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Lots and lots of decorated Christmas trees

20th annual Festival of Trees underway
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

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By Monty Siekerman
The 20th annual Festival of Trees at Community Health Professionals is underway with the most items ever to bid on: more than 125 holiday items from fully decorated trees to a collection of homemade doilies. The Festival, located at 1200 S. Main, is open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. throughout the week.

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the week:

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It's that season

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

Leaf pickup is underway by village employees. Everything but the kitchen sink has been thrown at us weatherwise from tornadoes one week ago, to low temperatures in the 20s, to rain, and big white flakes of snow last night. The leaves fall, the rakes come out, then village employees pick them up along the tree line throughout November.  (Monty Siekerman photo)
 

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3rd annual Reindeer Run Dec. 3

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

Two campus organizations will sponsor the third annual Reindeer Run at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, at King-Horn Fieldhouse. 

Mortar Board honorary and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will sponsor the 5k and Kid Fun Run with a $15 registration fee, which will provide two or three stuffed polar bears to be given to children at local hospitals.

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Oath of professionalism

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

At a solemn occasion, 117 third-year pharmacy students took an oath of professionalism and received white coats during a ceremony on Saturday morning at the Sports Center. Many friends and family as well as mentors of the students were on hand for the occasion at which the white coats were presented, signifying their commitment to the profession and their future patients.

Ali Alhomoud (left) with his wife, Muntaha Alnujaid, following the white coat ceremony. He is a third-year pharmacy student while she is in her first year. Both are from Saudi Arabia.

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Women's swim/dive wins first meet of season

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

 In its first dual meet of the season, the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team posted a convincing 203-59 victory over Wilmington on Friday evening at the Wilmington Natatorium.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 on the season, while Wilmington falls to 0-1.

Northern finished first in all 14 events during the meet.

The Polar Bears opened the evening with a first place finish in the 200-meter medley relay as the team of junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.), senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield), sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton), and freshman Abby Leatherwood (Loveland/Milford) won the event in 2:09.37.

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1st team academic all district

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 13, 2017

Ohio Northern seniors J.J. Fortner (Maumee/Anthony Wayne), Chris Garbig(Wilder, Ky./Highlands) and Mac Thompkins (Fairview, Pa.) were named First Team Academic All-District in men's soccer for 2017 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

All three men will now advance to the Academic All-America ballot, which will be announced on Dec. 5.

The Polar Bears finished the 2017 season with a 12-6-2 record and tied for third in the OAC with a 5-3-1 league record under 20th-year head coach Brent Ridenour.

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