Kara Dilts of Fredericktown, earned the 2019 Catherine Freed Outstanding Senior Female Leadership and Service Award from Ohio Northern University.
Dilts, who attended Fredericktown High School, graduated from ONU this spring with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
During her college career, Dilts made a lasting impact on the campus and local communities through her work with ONU outreach efforts.
Dilts was actively involved with the “Ada Friends” program that is sponsored by ONU’s religious life program. In this endeavor, she served as a mentor for a local youth and also was coordinator of the program.
That's one large turtle. Elanor Hernandez reaches down to touch it while her sister, Evalyn, waits her turn. The two are granddaughters of Dave and Deb Retterer. The turtle was part of an exotic zoo program on June 4 as part of the summer Ada Public Library reading program.
Rob Martin, the chief and director of Hanco EMS, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), is the recipient of the Ohio Association of Community Behavioral Health Authorities’ (OACBHA) 2019 CARES Award.
This award is given annually to first responders and frontline workers who go above and beyond in helping individuals, families and their communities deal with the adverse effects of Ohio’s opiate epidemic.
Rob was nominated and selected for this award by members of the Opioid and Addictions Task Force for his tireless efforts to proactively respond to our local opioid crisis.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) have named senior baseball player Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) a First-Team CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American at the designated hitter position for the 2019 season, the national office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas is now a two-time CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America selection after receiving Second-Team accolades during his junior season in 2018. With the announcement, the senior also becomes the first player in program history to receive First-Team Academic All-America kudos.
The following traffic impacts will occur on Interstate 75 in Findlay's Lima Avenue and U.S. 68/state Route 15 beginning late Friday evening, June 7 into Saturday morning, June 8:
The northbound ramps at U.S. 68/state Route 15 at Lima Avenue on the east side of U.S. 68/state Route 15, near Cooper Tire, will reopen following construction related to a roundabout.
Registration for the ONU Swimming & Diving Fall Swim Lessons is now open. The lesson dates are Sunday evenings from September 8 through October 6.
These lessons are led by ONU students and instructors, and beginner swimmers receive one-on-one training.
"Lessons do tend to fill up quickly, so I strongly encourage registering as soon as possible if you are interested in having your kids participate," says Austin Veltman, Head Swimming & Diving Coach at ONU.
Registration form is attached for your convenience. Further information is available at their website.
