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How did the Polar Bears do last week, and who do they play this week?

Here's last week's sports results and this week's schedule from ONU teams. The attachment at the bottom list more details.

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Won 38-31 at Capital
   Volleyball - Lost 1-3 at Otterbein; Won 3-0 H v Capital
   Men's Soccer - Lost 1-2 at Otterbein; Won 2-1 (ot) H v Capital
   Women's Soccer - Lost 2-3 (ot) H v Otterbein; Won 1-0 at Capital
   Men's Cross Country - 13th of 34 at Oberlin Rumble
   Women's Cross Country - 22nd of 40 at Oberlin Rumble
   Men's Swimming & Diving - 4th of 8 at Kenyon Relays
   Women's Swimming & Diving - 6th of 8 at Kenyon Relays

Kiwanis spaghetti dinner at Ada school Oct. 23

Ada Kiwanis Club holds its annual spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, in the Ada High School cafeteria.

Tickets are $7 each with children 10 and under admitted free. The menu includes spaghetti, salad, bread sticks and beverages.

Tickets are on sale at:
• Liberty National Bank
• Ferguson Insurance
• Dr. Mark B. Shull's office
• Hanson-Neely Funeral Home
• and from any Kiwanis member.

Services for Jimmie Vandemark on Oct. 22

Jimmie I. Vandemark, 72, died on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at 8:44 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on Jan. 28, 1942, in Bluffton, to Irvin E. and Edna Mae (Hassan) Vandemark and they preceded him in death.

He retired from Lima Memorial Hospital in 2002 after working 35 years in the Housekeeping Department. He was a member of the Church of Christ Disciples of Ada. Jimmie was a 1960 graduate of Ada High School. 

Surviving are three sisters: Joyce Long of Ada, Janet (Lauren) Eibling of Kenton, and JoAnn (Delbert) Henry of Ada; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Edison Long.

Friday night lights

Molly Gamble and Drayson Gamble perform with the Ada High School marching band during a recent halftime show.

2001 Ada grad Melissa Retterer in the hand bag business

15 minutes with Melissa Retterer

What year did you graduate from Ada HS?
2001

What activities were you involved in at Ada HS?
I played soccer and ran track.

Where do you live now and what are you doing?
I now live in Columbus near Polaris.  I quit my job as a server over the summer to pursue my handbag business full time.

Please tell us about LuxeFunction, your custom handbag business.
The handbag business I started is called Luxe Function.  I design everything in my line for function first and then for looks. Each aspect is as important as the other. 

Dale Badertscher continues tied with cumulative lead in football contest

The winner of Week 8 of The Icon Football Contest is Ruth Johnson.  Four contestants correctly picked all 10 games this week, but Ruth was declared the winner by correctly predicting Bluffton to win by 19 or more points.

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