The Hardin County Courthouse is ready for the holidays. Here's an aerial view of the county building in the Kenton square. (Photo from Hardin County chamber)
The Ada Church of Christ, 316 S. Main, will hold a candlelight service at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, with Cornerstone Gospel Quartet and Peggy Richardson providing Christmas music.
The evening will begin with pastries and fellowship at 6 p.m. A free will offering will be taken.
A memorial service and celebration of life of Catherine "Kitty" Freed will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning, Dec. 17, in English Chapel. She died at her home on Nov. 25. Mrs. Freed served as First Lady at Ohio Northern from 1979 to 1999 when her husband, DeBow, was university president.
There will be a display of mementos and a video of her life of service at 10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. in English Chapel.
A video of the Freed years at Ohio Northern will be shown at 10:20 a.m.
Following the 11 a.m. service, a buffet lunch will be served in McIntosh Center. The videos of her life of service and the Freed years at ONU also will be shown during the lunch.
When do ONU students head home for Christmas break?
The colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy and Business Administration wrap up the semester with Dec. 16 as the last day of finals. Classes resume on Jan. 17, a month's break.
The College of Law works on a different academic calendar. The last day of finals for them is Dec. 9. Law classes for spring semester will begin on Jan. 5.
ONU has been on the semester system the past few years. For many years, the local university operated on the quarter system. In fact, it is said that Ohio Northern was the first university to be on the quarter system.
RAWSON - The Ada girls basketball team tipped off its campaign with a decisive 64-31 win at non-league local foe Cory-Rawson Tuesday night.
Junior Maddie Gossard led the Lady Bulldogs (1-0) with a varsity career-high 21 points. Classmate guard Teara Coulson contributed a dozen markers, and each canned a pair of three-point field goals.
The Lady Hornets fell to 0-3 with the loss in their home opener.
The Bulldogs rolled to a 30-9 halftime lead, then cruised to victory with 34 second half markers.
The ONU University Singers and Chamber Singers will present their holiday concert, “Before the Marvel of this Night,” at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Ada First United Methodist Church. The event is free and open to the public.
Celebrate the Christmas season by singing carols of the season, contemplating passages from the Gospel of Luke and listening to the musical offerings by the talented choral musicians of Ohio Northern University.
