This plate is wide open, as far we can can determine. You'll find it in the ONU King-Horn Center parking area. It's on a black Dodge mini-van with a Shawnee Indians sticker on the back window.
Believe it or not, Ada had an 800-seat opera house and was able to support New York road shows some 90 years ago (1880). Players stopped here because facilities were good and the village was about midway between Pittsburg and Chicago on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Registration for ONU Camp GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) is now open. This is the 22nd year for the camp, which is designed for girls entering the 7th or 8th grade this fall and will introduce them to careers in engineering, the sciences, math, pharmacy and technology.
The fee for the four-day camp is $325, which includes all meals, housing, instructional materials, recreational activities and a T-shirt. Registration is limited to 72 girls. For more details and a registration form go to ONU.edu.
The No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team clinched at least a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title with an 86-78 victory at Muskingum on Saturday at the Steele Center.
The Polar Bears stay undefeated on the season at 21-0 overall and improve to 14-0 in the OAC.
Northern also clinched the No. 1 seed (and the double-bye that comes with it) in the OAC Tournament. ONU has a 4-game lead over Wilmington (10-4) and Baldwin Wallace (10-4) with four games left in the regular season and holds the tiebreaker over both schools.
The Ohio Northern men's track and field team took second place Saturday afternoon as it competed in the annual Joe Banks Invitational at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
Junior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) posted a new meet record in the 800-meter run, finishing in 1:54.39 to lead Northern.
In the weight throw, senior Lucas Shumate(Wapakoneta/Spencerville) took first place with a toss of 57' 6.25".
