April 2013

By Jeni Kmic

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team clinched a share of the OAC regular season championship with a 9-0 win over Capital on Wednesdat afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears are now 14-4 overall and 8-0 in the OAC, while the Crusaders drop to 11-4 overall and 6-1 in the OAC.

This is the Polar Bears third OAC regular season title in the last four seasons.

Northern can clinch the OAC regular season championship outright with a win over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at the University Courts at 1 pm.

In doubles play, the No. 1 duo of senior Joey Frank and junior Do Thai won 8-4.

President Myrna McCurdy called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club on order at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at McIntosh Center, ONU.

The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.

Joyce Barge was welcomed as a guest.

The birthday of member Heather Cox on April 27 was noted.

The membership anniversaries of Dustin Brooks (April 24, 2009) and David Dellifield (April 28, 2009) were also noted

Sharon MacKenzie mentioned that she attended the U.S. citizenship ceremony in Findlay last week. She noted that it was a very impressive ceremony.

In business:

Deb Schwaiger, a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) in the Ohio Northern University Health Center, has received the Affiliate New Professional Award from the American College Health Association (ACHA). ACHA is a national nonprofit association that represents the interests of college health professionals and the campus communities they serve.

Presented for the first time in 2002, this award recognizes ACHA members who have provided service to the field of college health for three years or less and who have made significant contributions to their institutions and/or affiliate. Schwaiger is a member of the Ohio College Health Association, an ACHA affiliate.

Ohio Northern University’s National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Team won the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) third annual Innovative Student Business Plan competition at the 135th OPA Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, on April 13.

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's tennis clinched clinched a share of the OAC regular season championship with a 9-0 victory at Capital on Tuesday afternoon at the Capital Tennis Courts.

The Polar Bears are now 22-4 on the season and 8-0 in OAC play, while the Crusaders fall to 7-10, 4-4.

Northern can clinch its third consecutive OAC regular season title and the top seed in the OAC tournament outright, with a win over Muskingum on Saturday at the University Courts at 1 pm.

The Polar Bears have all ready clinched a home match in the OAC tournament quarterfinals that will be played Wednesday, May 1, at 3:30 pm.

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The first-ever Ohio Northern University women's soccer spring alumni game and Team Brady benefit was a success.

The women's soccer alumni turned out in fantastic form with classes from 1996 to the most recent 2012 alums represented. The game itself also ended up being a fun and competitive event. A special thanks goes out to everyone that came out to support Team Brady and and the women's soccer efforts.

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Here's a first for Ada - our own player on a professional football rookie card.

Vicki Wolke was Ada's first resident to picked up the card at Wal-Mart, which shows Ada's own Zac Dysert. "You have to buy an entire pack of cards to make certain you get one with Zac in it. The 100-card pack costs $19.99," she said. Adding, "It was worth it."

The front of the card shows Dysert is a passing photo. The flip side reads:
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By Don Traxler
Bowling Green State University Junior Wide Receiver Heath Jackson is still recovering from last fall's knee surgery and did not participate in spring practice and the cold Friday night spring game recently at Doyt L. Perry Stadium. 

He expects to be ready to go full-steam-ahead in fall camp. With him is the Orange Team Honorary Coach BGSU Provost Rodney Rogers. Dr. Rogers, a Kenton High School and Ohio Northern University graduate and then ONU Business College faculty member and Ada resident, coached the Orange team to a 34-7 victory. 

Lots of activites take place in late April in the Ada Schools. Here's a update on several of those events, taken from the school website.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

April 24th Red Cross Blood Drive
April 26th Interims sent home at the end of the day
April 27th Grand March at 7:00pm, Prom 8:00 – 11:00 & After Prom 11:00- 2:00
April 29th May 1st & May 3rd 8th Grade OAAs
April 30th 2 Hr Early Dismissal for Teacher-In-Service
April 30th & May 2nd 7th Grade OAAs

Check the extreme temperatures of April. Here’s the past seven day high and low readings, provided by Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer.

Date  High Low     Prec.
16       62    49         0.55
17       66    45         0.02
18       81    46         0.03
19       69    34         0.42
20       60    30
21       50    25
22       66    29

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