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ONU to host Armed Forces court of appeals, open to public

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will hear oral arguments at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 at the law college. This is the court’s first time holding session at an Ohio law school.

The case will be held before a five-judge panel consisting of Judges Charles E. Erdmann, Scott W. Stucky, Margaret A. Ryan, Kevin A. Ohlson and John E. Sparks Jr.

 

This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to the first 200 attendees. Seating will be first come, first served.

 

Escape room, all the rage in theatre now

The play has ended. Its star, a beautiful actress named Vivian, graces the stage for her final bow. An adoring audience erupts in raucous applause at the sight of her. Suddenly, she jolts forward and stumbles to her knees. There is a gasp from the crowd as she falls lifelessly to the stage. The evening has come to an awful and abrupt halt. But the challenge has just begun.

This was the scene that played out before a number of Ohio Northern University students participating in “The Final Bow,” an interactive escape-room activity presented by ONU’s Theta Alpha Phi chapter on campus.

Torture expert spoke at ONU

An internationally recognized expert on human rights, Juan E. Mendez, spoke at ONU on Friday. Here, he meets with Prof. Nusta Carranza Ko of the history, politics and justice department prior to his presentation. Mendez discussed torture in the world today.

The very model of a modern Major-General

Gilbert and Sullivan's whimsical operetta "Pirates of Penzance"  will be presented at The Freed Center at 7:30 p.m. from April 6 through 9 and at 2:30 p.m. on April 8 and 9. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for faculty and staff, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students and children. The box office phone number is 419-772-1900.

Five Ada school musicial groups compete at state

Ohio Indoor Performance Assn. meet at Wapakoneta

It all comes down to this weekend.

Five Ada High School groups compete in Saturday and Sunday's Ohio Indoor Performance Association color guard state championships held at Wapakoneta High School.

In recent years Ada groups have performed very well, earning several state titles. To review Ada’s scores in the 2016-17 competitions click here.

Ada’s performance schedule follows:

First United Methodist pastor called to church near Columbus

Pastor Mary Jo Yeakel saw Ada church through a major tragedy

By Monty Siekerman
Pastor Mary Jo Yeakel, who saw a church through a major tragedy, announced to the Ada First United Methodist Church congregation on Sunday that she will be leaving to lead the Asbury United Methodist Church near Columbus.

Her last service here will be Sunday, June 18.

Rev. Gregory V. Palmer, Bishop of the West Ohio Conference, will appoint a new local pastor in time for the June 25 service.

Pastor Yeakel's new church, located just outside the beltway on the southeast side of Columbus, is about the same size as the Ada church. She is leaving because she felt a definite call from God to serve the Columbus area church.

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