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The Ohio Northern baseball team recorded 13 hits on Tuesday afternoon on its way to defeating Olivet (Mich.) 13-2 at Wander Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 27-11 overall, while the Comets fall to 10-25.

Last day of school closing in, but there's still lots of learning going on

It's May and the school-year countdown is underway. Here's a listing of all the event taking place in Ada Elementary between now and the last day of the school year.

Wednesday, May 2 - 5th grade cyber safety discussion
Thursday, May 3 - 4th grade field trip to Armstrong Air and Space Museum
Thursday, May 3 - Elementary Art Show (5:00-6:30 p.m.)
Friday, May 4 - Reading Carnival
Monday, May 7-8 - Kindergarten Screening
Monday, May 7 - 1st grade field trip to Findlay

But the competition was tough: Notre Dame, Valparaiso and Purdue-Kokomo

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Where can you
* play football on a hardwood floor
* be guaranteed no broken bones or concussions
* have no restrictive NCAA or OAC rulebooks to follow, any infractions of which will send you directly to Hell? (But there are rules.)

The place: ONU’s King-Horn Gym. The time: Each April for the past four years. The event: Robot Football. (We’ll tell you who won late in the story, not the hometown team.)

Retiring from the Ohio Northern faculty are (from left) Jon Smalley, professor of civil and environmental engineering; Ray Schuck, assistant professor of history, director of museum studies, collections specialist; Paul Nutter, associate professor of manufacturing technology; John Lomax, professor of history; Kevin Hill, professor of law.

The ONU law school has received an A- ranking for “Best Law Schools for Practical Training” in the spring edition of PreLaw magazine, placing the college in the top third of the nation’s law schools. 

 

The PreLaw magazine rankings are based on experiential learning opportunities. Taking data from the American Bar Association and individual law schools, PreLaw looks at five categories: legal clinics, externships, simulation courses, interschool competitions and “other.” 

Apollo Career Center's Floral Shop will begin its annual flower sale Tuesday, May 8, and run through Friday, May 11. The shop will be open daily 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. The greenhouses are full of annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets, and the shop has a large assortment of silk arrangements and collectibles just in time for Mothers' Day.

Apollo is located at 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima.

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