Not only did Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Ohio Northern on Jan. 11, 1968, but his widow and two of his children came to campus in the 1990s.
Dr. King died in Memphis on April 4, 1968, less than three months after his address in Ada. It is said that his ONU talk was his last on a college campus.
Coretta Scott King came to Ohio Northern on Jan. 21, 1993. She died Jan. 30, 2006.
A daughter, Yolanda, was at Ohio Northern in January, 1992. She died Aug. 15, 2007.
Another daughter, Rev. Bernice A. King, spoke in ONU's chapel on Jan. 13, 1994.
Visiting McComb scored the last 10 points of overtime to pull out a comeback 58-50 victory over Ada in a hard-fought girls basketball battle Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs fell to 5-7 overall with the difficult defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Panthers improved to 5-7 with their fifth consecutive win. "If you can't rebound, you can't win," said Ada head coach Bill Taflinger. "We have to win the close games. We just didn't come up with the key rebounds when we needed to."
Sophomore Ryan Bruns had a double-double to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 91-85 victory at Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at the Rec Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-7 overall and stay in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-2 record, while the Muskies fall to 10-5, 4-4.
Bruns scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead five ONU players in double figures in scoring.
Junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) and sophomore Jenna Dirksen (Dayton/Carroll) powered the No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team past Muskingum 96-73 Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears remain perfect and move to 15-0 overall and 8-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Muskies fall to 8-7, 4-4.
Bullimore poured in a season-high 21 points and grabbed a game-best eight rebounds, while Dirksen added 20 points and four rebounds to lead Northern offensively.
Junior Lindsey Black (Urbana/Graham) and senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) chipped in 16 and 15 points, respectively.
Dora Deane “Deane” Faine, 87, died Jan. 14, 2017, at Good Samaritan Care Center in Arlington, Ohio. Deane was born Oct. 6, 1929 in Findlay to Clarence and Blanche (Abbott) Wells who preceded her in death.
Deane was a secretary at Cooper Tire for 42 years before her retirement. She enjoyed antiquing, attending garage sales, sports of every kind, boating, skiing and spending time with her grandchildren.
The Ohio Northern Nursing Without Borders will make a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in May. To learn more about how these students will help those in the Dominican, search gofundme.com, then type in Ada, Ohio. You can also donate to the service project at that site. So far, $850 out of a goal of $1,500 has been raised.
