Freshman Andrew Fox was named Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year for the 2016 men's lacrosse season, while three earned All-Conference honors announced Wednesday.
Fox was also named Second Team defense, while freshman Anthony Pavone also earned Second Team honors at midfield and freshman Steven Slagle garnered Honorable Mention honors.
Fox appeared in all 15 games for the Polar Bears forcing a team-high 36 turnovers, while picking up 42 ground balls.
Pavone appeared in all 15 games making 14 starts as a freshman. He recorded 32 points tying a team-high 28 goals while shooting a team-high 113 shots.
Margaret J. Corbet, 94, died on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 12:58 a.m. at Otterbein-Cridersville in Cridersville, Ohio.
She was born on Dec. 31, 1921, in Utica, Michigan, to George and Ada (Waldron) Wennesheimer who preceded her in death. On Nov. 7, 1942 she married Gordon R. Donnelly and he died on May 14, 1945. She later married Harry F. “Fred” Corbet on Aug. 14, 1947 and he died on January 23, 2002.
The American Red Cross can help. The Red Cross will hold a babysitter's training from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 2, in the Ada Presbyterian Church, accoding to June Zimmerman.
The course is recommended for youth ages 11 to 15. The instructor is a currently authorized American Red Cross Babysitter Training Instructor.
Zimmerman said, "The purpose is to provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for children and infants."
For the time period of April 15-30, Hardin County Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.46 inches of rain in Hardin County.
Phil Epley of Liberty Township reported 1.47 inches of rainfall during this period.
Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 1.06 inches. Rainfall for the April 15-30 time period is 0.55 inches less than the 10-year average rainfall during the same dates.
Cessna Township received 2.40 inches for the April 15-30 time period, the most of any of the township sites.
Buck Township received 0.66 inches for the April 15-30 time period, the least of any of the township sites.
L. Eloise Schick, 94, died May 10, 2016, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Jan. 2, 1922 in Allen County, Ohio to the late Chancey J. and Lulu (Doty) Spallinger.
Eloise graduated from LaFayette-Jackson High School in 1939. On June 17, 1941, she married Harold P. Schick. They celebrated over 64 years of marriage before his death on May 6, 2006.
Eloise was a hard working housewife who lived the farm life until moving into Bluffton in the early 1990s.
Joseph Suszczynski, a second-year Ohio Northern University law student in the concurrent JD/LLM program, has been selected for a Boren Fellowship to Kosovo. Boren Fellowships are an initiative of the National Security Education Program; they provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions that are critical to U.S. interests.
