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Fire training

Members of the Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department conducted a training session dealing with anhydrous ammonia earlier this week. It is a colorless and highly irritating gas with a sharp and suffocating odor. It has several agricultural uses. (Photo from Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department Facebook)

Auction on tap to help less fortunate

The College of Law will host its 23rd annual Public Interest Auction at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 31 in law building. The auction includes a range of goods and entertainment offerings.

Among items that have already been donated are golf outings, paintball tickets, gift certificates for area restaurants, gift packages, bowling and other entertainment packages, overnight hotel stays, Columbus Clippers and Cleveland Browns tickets and a Kindle Fire.

Rebecca Carman and Maddy Reed lead Women's Track & Field at Cedarville Invitational

ADA — Senior Rebecca Carman (Bellefontaine) and sophomore Maddy Reed (Lucasville/Piketon) each posted second place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field teams at the Cedarville Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improve to 22-3 on the season.

Northern finished fourth in the team standings with 61 points.

In the pole vault, Reed posted a second place finish with a leap of 11' 10.00".

Junior Kelly Wollenslegal and freshman Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) both tied for sixth in the pole vault with a vault of 10' 4.25".

Matt Molinaro leads Men's Track & Field on final day of Raleigh Relays

Junior Matt Molinaro won the 800-meter run in a Div. I-dominated field to lead the Ohio Northern men's track and field team on the final day of the Raleigh Relays.

Molinaro won the race in 1:49.30 and claimed the event to lead ONU. 

The junior currently owns the fastest time in the country in the event by nearly three seconds.

Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) also competed for ONU in the javelin. 

The senior posted a ninth place finish with a throw of 47.47 meters.

ONU OAC Players of the Week

Emily Richards---Women's Outdoor Track

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) has been named the Women's Outdoor Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 19-25.

Richards turned in another record setting performance as she competed in the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.

On the first day of the invitational, Richards broke the school record, ran the fastest time nationally among Div. III athletes, and ran the tenth fastest time in Div. III history in the 1,500-meter run in 4:23.21.

Richards finished sixth overall in the Div. I-dominated field.

Liberty Belles & Boys 4-H Club meeting report

Liberty Belles & Boys 4-H Club held their first meeting of the 2017 season on Tuesday, March 21. 

There were 3 advisors and 22 members in attendance.  The meeting included playing games that helped the members learn each other's names. 

The club also voted on their 2017 Officers.  They are as follows: Colin Nash/President, Melina Woods/Vice-President, Selena Gomez-Jordan/Secretary, Megan Light/Treasurer, Andrew Rorabaugh/Health Leader, Jackson Brown/Reporter, Kiley Bailey/Photographer, Morgan Dirmeyer, Jack Baumgartner, & Wes Allen/Recreation, Tess Griffith/Citizenship, and Kylie Nash/Safety Leader.​ 

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