FROM BLUFFTON ICON - During her inaugural address as Bluffton University’s 10th president, Dr. Jane Wood pondered a fact that many people in Yoder Recital Hall likely didn’t realize.
This year’s incoming freshmen, the class of 2022, were born in the year 2000. They have lived in a century and a world that has never known life without the internet or Google.
“So the question before us, in many ways, becomes, what does it mean to have a university education when students can hold in their hands a smartphone, which can access more information and produce more facts than our counterparts in the Middle Ages could have ever imagined?” asked Dr. Wood.
DELPHOS - The visiting Ada girls soccer team lost to Delphos Jefferson 5-1 Wednesday evening in a Northwest Conference match.
Jefferson senior midfielder Maddie McConnahea scored four goals to lead the Wildcats to victory.
The Lady Bulldogs drop to 3-9 overall and 1-4 in the Northwest Conference with the road defeat. DJ improves to 6-7 and 4-2 in league action with the win.
Jefferson led 1-0 at intermission after a breakaway goal by McConnahea.
"We had a fairly evenly-matched first half," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "
McConnahea netted two quick goals early in the second half on similar plays to build a 3-0 lead.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a tight-knit 1-0 conference affair to OAC foe Baldwin Wallace Saturday evening in Berea.
The loss snaps a seven-match win streak and moves the Polar Bears to 8-3-1 overall and to 1-1-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-5-1 on the season with a similar 1-1-0 mark in league action.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program picked up its eighth successive win Wednesday evening as the Polar Bears toppled the visiting Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets 5-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play at Kerscher Stadium.
The victory moves Northern to 8-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the OAC this season. Meanwhile, Baldwin Wallace falls to 6-4-1 on the season, including a 0-2-0 mark in league play.
Steve Stratton of Stratton Greenhouses, Bluffton, was recognized during the 2018 America in Bloom award ceremony on Sept. 29 in Lexington, Kentucky.
He was among 16 candidates nominated by candidate communities for the John R. Holmes III Community Champion Award.
This award goes to a person who goes above and beyond for their community to make their town more livable. Steve launched the downtown Bluffton petunia flower pots project and several additional flower beautification activities in the community over the years.
This year's winner was a resident of Clyde, Ohio. Stratton was recognized at the symposium as being one of the 16 nominees.
Roxanne Williams, director of corporate quality and patient safety at Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), has recently become a certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ). A CPHQ is an individual who has passed an accreditation examination developed by the National Association of Healthcare Quality.
Becoming a CPHQ means Williams demonstrates competent knowledge and understanding of program development and management, along with quality improvement concepts and other quality-related skills. Only approximately 11,000 professionals have received this certification.
Safe Haven of Hardin County Domestic Violence Center will have a bush planting in the Ada Railroad Park at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16, according to Deb Oestreich, program director.
“The bush will be in memory of those who have lost their lives to domestic violence and in honor of those who have survived,” she said.
Board members of the center will attend the ceremony, which is open to the public. The planting is in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is the month of October.
In addition to the bush planting Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta, Ada, will donate 10 percent of all meals served from 5 to 9 p.m. to Safe Haven.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Ron Zimmerly (left), president and CEO of Liberty National Bank, welcomes Mary Bowden and Charles VanDyne, to the bank’s open house on Wednesday.
LNB has been celebrating its 125 anniversary this week. Mary and Charles are directors emeriti of the bank, both having served many years as directors.
Mary, as a bank director, cut the cake for the bank’s centennial 25 years ago.
Liberty National Bank’s open house on Wednesday featured an historical display of the bank’s past, a buffet luncheon, and an opportunity for customers and business leaders to gather together.
