John Berg was given an assignment: sell 20 tickets to the Kiwanis Pancake supper in Ada. Sounds simple enough, but not if you are spending a couple of months in Florida. The retired education prof did his best, trying to hawk tickets at a Florida Walmart, even a Methodist Church down there? Despite his meager sales, the club surprised him with a caricature for his efforts. The drawing was done by Kory Hubbell, an Ada grad who now lives in Columbus.
By Monty Siekerman
Pi Phi sorority members from BGSU cheer on 23 of their sisters during the Bikes for Tykes three-day ride from south of Dayton to Bowling Green.
Why?
To raise more than $110,000 for the Children's Miracle Network and the BGSU Dance Marathon. At the end of the second day, the 140 bikers slept on the floor of the Ada High School gym.
Amy Hall gives a sack of unused, unwanted medicine to Sheriff Keith Everhart on Saturday. More than 200 vehicles passed through the Drug Take-back sites in Ada, Forest, and Kenton where volunteers collected hundreds of pounds of unused prescription and over the counter medications for disposal.
The event was a cooperative effort of the North Central Ohio Solid Waste District, Hardin Memorial Hospital, The Hardin County Sheriff's Office, the Forest Police Deptment and the Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy.
Spring and birds: both feathered and non-feathered kinds. For bird watchers, the non-feathered bird is readily identified by its contrail. (Photos by Ken Collins)
ONU's nursing program is making the grade in its ability to successfully prepare students for rewarding careers. RegisteredNursing.org recently ranked ONU’s nursing program as second among 84 programs in the state.
The ONU nursing program, which began in 2005, currently enrolls 121 students in the bachelor’s degree curriculum.
The ranking analyzes several factors and is based largely on first-time passage rates on the NCLEX-RN exam. College graduates need to pass the NCLEX exam to become practicing registered nurses (RN). At the time the analysis was conducted, 2014 was the most recent year in which passage rates were published by the state, according to the survey.
