By Monty Siekerman
Under gray November skies for the past two days, Tom Lehman has been placing many America flags near the goalposts of the football field at War Memorial Park.
Incredibly, each flag represents one thousand U.S. men and women who have died in military service over the years to protect our freedoms. He does this now because of the upcoming Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in recognition of the many Americans who gave their all.
By Monty Siekerman
Ohio Governor-elect Mike DeWine has many connections to Ohio Northern University, including:
• DeWine received his JD from the ONU law school in 1972.
• While a law student, DeWine participated in the Moot Court program and was the vice president of the Student Bar Association.
• By the time he attended law school, he was married with children.
• He received Distinguished Alumni Award from the law school in recognition of his legal service in 1985.
• Received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1995.
• Delivered the commencement address at the 2008 and 2017 law commencements.
From left: Beelal Hasan, Levi King, Jacob Westerkamp, Jimmy Walkinshaw.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer program landed four student-athletes on the 2018 All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams voted upon by the league's 10 head coaches.
Sophomore forward/defender Beelal Hasan topped the Polar Bear honors as he was awarded First-Team All-Conference accolades for his efforts at the forward position this season.
The No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern women's volleyball team will face No. 18 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the 2018 NCAA III Tournament in the Grand rapids, Mich., Regional, hosted by No. 1-ranked Calvin (Mich.) ... The Polar Bears enter the NCAA Tournament with a 22-7 overall record and won the OAC's automatic bid to the tournament by winning the OAC Tournament title last Saturday ... Northern is the No. 5 seed in this year's NCAA Tournament and UWW is the No. 4 seed ...
Saturday's contest is the 10th and final game of the 2018 season for Ohio Northern. ONU is 536-496-36 in 124 seasons of play, a winning percentage of .518. It is also the annual Bendekovic Bowl battle between ONU and HU. ONU is fifth in the 10-team OAC with a 4-4 league record and has clinched an upper division OAC finish for the 22nd time in the past 23 seasons.
Buckeye Gamers in Flight will host a game day for all ages from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Ada Public Library. “Wings of Glory” and other games will be played.
