By Tim Glon Five members of the Ohio Northern football team were named All-North Region for 2015 in voting conducted by D3football.com.
Seniors Justin Magazine and Devon Price and junior Reed Allen were First Team selections, senior Rody Seballos was a Second Team pick and sophomore Zach Schmerge was a Third Team honoree.
Magazine, Price and Allen are now on the All-America ballot.
All five Polar Bears were named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference earlier this season.
By Monty Siekerman
A culinary demonstration and a dinner theatre are on tap at The Inn at ONU later this month.
"A Chrustmas Carol, More or Less" will be presented at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12; Friday, Dec. 18; and Saturday, Dec. 19. (Dec. 12 and Dec. 18 events are sold out as of Dec. 7.)
The Sunday brunch and theatre will be at noon on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14.
The play is a family-friendly comedy by Stephano LoVerso and Mary Irey, both SNL writers. The play will be performed by Northwestern Ohio Theatre Fraternal Association.
Does your Christmas tree have a polar bear ornament? This one does. It's a tree at the ONU College of Pharmacy. Trevor Jones, ONU photographer, shared this photo with the Icon.
Congrations to the Ada Junior High wrestling team. The team finished second place at a meet at Wayne Trace on Dec. 5. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Story and photo by Monty Siekerman
Can you find the human in this picture?
That's Jane Helser (center) standing among more than 30 cutouts that form a holiday display in her yard. Her home is located near the end of West Buckeye Avenue.
You'll remember Jane from seeing her write up and photo in The New York Times, People Magazine, Associated Press and CBS News, among other major media outlets.
The Cask Room, 127 S. Main St., Ada, will host a book signing for Ada author, Lynne Scott, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, according to Steve Bates of The Cask Room.
The event celebrates the release of the Ada author's newest book “Learning to Heel.”
Here’s a synopsis of the story:
Desperate for anonymity and perspective, fading A-list actor Michael Quinlan drives to the middle of nowhere. Searching for anything to keep him from thinking about his own problems, he stumbles upon his neighbor, Lauren Sanders, a young, gun-wielding widowed dog trainer.
Sharon R. Guthrie, 52, died Dec. 7, 2015, at Lima Memorial Health System. Sharon was born Feb. 17, 1963, in Columbus to Harold "Gus" and Norma (Shelton) Guthrie.
Sharon graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1981. She attended Bluffton College, graduated from Rhodes State College in Phlebotomy and also graduated from the Ohio State Beauty Academy, Lima. She was a manager at Ottawa Valley Group Home in Lima for 15 years. She also was owner/operator of Sharon's Sentiments, Ada, worked in sales at Town and County Furniture, Ada, and worked part-time at the Ada Flea Market for her father.
Donna June (Gossard) Klingler, 83, died at 5:23 am Monday Dec. 7, 2015, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born on Feb. 20, 1932, in Hardin County to the late Merle Everett and Roxie Mildred (King) Gossard. On March 11, 1951, she married James Howe Klingler who survives in Ada.
Donna was a member of Bethel Church of Christ. She worked at the Lazarus/Macy’s restaurant in Lima before retiring in 2007. She had worked at the Boss Glove Factory and Triplett Corporation both in Bluffton. Donna also worked at a nursing home and restaurant in Ada.
