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Hattie Castle died at 8:36 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

She was born March 17, 1937 in Breathitt County, Ky., to Will and Junnie (Brown) McIntosh. On March 5, 1955 she married Willard Castle and he survives in Ada.

Also surviving are three sons, Roger Lee (Donna) Castle of Ada, William Brian (Julie) Castle of McGuffey and Raymond Glenn (Cherie) Castle of Ada; two sisters, Revel (Bert) Conley of Ada and Norma Jean (Hazard) Moore of Alger; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Bonnie Eversole, Wanda Lee Stevens and Myrtle Dunson.

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Santa's bag just became heavier thanks to fines paid by Ada library patrons this month.

His sack now includes:

• 93 pairs of socks
• 29 pairs of shoes
• 2 pairs of boots
• 3 pairs of gloves
• 2 hats

This is updated total including what was collected for the Ada Public Library's Feet with Fines and ONU Women/Heterick Library.

These items were donated to Helping Hands in Kenton, according to Amanda Bennett of the Ada Public Library.

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There's more than one polar bear in Ada. This one's not at ONU - rather it's riding the lawns of Ada residents during December.

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Senior Taylor Kuhlman has been named OAC Men's Basketball Player of the week for the week of December 17.

On Saturday, Kuhlman scored a career high 27 points in the Polar Bears 93-78 victory at Muskingum.

He was 8-of-11 from the field and a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw stripe.

Kuhlman also pulled down eight rebounds.

He ranks fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 8.5 ppg and is second in rebounding, grabbing 5.0 rpg.

Ohio Northern will be in action again on Wednesday when they host Otterbein at 7:30 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

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Junior Jerry Pasquale has been named OAC Wrestler of the Week.

Pasquale posted a 4-2 record which was good for a fourth place finish in the 125 pound weight class at the tough Midwest Classic.

The No. 17 Polar Bears finished seventh out of 26 teams with 72.5 points, and were the highest finishing Division III team at the tournament.

Pasquale ranks fourth on the team with 10 victories on the season.

Ohio Northern will be in action again on January 5 when they travel to face off against Washington & Lee (Va.) at 1 pm.

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Senior Tara Tokar was named to the 2012 NSCAA Women's Scholar All-American team.

This is the second consecutive that Tokat has been named Scholar All-America.

To be named Scholar All-America, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.30 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

On the year, Tokar scored two goals and registered three assists.

Ohio Northern finished the season with a 13-5-5 record and won the program's OAC Tournament Championship.

The Polar Bears also advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA III Tournament for the second consecutive season.

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