The Ohio Northern softball team opened the home portion of its schedule with a 4-0, 2-1 sweep of Hanover College on Mondayafternoon at the ONU Softball Field.
The Polar Bears improve to 13-3 overall, while the Panthers fall to 10-8.
Junior Kaitlin Surdej (Lancaster/Central) threw a 4-hit shutout for ONU in Game 1 and sophomore Brady Guest (Convoy/Crestview) drilled a 2-run home run to lead Ohio Northern in Game 2.
Ohio Northern junior Ashley Ochsenhirt of Birmingham, Ala., has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Ashley went a perfect 2-0 in OAC play at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles this week. She went a perfect 2-0 in OAC play at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles.
The junior earned the honor for the first time this season and for the fourth time in her career.
Cold temperatures and strong winds didn’t keep kids (and their parents) from seeing the Easter Bunny on Sunday afternoon at War Memorial Park. Several hundred youngsters were greeted by Bunny and received suckers before they took off to scavenger the playground area of the park for bright-colored eggs filled with candy. Each year, the sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority hold the egg hunt in the park the Sunday before Easter. In the next photo "they're off!" (Monty Siekerman photos)
By Monty Siekerman
Shannon Brown, owner of Carol Slane Florist, suggests giving Easter lilies this week.
The store, located at 410 S. Main, also offers dish gardens of spring bulb plants, cut flowers, corsages and much more.
The flower shop is open 9-5 Monday through Friday and 9-noon on Saturday. Phone: 419-634-7910.
Here are a few tips about keeping Easter lilies: To make the blooms last longer take out the yellow anther in the center of the bloom. When the flowers finish blooming they can be planted outdoors, about 6 inches deep.
The Ada Public Library has Ancestry.com available to use (as long as you have a library card) for free. It can cost $200-$400 annually to personally subscribe to Ancestry.com. depending on the access preferred.
On Saturday, Rhett Grant, library director, gave a tutorial to those interested in learning about their family history.
Brian Humphreys, who attended, has been delving into his family genealogy since the age of 10. He has traced his family tree to the 1500s in Europe, even traveling to England and Germany to search for information.
