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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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Ada Library breathes new life into Friends organization with membership drive

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Do you love libraries? Do you enjoy that libararies allow everyone, no matter your income or abilities, access to books, movies, computer use, kids activities and community? 

The Friends of the Ada Public Library is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the library in the Ada community. Friends help promote the library, develop activities, present special programs, and encourage reading and use of the Library.

In an attempt to revitalize the group the library is holding a Friends membership drive. Join now and any current fines will be forgiven! The first meeting of the new year will be held Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m.

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ArtSpace/Lima juried photo show opens Jan. 4

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club will present its annual juried exhibition from Jan. 4 through Feb. 16 in The Ellen Nelson Gallery at ArtSpace.

The exhibit will feature 114 total photographs: 90 photographs by 38 adult photographers and 24 photographs by 15 youth photographers. In all, 47 photographers entered 183 photographs.  Entry categories include: Animals, Architecture, Black and White, Landscape, Plants, Portraiture, Special Effects, Still Life, Miscellaneous, and Youth.

Judges for this year’s exhibit were Amy Parrish, owner-operator of Atelier in Granville, Ohio, and Jim Dawson, professional photographer in Springfield, Ohio.

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Ada Bingo set for Thursdays in January

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ada Bingo plays on Thursdays at the Alumni N-men’s Building in downtown Ada.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and game play begins at 6:55 p.m.. Ada Bingo uses new,
radio-controlled electronic machines, as well as, traditional paper packages.

Proceeds from Ada Bingo benefits the Ada Lion's Club and Ada Music Boosters.

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ONU professor developing new technique to monitor phosphorus in watersheds

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Christopher Spiese, Ohio Northern University assistant professor of chemistry, is working on the development of a new technique for measuring dissolved phosphorus in freshwaters that could introduce a new testing method that will allow for a more cost-efficient and quicker way to monitor watersheds.

Working with ONU student Joanne Berry, a junior biochemistry major from Brunswick, Ohio, Spiese reached a breakthrough in 2011 when a novel reagent (a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis) formed a yellow-green fluorescent compound in the presence of phosphate.

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