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Tate Humphrey, Carter Paul have career days as Football tops Marietta 56-14; Head Coach Dean Paul gets 100th career coaching win

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

By Tim Glon

Seniors Tate Humphrey and Carter Paul had career days, leading Ohio Northern to a 56-14 football victory at Marietta Saturday afternoon at Don Drumm Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in Ohio Athletic Conference in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers fall to 0-6, 0-5.

The victory was also the 100th career coaching win for ONU head coach Dean Paul. In 14 seasons, Paul now has a 100-39 career record. He is 60-27 in nine seasons as Ohio Northern.

Humphrey completed 14 of 21 passes for a career-high 271 yards and 3 TDs and Paul ran 23 times for a career-high 121 yards and three scores.

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Gone but not forgotten

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

This Cat's Paw figurine of the old Ada High School brings back memories. Did you attend school in this building?

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"Ashfall" author visits Ada High School

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

Author of the popular young adult book "Ashfall,"  Mike Mullin, will speak at Ada High School  on Tuesday, Oct. 16, during Teen Read Week.

According to Chanda Smith, high school media specialist, Mullin will speak in a high school assembly at 8:45 a.m. He will also visit with students in a high school science class.

Mullin wrote his first novel in elementary school and has been writing more or less non-stop ever since. "Ashfall" is his first published novel. He holds a black belt in Songahm Taekwondo. He lives in Indianapolis.

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It's "cash mob" day in Ada - here's the details

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 15, 2012

The secret’s out. The Buy Ada First Committee, planning the community’s first-ever cash mob, this week announced the location of the event.

The cash mob takes place at one of Ada’s most prominent retail businesses, Reichert’s, 111-113 S. Main St., from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16.

“Fred Reichert welcomed our invitation to host this first-ever event of its kind in Ada,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee. “We hope this will be the first of several more cash mobs held in Ada during the next 12 months.”

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Bill Edwards wins Icon football contest for week 8

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 14, 2012

The winner of Week 8 of The Icon Football Contest is Bill Edwards who correctly picked all 15 contests this week.

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Turner girls dormitory

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, October 13, 2012

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Here's a post card showing Turner Hall, girls dormitory at Ohio Northern University, Ada. Can you determine the model of vehicle parked on the far left corner?  The post card is from 1945 and is from the collection of Leland Crouse of Ada.

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