The junior had another record breaking week for the Polar Bears (44-8 overall).
She competed in the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Big Meet on Friday afternoon in Allendale, Mich.
Richards posted the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the 1-mile run and finished second overall and was the first collegiate athlete to cross the finish line in a race that featured schools from Div. I, II and III.
Richards finished second overall in 4:47.26 in the meet and also shattered the previous Ohio Northern school record held by former Polar Bear Alison Steinbrunner by over 11 seconds.
Melia Santillanez and Elsie Allen won first place in this year’s Ada Public Library chocolate bake-off. They entered a Texas sheet cake and won one-pound of Dietsch’s chocolate.
LIMA - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for districts by finishing in the top two in a pair of freestyle events at the 14-team Div. II Lima sectionals held Saturday in the YMCA.
She will now swim at the Bowling Green districts Feb. 17-18 for a chance to advance to the state meet Feb. 22-25 at Canton.
Katayama won the 50 freestyle race and took second in the overall 100 freestyle sectional standings to pace Ada.
Several other Bulldogs qualified for the BG district meet next weekend. Junior Zach Beaschler, and seniors Andrew Ross and Andrew Robey each qualified in two individual events as well as part of two relays.
Not exactly, say Ken Collins, who took these two photos. The "water" part is accurate. This is a reflection of nearby objects in the water of the ONU pond. One is the photo right-side up, the other upside down.
Two ONU professors, Ray Person, professor of religion, and Mark Dixon, associate professor of philosophy, co-authored a chapter in the book “Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics.”
Person and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, are part of a farm coop on their farm in rural Bluffton. Dixon specializes in environmental ethics.
The farm coop has 17 families involved, plus a waiting list of persons interesting in joining it.
“We produce meat, eggs, veggies, and fruits, using organic practices and working together as a group,” Person said of the coop.
Ada fourth graders are guests at an ONU men's bball game
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Ada fourth graders in a reading incentive program were honored guests at a Saturday ONU men's basketball game.
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The reading incentive program takes place during the second quarter of school.
Fourth grade teacher Deone Rieman, reading teacher, describes it this way:
Students have an opportunity to go see a men's ONU basketball game free and receive a free t-shirt if they earned the incentive. Students also had an opportunity to have the basketball team sign their shirts after the game.
