The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance and the Buy Ada First Committee will kick off the holiday season with the 25 Days of Christmas Buy Local Contest.
The contest will begin on Monday, Nov. 24, and will run through Thursday, Dec. 18. Beginning Nov. 24, each time you spend money at a participating business you’ll get signed up to win a $500, $200, or $100 Chamber Gold gift certificate or one of over 30 great gifts.
The 20th annual Holiday Spectacular stage show takes to the stage at Ohio Northern University. This year's cast is pictured along with Harry and Myrna Shutt of Kewpee Hamburgers. The Shutts (centered - Harry in red jacket and Myrna in green jacket) fund nearly every aspect of the show including moving it from Ada to Lima.
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 20th annual ONU Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 20, to Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m.
In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.
The show is underwritten in part by the DeBow and Catherine Freed Endowment for the Arts and Kewpee Hamburger.
Michael Chow, founder and owner of Metro CD Engineering in Powell, Ohio, was inducted into Tau Beta Pi as an eminent engineer during a ceremony held Nov. 9 by the Ohio Iota Chapter at Ohio Northern University.
Thirteen ONU undergraduates also were initiated into Tau Beta Pi by the Ohio Iota chapter, which was founded in 1973.
I’m not much of a city girl; I’ve grown quite fond of the quiet intimacy small towns like our own have to offer. After a weekend in Chicago, however, my mind feels subject to change…
On Nov. 8, I traveled to Chicago with a group of students and professors from OSU-Lima. We went to watch a live, penultimate performance of Shakespeare’s King Lear at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater located on the Navy Pier.
