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What do you do if you are a college kid, it's the last day of classes, and it's sunny 86 degrees?

Some get together to play in the sand...in this case volleyball on West Lincoln next to the grain elevator.

Undergrad and pharmacy commencements took place Sunday, and now life begins in earnest. (Monty Siekerman)

Twenty-two members of ONU's two band honoraries entertained passersby in the Railroad Park on Friday evening, May 1. The annual concert, under sunny but hot conditions, featured a variety of music, including gincluding patriotic, school, pop, and songs from musicals during the 40-minute concert. The group was directed by Ryan Briley from Lima Bath area.
(Monty Siekerman)

For the time period of April 15-30, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.06 inches of rain in Hardin County. 

Liberty Township experienced 1.04 inches of rainfall. Check the attachment at the bottom of this story for all Hardin townships.

Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 2.21 inches.  Rainfall for the April 15-30 time period is 1.2 inches less than the ten year average rainfall during the same dates.

Dudley Township received 1.34 inches for the April 15-30 time period, the most of any of the township sites. 

Here's a scene from the Ohio Northern Univeristh Raabe College of Pharmacy 2015 commencement. It took place on the morning of May 10. The undergrad commencment was in the afternoon. (Photo from ONU Facebook)

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman

It was a pretty good deal for a school carnival.

Read a book and get a ticket. That's the admission price to last week's Ada Schools' annual reading carnival open to youth from Kindergarten to fifth grade. The Ada Academic Boosters put on the carnival on May 8.

Tickets were spent on sponge throw, soccer kick, guessing jar, corn hole and many other games. The goal: to encourage reading.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

Photo identification:

• Aaron Robirds tosses the football.

• 1 ticket, 1 popcorn. Alicia Burkheimer serves Dexter Woods at carnival.

The Lima Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Fourth of July with a “Patriotic Pops” concert on the campus of Ohio Northern University. The event is free and open to the public.

The concert will take place on the sculpture mall east of McIntosh Center between Presser and Weber Halls. This will be a fun filled family event exploding with patriotic music and a tribute to our armed services. The concert begins at 7 p.m.

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