The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a tight-knit 1-0 conference affair to OAC foe Baldwin Wallace Saturday evening in Berea.
The loss snaps a seven-match win streak and moves the Polar Bears to 8-3-1 overall and to 1-1-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-5-1 on the season with a similar 1-1-0 mark in league action.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program picked up its eighth successive win Wednesday evening as the Polar Bears toppled the visiting Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets 5-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play at Kerscher Stadium.
The victory moves Northern to 8-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the OAC this season. Meanwhile, Baldwin Wallace falls to 6-4-1 on the season, including a 0-2-0 mark in league play.
Steve Stratton of Stratton Greenhouses, Bluffton, was recognized during the 2018 America in Bloom award ceremony on Sept. 29 in Lexington, Kentucky.
He was among 16 candidates nominated by candidate communities for the John R. Holmes III Community Champion Award.
This award goes to a person who goes above and beyond for their community to make their town more livable. Steve launched the downtown Bluffton petunia flower pots project and several additional flower beautification activities in the community over the years.
This year's winner was a resident of Clyde, Ohio. Stratton was recognized at the symposium as being one of the 16 nominees.
Roxanne Williams, director of corporate quality and patient safety at Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), has recently become a certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ). A CPHQ is an individual who has passed an accreditation examination developed by the National Association of Healthcare Quality.
Becoming a CPHQ means Williams demonstrates competent knowledge and understanding of program development and management, along with quality improvement concepts and other quality-related skills. Only approximately 11,000 professionals have received this certification.
