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Campus decked out in pre-finals finery

The Ohio Northern University Art & Design Facebook page shared this closeup of campus covered in blooms. Hopefully such views lighten the load of students as they prepare for spring semester finals, May 9-13.

May 14 plant sale hosted by Hardin County Master Gardeners

The Hardin County Master Gardeners will host their 17th annual plant sale from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 14. The sale will go on--rain or shine--at the Friendship Gardens of the Hardin County, located behind the old HARCO Workshop Building, 960 W Kohler Street in Kenton.

Signs will indicate where parking is available at the garden. 

In addition to plants and garden items supplied by the Hardin County OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, there will also be

Hardin County Men’s Garden Club

Star Farms Native Plants

"To Be Heard..." Chamber Symphony concert May 6

The ONU Chamber Symphony will present their spring concert "To Be Heard..." at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6 on the main stage of the Freed Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University.

The program features Ives’s "The Unanswered Question," Stravinsky’s "Suite for Small Orchestra," Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Danse Negre," Granados’s "Danze Esplanada" and concerto pieces featuring flute and soprano.

TICKET PRICING:

$10 - Adults
$5 - Seniors/Students/Children

The program will also be livestreamed at https://livestream.com/accounts/7709787

Public Auction of farmland and woods

A public auction has been announced for 7 p.m. on Monday, May 23. It will include 148.8 +/- acres of farmland and woods located in section 19 of Monroe Twp. in Allen County, OH.

The farms are located North of Cairo. The auction location is the Columbus Grove American Legion Hall at 412 Plum St., Columbus Grove, OH 45830. The properties are offered in three individual parcels as well as a combination.

The auctioneer is Siefker Real Estate & Auction Co.

Ada softball seeded sixth in sectional

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School varsity softball team was seeded sixth at the Elida district Div. IV sectional drawing Sunday.

The Lady Bulldogs (3-11) will host eighth-seeded Arlington (3-10) Monday, May 9 at 5 p.m. in the sectional first round.

The winner advances to visit third seed Leipsic (10-4) Thursday, May 12 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m.

The district semifinals and finals will be at Elida May 17/20.

Wayne Trace was seeded first out of 13 teams. North Baltimore was second, and Bluffton fourth.

ONU president talks about career, future trends

Ohio Northern's Administrative Staff Council hosted an informative talk from ONU President Dan DiBiasio on Thursday, April 21.

DiBiasio is currently the longest tenured Ohio private college or university president and is set to retire at the end of June 2022. He spoke to an attentive audience about the five biggest changes he has witnessed over his 46-year career in higher education, and proposed future trends to watch for in the years to come, before answering audience questions.

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