Thirty-four works in various media by Ohio artist Chris Leeper will be displayed in the Ellen Nelson Gallery of ArtSpace/Lima beginning Friday, June 9, according to Bill Sullivan.
The exhibit will run through Saturday, July 22. There will be a reception for the artist on Sunday, July 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Leeper is a prominent Ohio painter and watercolorist and resident in Canfield. He is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team will open its 2017-18 season on Nov. 11 at the Mount Union Invitational under 30th-year head coach Ron Beaschler.
The Polar Bears will open the home portion of their schedule with an Ohio Athletic Conference dual match against defending OAC champion Baldwin Wallace on Nov. 28 at the ONU Sports Center.
Northern will host the 37th annual ONU Invitational on Dec. 2 and will also host OAC dual meets with Otterbein on Jan. 30 and Muskingum on Feb. 6.
ONU will travel to Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois for tournaments during the season.
Ohio Northern won the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's All-Sports Trophy for the 2016-17 season.
This marks the second consecutive title and the 11th crown overall for the Polar Bear women's teams.
ONU edged Mount Union on the strength of OAC titles in volleyball, soccer, basketball and outdoor track and field.
Northern also finished second in tennis and indoor track and field and was third in golf and swimming and diving.
The cross country team was fourth and the softball team finished fifth, giving ONU upper-division finishes in 10 of the 11 OAC sponsored sports in 2016-17.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team showed a great amount of success in the classroom during the Spring semester of the 2016-17 academic year.
As a team, Northern posted a cumulative GPA of 3.40, while 11 players earned a perfect 4.0 for the semester.
This marks the sixth time in the past seven seasons that the men's soccer program has had at least 10 or more players on the Dean's List.
In all, 26 players were named to the Dean's List.
Northern posted a 17-2-4 record during the 2016 campaign under 19th-year head coach Brent Ridenour and advanced to the First Round of the 2016 NCAA Div. III Tournament.
Raymond L. Allen, age 68, died on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 2:17 pm at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus.
He was born on June 26, 1948 in Alger, Ohio to Adam and Marie (Nichols) Allen who preceded him in death. On April 1, 1967 Raymond married Linda K. Swaney and she survives in Harrod.
Robert (Bob) and Karen (Gentry) Ward will celebrate 45 years of marriage on June 6, 2017.
Both are from the state of Missouri and were married in Karen’s hometown of Rolla in 1972.
The Wards moved to Ada, Ohio, in 1989, from Las Cruces, N.M., where Bob had been teaching at New Mexico State University.
Retiring in 2015 from Ohio Northern University, Bob served the T.J. Smull College of Engineering as a civil engineering professor. Karen and Bob both continue to enjoy the community of Ada, Ohio.
The Wards have three daughters and one son. The photo was taken in 1971.
