A trio of Chinese musicians will perform traditional music from their homeland during a series of upcoming performances at ONU as well as area schools and the local library. The Chinese musicians will present a concert at 4 p.m. on Feb. 19 in Presser Hall at ONU. The performance is free and open to the public.
They also will perform with the ONU Symphony at 3 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Freed Center. Tickets may be purchased by contacting the Freed Center box office.
They also will perform at 11 a.m. on Feb. 18 at the Ada Public Library. That performance is free and open to the public.
Two architects will speak on "Emerging Professional” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 in the Freed Center. The talk, which is part of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering Spotts Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.
Both speakers are with BHDP Architecture, which has offices in Columbus, Cincinnati and Raleigh, N.C.
The junior had another record breaking week for the Polar Bears (44-8 overall).
She competed in the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Big Meet on Friday afternoon in Allendale, Mich.
Richards posted the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the 1-mile run and finished second overall and was the first collegiate athlete to cross the finish line in a race that featured schools from Div. I, II and III.
Richards finished second overall in 4:47.26 in the meet and also shattered the previous Ohio Northern school record held by former Polar Bear Alison Steinbrunner by over 11 seconds.
Melia Santillanez and Elsie Allen won first place in this year’s Ada Public Library chocolate bake-off. They entered a Texas sheet cake and won one-pound of Dietsch’s chocolate.
LIMA - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for districts by finishing in the top two in a pair of freestyle events at the 14-team Div. II Lima sectionals held Saturday in the YMCA.
She will now swim at the Bowling Green districts Feb. 17-18 for a chance to advance to the state meet Feb. 22-25 at Canton.
Katayama won the 50 freestyle race and took second in the overall 100 freestyle sectional standings to pace Ada.
Several other Bulldogs qualified for the BG district meet next weekend. Junior Zach Beaschler, and seniors Andrew Ross and Andrew Robey each qualified in two individual events as well as part of two relays.
