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Live life to the fullest

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 25, 2017

I have a relative, a friend, and a preacher-man acquaintance, all with a neurological disease: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy. No wonder I found myself in a doctors office reading a book about artists with one of these neurological conditions. The point of this article is to encourage those who have a progressive disease, neurological or otherwise, not to give up, test your talents, and live life as fully as possible every day. Even if you yourself don't have such a condition, you probably know someone who does.

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It’s five straight wins for ONU men

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, January 25, 2017

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's basketball team ran its winning streak to five games and stayed in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an 86-75 victory over Mount Union at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (10-7, 8-2) had five players score in double figures, led by senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) with a game-high 23 points.

Junior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) scored 14 points, sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and senior Konnor Baker (Ada) and junior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson) chipped in 11 points each for ONU.

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9th-ranked ONU women stay undefeated

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, January 25, 2017

By Tim Glon

The No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team stayed undefeated on the season with a 73-60 victory at Mount Union at The MAAC on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears extend their program-best start to a season to 17-0 overall and are 10-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Purple Raiders fall to 9-8, 4-6.

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Lady Bulldogs fall at Gophers

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

RIDGEWAY - Host Ridgemont rode strong offensive rebounding and a big third period run to break open a close game and defeat Hardin County rival Ada 65-55 in a girls basketball battle Monday night.

The Lady Bulldogs fell to 6-9 overall with the defeat. Meanwhile, the board-banging Lady Golden Gophers improved to 13-5 by out-rebounding Ada 44-27 to post the win.

"We got killed on the glass," said Bulldog head coach Bill Taflinger. "That was the difference in the game, basically."

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Dog tag deadline: Jan 31

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The dog shelter will be open extended hours so people can buy dog tags before the Jan. 31 deadline.

The shelter, on Jones Road west of Kenton, will be open until 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday this week and Monday and Tuesday next week.

Tags cost $16. Beginning Feb. 1 tags will cost $32 and/or a citation can be issued, according to Tammy Ervin, dog warden.

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All the jazz in Presser Hall Thursday at 8 p.m.

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Gene Parker, on the jazz faculty at ONU jazz player in Toledo has been making his efforts to spread jazz to ONU.

At 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, in Presser Hall, he performs with his son Ray Parker, Nitzan Gavrieli and Anthony Pinciotti from New York City. This is free and open to the public.

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