October 2018

 

Preview: The Ohio Northern women's soccer program continues its pursuit of the 2018 OAC regular season title as the Polar Bears welcome in Baldwin Wallace Wednesday, October 3 for a conference affair in Ada ... Match time is set for 7 p.m. from Kerscher Stadium ... ONU has now won 17 consecutive OAC regular season matches dating back to the 2016 season when Northern won the last seven conference affairs of the campaign  ... The Polar Bears enter the midweek contest sporting a 7-2-0 overall record and a 1-0-0 league record after defeating Marietta 4-0 on the road last Saturday.

Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 is looking for snowplow drivers and will hold three hiring events to find them.

The schedule of events is as follows:
• Wednesday, Oct. 3, from noon to 6 p.m. at the ODOT District 1 office, 1885 N. McCullough St., Lima.

• Wednesday, Oct. 10, noon to 6 p.m. at the ODOT Defiance County maintenance garage, 2340 Baltimore Rd., Defiance.

• Tuesday, Oct. 16, 3 to 7 p.m. at the ODOT Hancock County maintenance garage, 1645 Lima Ave., Findlay.

Interested applicants may apply for a total of 36 temporary positions available in Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Wyandot counties.

Ohio Northern University student Colin Lombardi of Milan, Ohio, has been sworn in as president of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA).

 

The national organization represents more than 4,600 members and 92 chapters nationally, and its mission is to serve undeserved and promote minority student pharmacists. Lombardi, a fourth-year pharmacy major.

 

Beyond his academic pursuits, Lombardi is a former kicker on the ONU football team and a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

October 1964

Ada Kroger grocery store was closed.

Leo Wright was the store manager. With the closing Ada was left with the Don Lehman Supermarket in the 100 block of North Main Street and the Claude Harris IGA Foodliner at the south limits of the village.

Doyle Paugh operates a neighborhood market at 411 South Main, and John Elwood Equity store at 225 North Main Street.

Meet Ziggy, She is a 3 year old shepherd mix. She is ready for adoption.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours of operation:
Monday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. 
Tuesday and Thursday - closed 
Wedneday 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

ONU freshman goalkeeper John Lombardo has received the Ohio Athletic Conference's Defensive Player of the Week award. The freshman netminder recorded his fifth and sixth consecutive victories with a pair of shutouts against Adrian (Mich.) and Marietta, last week.

ONU forward Jenna Fuller and goalkeeper Meagan Grierson  swept the OAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors this week..

Former All-American and current senior men's cross country runner Ian McVey has been tabbed the Ohio Athletic Conference's Runner of the Week for the third time this season.

 

He was crowned the All-Ohio Championships NCAA Division III individual champion for the second straight season on Saturday in Norton, Ohio. His new career-best time of 24:23.8 eclipsed the NCAA Division III field by 11 seconds, placing him fourth overall against a multi-divisional field including NAIA and NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions.

The emergency & trauma services department of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has purchased materials for kits that assist individuals in stopping an otherwise uncontrollable bleed during an emergency. These materials include gauze, gloves, markers, tourniquets for both adults and children, and more.

The department aims to educate the community on how to utilize the kits to stop a bleed while also providing them with the resources to do so. The goal is to distribute the kits to schools across Hancock County, major businesses in Findlay and law enforcement facilities to place in officer vehicles.  

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