ONU women’s tennis team was in California and the men’s team in South Carolina over spring break. Here’s an update on both team’s play last week.
Women’s tennis
WHITTIER & TORRANCE, Calif. — Senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) surpassed the 100 career victory plateau and posted a 4-0 record Thursday, guiding the Ohio Northern women's tennis squad to 8-1 and 7-2 wins over Rio Hondo (Calif.) CC and El Camino (Calif.) CC, respectively, to conclude the program's 2019 Spring Break trip.
Ochsenhirt is now 101-39 in three seasons at Ohio Northern after transferring from Mississippi College following her freshman campaign.
ONU softball and baseball teams have tuned up for the spring season after a week of play in Florida. Here's a Florida update.
Softball
PLANT CITY, Fla. — Junior catcher/infielder Gabby Stewart (Union, Ky./St. Henry) became the 39th player in Ohio Northern softball history to eclipse the 100 career hit mark Thursday afternoon, leading the Polar Bears in a heartbreaking 10-9 loss to Penn St.-Behrend and a six inning, 14-2 loss to WPI (Mass.) in the 2019 Sunkissed Games.
The Ohio Department of Transportation released searchable spreadsheets that give detailed numbers on what each Ohio county and municipality would receive based upon the proposed increase in the motor vehicle user fee called for in the department’s proposed 2020-21 budget.
Ohio's cities, villages, counties, and townships would receive about 40 percent of the funding.
The amount municipalities receive is based on the number of motor vehicles registered in each municipality. Townships see their funds distributed based on both the number of center-line roadway miles and vehicle registrations.
Duo Montagnard, consisting of Joseph Murphy on saxophone and Matthew Slotkin on guitar, will present a concert featuring original repertoire for those two instruments at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in Presser Hall at Ohio Northern University. The performance is free and open to the public.
The duo formed in 2002 and has performed more than 300 concerts in all 50 states and 20 countries.
The newly-elected board chair of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance, says it is all about giving back to the community.
He assumed the role as board chair during the annual meeting of the organization held in McIntosh Center in February.
Miller, vice president commercial lender at Liberty National Bank, started listing his involvement in his various communities (including Ada, Allen East and Hardin County), and the Icon could hardly write a quickly as Miller talked.
Soroptimist International clubs of Kenton/Hardin County and Hancock County Area's annual banquet will be in McIntosh Center on Thursday, March 21.
The Rev. Dr. Marian Hatcher of the Cook County, Illinois, sheriff’s office, is the featured speaker. The dinner is in recognition of Celebration of Women in honor of Women's History Month.
The event spotlights the mission of Soroptimist to improve the lives of women and girls by recognizing winners of various educational and community awards.
Marian Hatcher
Rev. Dr. Hatcher is a pioneer in the fight against the demand driving sexual exploitation.
It was a great week for ONU track and field athletes. Here's the update.
Women
BOSTON, Mass. — Junior All-American Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) earned All-America honors for the second time in her career, finishing seventh in the pole vault, to lead Ohio Northern on Friday evening at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Senior Avery Ewing (Kokomo, Ind./Eastern) finished fifth in her heat and 12th overall in the 800-meter dash in 2:16.96, while junior Allison Stevens (Naperville, Ill./Central) was 12th in the pole vault by clearing 3.70 meters.
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center recently received initial accreditation for the newly developed Internal Medicine Residency Program.
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Next Accreditation System and the policies set forth in its Policies and Procedure Manual, all accredited programs are being reviewed annually by their relevant Review Committee.
At its Jan. 25, 2019 meeting, the Review Committee for Internal Medicine reviewed the program and granted Mercy Health – St. Rita's Medical Center Initial Accreditation.
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
It seems like everyone is “detoxing” or "doing a cleanse” these days. But are these diets actually safe? Do they work?
Detoxification has been suggested as a way to remove toxins from the body, give you more energy and help you lose weight. However, "detoxing” has not been found to help remove toxins from the body or improve health, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Your body does a great job of detoxing itself. That's what your kidneys and liver are for. These organs work to remove waste from the body without any extra help.
