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ONU professor, poet to open English department Fall Readers series

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Department of English Department opens its 2013 Fall Readers series with Jennifer Moore in the Elzay Gallery of Art on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

Moore, a poet and ONU assistant professor of creative writing, has had, or will have, her work published in American Letters & Commentary, The Volta, Best New Poets, Barrow Street, Columbia Poetry Review, and elsewhere.

Her criticism has appeared in Jacket2 and The Offending Adam. She holds degrees from the University of Colorado and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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ONU to host ‘Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project’ training program

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Dicke College of Business Administration and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants are hosting a three-day training program on the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project (APBP) from Oct. 13-15.

Dan Deines, CPA, the KPMG Peat Marwick professor of accounting at Kansas State University, will oversee the three-day session on APBP.

Deines has trained more than 750 teachers in 42 states and will bring with him a contingency of Kansas high school teachers who he trained in the APBP program and who have successfully used the materials in the classroom.

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Frog leg dinner at Ada VFW Saturday night

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Ada VFW Post 9381 will hold a frog legs dinner from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at the post located at 2147 State Route 235, Ada. Tickets are $12 and are available at the door. Karaoke will follow the dinner from 7 p.m. to midnight.

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Ada police trying to identify man with stolen credit card

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Mike Harnishfeger, Ada Police Chief, asks the Ada public for assistance in seeking the identity of a man who was with two women while a stolen credit card was used at several Ada and Lima businesses.

According to the police chief, On Aug. 23 a woman entered the Rich Station in Lima at 12:38 p.m. and used a stolen card to make a purchase. Then, at 1:41 p.m. also on Aug. 23, the same woman entered Menards in Lima with a black man in a white shirt, accompanied by an "overweight" woman in a pink shirt. They used the same card to make a large purchase there, according to Harnishfeger.

The trio also stopped in the Foot Locker in Lima to make a purchase.

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Robert Hill, Ada Midget Football, Community Health Professionals, golf cart contest winners

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 23, 2013

Robert Hill was the winner of the best overall decorated golf cart in this year's Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival parade. A golf cart contest was part of the parade. Hill won $50 for his prize.

Two other prizes were awarded. Each winner received $25. The Most Amusing cart prize went to the Ada Midget Football team. The Best Theme cart prize went to Community Health Professionals.

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Relay for Life 5K Glow Run rescheduled for Oct. 4

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 23, 2013

The Ohio Northern University’s Colleges Against Cancer 5K Glow Run originally planned for Sept. 20 has been rescheduled. The new event date is Friday, Oct. 4. The event was postponed due to the weather on Sept. 20.

The run will start at 8 p.m. at the Green Monster, which is the track surrounding the perimeter of the campus. The race will begin by the mud volleyball courts, east of the football field.

Registration is $15 and includes a T-shirt and glow sticks. The first 15 participants to register will receive extra glow gear. 

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