The Buy Ada First Committee, an ad hoc group consisting of local business people and residents, will hold the community’s first-ever cash mob on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The location, which is a prominent Main Street business, will be revealed soon.
“The Buy Ada First Committee has worked hard this year to promote the benefits that our community offers,” said Heather Cox, of the committee. “This summer we held the Music on Main that attracted several hundred people downtown for a fun summer family-oriented event.”
Six members of the Ohio Northern University athletics family will be inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, as part of ONU's Homecoming weekend.
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They will be inducted on Friday during a banquet in Ohio Northern's McIntosh Center and introduced Saturday before the ONU football game at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
Ohio Northern University dedicated Dial-Roberson Stadium’s new gate and entrance plaza, the England Gate, named in honor of alumnus Dale “Bud” England Jr., on Sept. 22.
Surrounded by family, friends and the ONU community, England, along with ONU President Daniel A. DiBiasio, introduced the new structure to the stadium. England also served as honorary team captain in the game following the ceremony.
England, who graduated from Ohio Northern in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, is the very definition of a proud Polar Bear. As a student-athlete, he gave his all to help his team. As an alumnus, he continues to do so.
Earl Grigsby, 79, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 12:57 p.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.
He was born June 7, 1933 in Hindman, Kentucky, to Timothy and Della (Sparkman) Grigsby and they are both are deceased.
He married Anas Anett Wireman on Aug. 21,1954, and she died Nov. 20, 1989.
Mr. Grigsby was a self-employed truck driver.
He attended the Freewill Baptist Church in McGuffey and was a U.S. Army Veteran serving during the Korean War. He was a life member of the VFW Post #1275 of Lima.
SURVIVORS include: 2 SONS: Earl “Eugene” (Margie) Grigsby of Spencerville and Mark D. Grigsby of Lima.
Junior Colin Burns won Medalist honors on a record-setting day as the Ohio Northern men's golf team won the Mount Union Fall Invitational Sunday and Monday at Tannenhauf Golf Course and the Alliance Country Club.
The Polar Bears (21-4) won the 7-team tournament with a 36-hole school record score of 591.
Ohio Northern also broke its 18-hole team record with a first round 286 on Sunday.
Burns shattered his own 36-hole school record with a tournament-winning 70-70—140, claiming Medalist honors by six strokes.
Mount Union was second with a 607, Otterbein was third with a 608 and John Carroll was fourth with a 611.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team competed at the ITA Central Region Championships at Washington University (Mo.) over the weekend.
Sophomore Kristin Cellentani advanced to the round of 32 in the main singles draw before falling to No. 4 seed Linden Li of Chicago by a 6-3, 7-5 score.
Freshman Christina Corbean and Taryn Strombeck won the consolation doubles.
Cellentani teamed with sophomore Brittany Miller to make the consolation doubles semifinals.
Senior Christie Gales and sophomore Michelle Tuma also made it the consolation doubles semifinals.
The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University opens its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 9. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.
The topic of the workshop will be “How to Connect, Position Yourself and Create Success” with Matt Brown and Jason Duff. This event is free and open to the public.
