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Brandon Huber wins NFL/College contest week 2

Brandon Huber is the winner of the Icon Week 2 College NLF football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge.

Huber, Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence all picked 11 games correctly.  Bollenbacher was eliminated in Tie-Breaker 1 by picking Northwestern to lose 1-3 while the other two correctly picked Northwestern to lose 4-10.  In Tie-Breaker 2 Clevidence picked Cincinnati to lose by 11 or more while Huber picked the Bengals to win by 1-3 (closer to the actual win of 18 points).

St. Mark Lutheran hosts community supper on Nov. 28.

On Nov. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church will host a community supper for all who desire a meal.

We plan to do continue this ministry on the last Wednesday evening of every month to assist those people and families who are short of funds for meals at the end of the month.

For more details call Tom Fleming (Church Council) at 491-358-4611 or Pastor Dave Coffin at 419-634-0980.

Great American smoke out held Nov. 15

Each year thousands of Americans kick the tobacco habit and participate in the Great American Smoke-Out.  Thursday, November 15 is the date that smokers will be asked to stop smoking for just one day with the hope that this will be the beginning of a new tobacco-free lifestyle.

“There are many lifestyle and health benefits to quitting smoking or using tobacco products,” says Shelly Miller, Health Educator. 

ONU’s College of Pharmacy honors three with distinguished alumni award

Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy honored three alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Oct. 31. This is the sixth year that Distinguished Alumni Awards have been presented by the Raabe College of Pharmacy.

Sen. David Burke, a 1990 graduate, Hanley Wheeler, a 1982 graduate, and Suzanne Eastman Wuest, a 1974 graduate, were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments and their contributions to ONU.

ONU alumni named Ada Distinguished Citizen of the Year

James E. Turner, a 1963 graduate of Ohio Northern University’s College of Pharmacy, former Ohio Northern University professor and former owner of Gardner’s Pharmacy in Ada, was named Ada’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year at the 47th annual Town and Gown Banquet at Ohio Northern University on Monday, Nov. 5.

“Jim embodied what we think about when the phrase ‘town and gown’ is spoken,” said Bob McCurdy, special assistant to the dean of ONU’s College of Pharmacy and longtime friend of Turner.

Here's how the Polar Bears fared last week, plus this week's schedule

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Lost 13-24 at Otterbein

   Volleyball - NCAA Tournament at Calvin - Lost 0-3 v #2 Wittenberg, 1st Round

   Men's Soccer - NCAA Tournament at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Won 1-0 v Thomas More, 1st Round; Won 3-1 at #6 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 2nd Round

   Women's Soccer - NCAA Tournament at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Tied 1-1 v RIT (N.Y.), 1st Round (advanced 4-2 on PKS); Lost 0-1 at #17 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 2nd Round

   Women's XC - 7th of 33 at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships at Anderson, Ind.

   Men's XC - 7th of 37 at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships at Anderson, Ind.

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