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Ohio Northern University will host a lecture titled “Battling Hidden Hunger” by Dr. Sharon A. Norton, director of development for the Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.

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15 minutes with Sharon (Binkley) Zimmerly - Click on image to enlarge
Sharon and her husband, Phil, own Common Grounds coffee shop in Bluffton.

When did you graduate from Ada High School?
I was in the class of 2004.

What did you participate in during your years at Ada?
I was in cheerleading, show choir, band, where I played the flute, and in drama club.

Tell me about what you remember from Kindergarten.
(Long pause). Mrs. Shull was my teacher. That’s about it.

You lived in the country? Who was your bus driver?
Mrs. Dearth.

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How high can you build that tower? A student at Ready, Set, Grow Preschool, Ada, constructs one out of alphabet blocks that heads for the ceiling.

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Here's an update on Ohio Northern University athletics. An attachment at the bottom of this story provides all game stats from last week's contests.

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

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By Zaji Lieberman

Ohio Northern sophomore Ellie Gillespie was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept 23-29.

Gillespie tied a season-high with 15 kills to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 25-21, 25-11, 25-17 victory over area-rival Bluffton Wednesday night in the ONU Sports Center.

On Saturday, Gillespie recorded 12 digs and 11 kills to help Ohio Northern to a 25-15, 25-21, 25-21 win over Capital.

Against Bluffton and Capital, Gillespie had a total of 26 kills, 19 digs and 3 aces.

This year, Gillespie also was named Most Valuable Player at the ONU Invitational.

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Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will present the 2013 Carhart Program on Legal Ethics on Monday, Oct. 7, at 11:15 a.m. in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room.

The program will feature Madhavi Sunder’s presentation “From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property Law Beyond Efficiency” and Jon Garon’s “To Promote the Progress: Incentives, Exclusives, and Values to Build a More Perfect Creative Culture.”

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