The group Another Round will headline a concert at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, in the McIntosh Center Bear Cave at Ohio Northern University. The concert is part of the “History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1960s” course this fall, which explores history through the lens of rock music. The concert is free and open to the public.
Faculty members Tom Hunt, Rebecca Casey and Ray Schuck, along with vocal group Opus 4, will perform prior to Another Round taking the stage.
The Ohio Northern University Opera Workshop will present an evening of opera scenes and arias at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Presser Hall Snyder Recital Hall.
The scenes and arias will be staged and costumed. Micah Graber, adjunct voice faculty member, will be directing the performance and Chris Gray will be the accompanist.
Mozart, Bernstein, Nicolai, Puccini and Floyd are some of the composers who will be represented. The evening’s entertainment is free and open to the public.
During the ONU men’s soccer game on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. vs. Muskingum, the ONU team will be sell pink ONU soccer shirts.
The players will wear the shirts during pregame. Shirt prices are $20 for students and $25 for adults.
The team is accepting donations all week as well as before the game and at halftime.
All proceeds from shirt sales and from donations will go to the Breast Cancer
Research Foundation in the name of Alex Paulino, wife of ONU Assistant Coach,
Cayleb Paulino who was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer.
For more information or questions contact: Jennifer Kolb at [email protected].
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team finished second out of 16 teams at the WTLW-TV Quiz Whiz held this week at WTLW in Lima.
On Tuesday, the upper bracket field was reduced from eight teams to two. In the opener, Ada scored an opening round win over Bath by one question. In the second round, the Bulldogs bested Celina to advance to the semifinals.
In the second night of competition, Ada defeated Versailles to advance to the final match, facing St. Mary’s High School. St. Mary’s had advanced to the finals by winning both of their matches in the Wednesday lower bracket matches. The lower bracket was also a field of eight.
Vancrest of Ada hopes that youngsters will add their new facility on their Halloween route on Thursday, Oct. 27. Trick or treat time there is from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
"Our residents are very excited to enjoy the costumes and give the kids loads of candy," said Randy Cox, administrator.
Vancrest, which opened this year, is located at 600 W. North Ave. across from the Ada Schools.
