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The ONU Wind Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. onSaturday, Feb. 25 in the Freed Center.

The ONU Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Thomas A. Hunt, will present “Raising the Bar,” a program of challenging music for winds and percussion, including works by Persichetti, Barnes, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gordleli and Dvorak.

The program features the ONU Dance Company, choreographed by Liz Cozad, lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, as well as student soloists Maggie Bittner, a senior music education major from Perrysburg, Ohio, and Jessica Wise, senior music performance major from Troy, Ohio.

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The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the Mount Union Raider Tune Up Meet hosted by Mount Union in Alliance on Saturday .

The meet is comprised of nine schools .Field events and track events are set to begin at noon. Northern made its debut in the fourth weekly USTFCCCA top-25 power rankings, coming in at No. 24 .

Senior Lucas Shumate and sophomore Ian McVey both posted first place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team at the All-Ohio Championships. 

Buy yours now at Gallery for the Arts

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Going...going...almost gone...and not to be reprinted.

Less than a dozen Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival inaugural posters remain for sale. When they are gone, that's it.

Posters are available, why supply last, at Gallery for the Arts, 115 S. Main St., Ada.

Melissa Eddings Mancuso, an ONU associate professor art, designed and printed  posters for the inaugural event held Feb. 4.

Melissa estimated she spent 60 hours designing and printing the 8-color poster which is a little more than a foot wide and a foot and a half high.

Taylor Wohlgamuth donates stuffed polar bears; also donated to Hardin Memorial

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Taylor Wohlgamuth, a senior psychology major from Ohio Northern University, donated stuffed polar bears to the pediatrics unit at Lima Memorial on Feb. 16.
 
The donation was part Taylor’s involvement in Mortar Board, a national honor society recognizing college seniors for their exemplary scholarship, leadership and service.

Funds were raised through the Reindeer Run, a Christmas-inspired 5K on Ohio Northern’s campus.
 
“My goal was to do something that would help put a smile on the face of children,” stated Wohlgamuth. She felt the local hospitals would be a great outlet to do this. 

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ReStore Community Center, 210 N. Main St., Ada, will host a special meal to benefit Linda Dearth, store manager. The meal is Crock pot Tuesday, Feb. 21, with serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Persons with questions may call ReStore at 419-558-1015.

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Sidney Faine, 2016 Ada High School grad, is on the Defiance College honors list.

The honors list is for students achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and enrolled in 6-11 semester hours for which letter grades are given.

 

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