The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will open its 2013-14 season on Sept. 11 at St. Francis (Ind.) at 3 pm.
The Polar Bears will also participate in the Oberlin Invitational on Sept. 13-15 and the ITA Central Region Championships from Sept. 20-22 in their fall season.
Northern opens its spring campaign on Feb. 1 with a visit to regional foe Kalamazoo (Mich.) at 9 am.
The Polar Bears will take on Eastern (Pa.) on Mar. 2, St. Benedict (Minn.) on Mar. 3 and Moravian (Pa.) on Mar. 4 on their annual Spring Break trip to Tampa, Fla.
The OAC season begins on Mar. 22 when Northern travels to Heidelberg for a 1 pm match.
It's not exactly a surprise, but now we have data. According to the Pew Research Center's biennial media attitudes survey, the internet is now the leading source of national and international news for Americans under age 50.
And the younger you are, the more likely you'll turn to the internet first for news.
The State of Ohio is changing the ways it measures and rates the performance of Ohio's schools and school districts. The following column, by Dr. Suzanne Darmer, Ada school superintendent, is copied from the Ada school website. It addresses those changes.
Dear Ada School Community:
Ohio is making changes to the way it measures and rates the performance of its schools and districts.
Clayton "Ted" Stephens, age 75, died on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 8:40 p.m. at his residence in Linthicum Heights, MD.
He was born on September 15, 1937 in Magoffin County, Kentucky to Ed and Leatha (Howard) Stephens and they preceded him in death. On June 26, 1960 he married Brenda Collett and she survives in Linthicum Heights, MD.
Ted retired as an electrical engineering manager from Northrop Grumman Co. Annapolis, Maryland. He was a member of the Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church. Ted was a 1956 graduate of Hardin Northern High School and a 1960 graduate of Ohio Northern University College of Engineering.
In cooperation with Ohio Rural Community Assistance Program, the Village is hosting a public meeting on Monday, August 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Community Health Professionals Building.
Ohio RCAP has asked Ada to assist them with a rural community development initiative grant application through the USDA. The uses of these potential grant funds are determined based on the needs of the individual community, and the input of the Ada community is crucial.
Uses may include development of home-ownership education, preparation of strategic planning, training tools for fundraising, find alternative funding sources, and developing child care facilities.
RIBBON CUTTING SCHEDULED AT LOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST
The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance will conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony at Love In The Name Of Christ (Love Inc.), located at 224 W. Columbus St., (the old City Building) in Kenton on Saturday, August 31 at 9 a.m.. A Grand Opening will also be held in conjunction with the ribbon cutting.
Love In the Name of Christ is a proven outreach model that helps Christian churches come together to help people in need. In essence people who have a need call the Love, INC office, an intake is completed and referrals are made to different agencies that may be able to assist.
Ohio Northern University will add both men's and women's lacrosse to its varsity sports program in the coming academic year.
Lacrosse will continue to be played as a club sport until spring 2015, when the Polar Bears will start varsity competition in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
A cooking class especially for diabetics, “Dining with Diabetes”, will be beginning Monday, September 23 at 5 p.m., in Kenton.
The class is being coordinated and taught by Kathy Oliver, OSU Extension Educator, Bernadette Coats, Hardin Memorial Hospital Certified Diabetes Educator, and Beth Hull, Hardin County YMCA.
Dining With Diabetes is a three evening cooking school and a nutrition education program. The course will teach diabetics about caring for their diabetes and how to include more physical activity into your day. A variety of main dishes, side dishes and desserts will be tried over the course of the class.
