeals coming to ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 3, 2013

The Ohio 3rd District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 10 a.m. in the Moot Court Room.

The oral arguments will be heard by a panel consisting of three of the court’s four judges: Richard M. Rogers, Vernon L. Preston and John R. Willamowski. The court’s fourth judge is Stephen R. Shaw. Rogers, Shaw and Willamowski are Ohio Northern University law alumni.

The court will hear one criminal case and one civil case while in Ada. The first case, State of Ohio v. Tammy M. Klein (Union County), is an appeal involving a conviction of aggravated robbery and other felony counts.

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Gilbert the snowman

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 3, 2013

Frosty and his friends showed up in Ada over the past week. Here's one of his cousins in a North Gilbert Street lawn.

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Men's basketball falls to Marietta in overtime, 65-61

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Ohio Northern men's basketball team dropped a tough road contest in overtime to Marietta by a 67-61 score on Thursday night at Bay Johnson Arena.

The Polar Bears fall to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in the OAC, while the Pioneers improve to 9-3 overall and remain perfect in conference with a 5-0 mark.

Junior Dominique Royal led Northern with 16 points.

Junior Branden Rushton scored 11 points for ONU and junior Jared Horstman added 10.

The Polar Bears held a 59-54 lead on two Rushton free throws with 1:31 to go.

The Pioneers would score the final five points of the second half, including a game tying three pointer from Jacob Owens with 26 seconds left.

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Women's basketball moves up three spots to No. 12 in latest D3hoops.com poll

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up three spots to a season high ranking of No. 12 in the latest D3hoops.com poll.

The Polar Bears received 336 votes in the poll.

DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 569 points and Washington University (Mo.) is third with 543 points.

ONU was ranked No. 24 in the first weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll, No. 17 in the third poll and No. 15 in the fourth rankings.

Ohio Northern has won 10 games in a row and has an overall record of 11-1.

Northern is also a perfect 5-0 in OAC play and sits in first place.

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2012 warmer and dryer than recent years

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Does it seem like it's been warmer this past year? Well, that's because it was. 

The overall average temperature for 2012 was three degrees warmer than 2011.  Even the average coldest temperatures of 2012 were warmer than the average coldest temperatures of the previous six years.  2012 was, in fact, warmer than any of the previous six years, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

By March we had already had a day above 80 degrees and by the end of May, we had already had our first above 90 degree day.  The warmest temperature of 2012 was 102 degrees F and occurred on both June 28 and July 6. 

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